wannabe

Is that a Chris Cat I see there under the cover?

MILD THUNDER

American offshore 31. Sold now though

wannabe

OK- Same hull though. I knew I recognized that shape.

80 mph on an old flat deck is pretty good.

Wannabe

Rick G

Frank great information . I have not got my boat wet so prop testing has not yet begun. When I decided to put the 5 's on I did a lot of research and spoke alot with Phil Lipship the Cigarette guru . We discussed at great length drive height and notch vs extension box . That is how I ended up at 1 inch below , his opinion was that although many believe a 4 or 5 drive is a surface drive it does react the same as a 6 drive therefore direct comparesions are not valid. He was of the opinion that these drives were more akin to the 3/3a than a six . Given my horse power I agree too much prop could be trouble. I will be spinning out and it is a pleasure boat am prepared to give up some top end for planning and drivability. I will let you know how I make I am starting with a 25 pitch 4 blade (not sure of diameter will check) because that's what I have , it worked great on the old set up so who knows.

Dan as for the cav plates I am told they mimic the cav plate set up on the 6 drive which is suppose to aid planning . I'm told that because the 4/5 drive does trim as much as the six it helps getting the boat of the water . I will measure the dimension of mine and let you know , it is just an extension of the one inch spacer plate , simple really .

RG.

Rick G

Here is a pic of my 5 drive with all the spacers in. Note the cav plate extention attached to the 2 inch spacer .
RG.

tnt1

joe sorry it took so long to repost if you look at the upper and lower housing the front stud on the lower hits on the bell housing check to see if your trim rams retract in all the way if not the stud is hitting use a thin jam nut in place of the thicker lock nut and cut the stud off down to the nut lock tight the nut !!! that should give you an extra inch negative trim

MILD THUNDER

Ill have to check mine. Last time I looked at it, I thought I saw that my case was resting on the trim ram pin towards the bow when trimmed in fully.

J-Bonz

Digging the Liquid Quarter Mile poster in the background... I remember that hanging in my Dad's garage in the mid 80's............

Rick G

Hi tommy, do think you could post a picture of your drive modification for us .
Thanks RG.

neva satisfied

If you don't mind my asking, what did you use for the amber and red side marker lights on your trailer? They look light LED strips...Looks good.