thinking of adding to my trim tabs, anyone try this already? 26 convincer
08-02-2010, 04:42 PM
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thinking of adding to my trim tabs, anyone try this already? 26 convincer
boat is a 2001 26 convincer. tabs are 12 wide by 16 long. 560 hp on the dyno. thinking of adding 4 inches for starters. anyone ever try this. thanks, mark
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Just be watchful of your drive and tab settings. The tabs you have are long . If you put longer ones on there, you will scrub off lots of speed and if overused you risk the possibility of handling issues like excessive bow steer. My tabs are 16" and are plenty long for my 283.
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I added 4" to my tabs on my 300 with no problems. My boat has a nothed transom and the 16" tabs had to be at a high angle to bite. The extra length allowed me to run a flatter tab and perform better. I made my extentions one piece(20") for more strength out of ss. It's a b**ch drilling the holes but it looks good.
08-07-2010, 05:10 AM
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so you noticed a good diffrence. i will be making mine out of alumimum and thru bolting to the top of the existing ones. i really want to try them in the nuetral position, bow up, and see if they help planeing off at acceleration. really just trying to make the boat run bigger if you know what i mean...
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EXTERNAL STEERING IS A MUST and there is speed there
mount tabs higher. if bottom is correct them h20 will not touch them with increase length.
mount the paralllel to the outer chine.
blueprint the botom....there is a ton of speed there!
winter time raise the x-dim...there is speed there too!
mount tabs higher. if bottom is correct them h20 will not touch them with increase length.
mount the paralllel to the outer chine.
blueprint the botom....there is a ton of speed there!
winter time raise the x-dim...there is speed there too!
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I added 4" to my tabs on my 300 with no problems. My boat has a nothed transom and the 16" tabs had to be at a high angle to bite. The extra length allowed me to run a flatter tab and perform better. I made my extentions one piece(20") for more strength out of ss. It's a b**ch drilling the holes but it looks good.
Thanks.
