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| Author: | OkieHunter94 [ Sun Aug 12, 2018 11:08 am ] |
| Post subject: | Transom Height Help |
Hey guys. New to the forum, been reading for a while but can't find any info on this situation. I've seen a lot of guys ask about running short transom SD on a tall transom boat but haven't really found any info on running tall transom SD on short transom boat. I recently bought a 2011 xpress bayou and am looking at a 35 go devil. The go devil is a tall transom and I measured my transom at 17 inches. What issues would come from running a tall transom on a short transom boat? The boat is a mud hull so transom angle should be okay. I called go devil and they said they make a bracket for running a tall transom on short boat. You bolt the bracket to the transom and mount the motor to the bracket. Anyone know anything about that? If that wouldn't work I suppose I could add 3" to the transom no problem and fairly cheap. I've attached pictures of how I would try and add 3" to the transom height. Just curious what issues would arise from each of these scenarios and what the best option would be. |
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| Author: | Wchauvin [ Sun Aug 12, 2018 8:43 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Transom Height Help |
If you are going to run a tall transom, you need to build up your current transom. For a gatortail, the optimal height is 20 3/4 - 21. If you run the tall transom motor on a shorter transom motor, you will lose performance because you won't be able to trim up and get the motor to drive on the surface. With running a long transom on a short transom, it would equate to trimming down all the way on a tall transom motor on a tall transom boat, if that makes sense. Get it built up and it will perform as it was intended to bro |
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| Author: | OkieHunter94 [ Sun Aug 12, 2018 9:44 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Transom Height Help |
Ok that makes sense. I figured performance would suffer just was unsure why. Now just have to find someone in Oklahoma who works on boat transoms to build it up. Thanks man! |
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| Author: | Wchauvin [ Mon Aug 13, 2018 4:03 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Transom Height Help |
No problem buddy, hope it helps you out. Building the transom up is not a difficult job so it shouldn't be too hard to find someone who does it |
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| Author: | kirk [ Mon Aug 13, 2018 4:12 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Transom Height Help |
get it built stout because that’s a lot of stress going on back there. I ran my tall transom go devil on a 16” transom for over a year. Not sure it ever decreased performance but it did splash a lot from water hitting lower unit. After I got it built up I did not notice a speed change, but it may have been minimal and I didn’t notice . I was expecting a bigger change and it didn’t happen. Mines @20”. Someone said 19” was perfect but GD said 20” if I’m not mistaken Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk |
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