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ducktank23
MMT Pro Member
Joined: Mon Jun 06, 2016 2:47 pm
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 Cutting the skeg? I saw a post by Willie Fast the other day about cutting the skeg a bit to get more water to the prop. I looked up the performance skeg and it appears a simple cut should do it but I don’t want to go grinding away on my skeg.
I also want to hear some feed back with people with experience with it and if it’s really worth the hassle.
I’ve got a 2018 GTR37 XD for reference.
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| Mon Dec 09, 2019 9:30 pm |
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Wchauvin
MMT 1000 Club
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Re: Cutting the skeg? It’s worth it. Willey’s templet is the correct one for performance. It really makes a little difference when paired with a worked prop but only after the skeg has been cut. Don’t get a prop worked and then cut the skeg because it changes the working rpms
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mizzippi jb
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Joined: Wed Sep 21, 2011 2:53 pm
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Location: The duck Mecca called Ga!
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Re: Cutting the skeg? Where did you see this post? Link? Thx
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I've never gone to Seminole for the amenities/luxury the two reasons I go down there are to kill shit and get fucked up with like minded individuals aka OG'S. If you want to swirl wine and stay in a room where politics and investment diversity are discussed (with no roaches) lake lanier is near Atlanta. If you wanna have an awesome time and maybe stay in a room where children were conceived on one side and someone got stabbed over an 8-ball on the other come on down I got a can of raid. 
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ducktank23
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Re: Cutting the skeg? If you google, Willie Fast Performance Prop, it’ll bring up his Facebook post. I have a screenshot I’ll post
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mizzippi jb
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Location: The duck Mecca called Ga!
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Re: Cutting the skeg? Thanks. Prob not much to be done with the cast skeg I'm guessing.
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HOTSAUCE170 wrote:
I've never gone to Seminole for the amenities/luxury the two reasons I go down there are to kill shit and get fucked up with like minded individuals aka OG'S. If you want to swirl wine and stay in a room where politics and investment diversity are discussed (with no roaches) lake lanier is near Atlanta. If you wanna have an awesome time and maybe stay in a room where children were conceived on one side and someone got stabbed over an 8-ball on the other come on down I got a can of raid.
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ducktank23
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Re: Cutting the skeg? I actually went ahead and did this. A new skeg is only $65 so I figured it was worth the risk. Haven’t had a chance to test the performance or speed increase but it was pretty simple to remove the lower skeg bolts and make the cut and sand it smooth. Took maybe 45 minutes
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Roostertail3
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Joined: Sun May 22, 2016 10:32 am
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Location: Middle ga
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Re: Cutting the skeg? Takes 5 min to do so I figured it’s worth a shot. With a stock 40xd motor and stock prop I didn’t really gain any performance, it did hurt. I have a prop getting worked now so I’ll update when I run it.
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| Mon Dec 16, 2019 2:42 pm |
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Will
MMT Elite Member
Joined: Fri Jul 08, 2011 1:54 pm
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Re: Cutting the skeg? I did this years ago on the Prodrive to allow more vegetation and muck to the prop for 4wd but I guess you open water gtr pirates wouldn't know about that.  Sent from my Pixel 2 using Tapatalk
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ducktank23
MMT Pro Member
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Re: Cutting the skeg? You know I looked into getting a Prodrive once, but I don’t have a vagina so I got a Gatortail  #cantbuyunderwearballsdontfit
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bluesky2012
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Joined: Mon Jul 14, 2014 8:19 am
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Cutting the skeg?
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ducktank23
MMT Pro Member
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Re: Cutting the skeg? If I asked for a good comeback, I’d scrape it off your mother’s teeth. But I am glad you took the time to look up my post to see I have a Havoc
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Russ
MMT 1000 Club
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Location: West Monroe, LA
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Re: Cutting the skeg? O_o
#CFFITR
#GhostBoat
#Whoneedsphysicsihaveamudmotor
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Wchauvin
MMT 1000 Club
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Re: Cutting the skeg? Recklessness
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brycecheramie
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Location: Cut Off, La.
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Re: Cutting the skeg? BuT I CaN BaCk Up In DeEp WaTeR 
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mizzippi jb
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Location: The duck Mecca called Ga!
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Re: Cutting the skeg? I ain't waiting for that lower to spin around wiggling thru this shit, hydro or ratchet either one. It's all about what you need for where you play
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HOTSAUCE170 wrote:
I've never gone to Seminole for the amenities/luxury the two reasons I go down there are to kill shit and get fucked up with like minded individuals aka OG'S. If you want to swirl wine and stay in a room where politics and investment diversity are discussed (with no roaches) lake lanier is near Atlanta. If you wanna have an awesome time and maybe stay in a room where children were conceived on one side and someone got stabbed over an 8-ball on the other come on down I got a can of raid.
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Wilson
MMT F.E.
Joined: Thu Jan 15, 2009 6:35 pm
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Location: South LA
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Re: Cutting the skeg? Does anyone have a template for a modified Prodrive skeg?
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ducktank23
MMT Pro Member
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Re: Cutting the skeg? Can you send a picture of your skeg? From what I can tell from mine, the part I can out lines up even with my prop just so water can use the whole prop. If you send a pic I may be able to help you out. You also might be able to message Willie Fast and see what he says since he actually knows what he’s doing
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SP
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Re: Cutting the skeg?
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Will
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Re: Cutting the skeg?
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Will
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Re: Cutting the skeg? Here my old one, cut cavitation plate and modded skeg
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ducktank23
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Re: Cutting the skeg? Wanted to post an update since I got to take a test run on flat water and see what the difference was.
Flat water with no current I saw again of roughly 1.5-2mph. The biggest difference was it made it a lot easier to steer with my tiller handle and seemed to take some of the torque and push I always had. Only downside, which really isn’t one, is the rooster tail isn’t as “wide” as before, but it’s still pretty high. Overall I’m pretty stoked with the results.
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