87 valero yt br, chine walking @70mph.

[200valeroyt]

recently purchased boat, at 69-70 then progressively worse. 6in man. jack plate, approx. 1.5 below pad. xp 200 evinrude, renegade 4-blade 13.5-25in, 57-5800 rpm. i'm sure the prop isn't helping matters, just looking for the main problem. thanks

[speedinmyblood]

my valero yt had ****ty steering on it switched to merc ride guide cured the problem steering cant have any side to side slop

[200valeroyt]

yea, my steering isn't to bad since i've adjusted some slop out. my steering swivel tube has major slop to it. probably motor mounts also. i took it out this evening and managed to get 74 out of it @5900 with considerably less trim. very flat attack angle. those last 3-4 mph came very slowly, like close to 1/2 mile with trim staying the same? motor issue, i don't know. c/l of prop is around 1.5 below pad, which is as high as i can go, without lifting motor on manual jackplate. then i wouldn't be able to take off. who sells a good hyd. jackplate? thanks

[hsbob]

its a lot like my voyager you need to get almost even to elimate the walk. i like the para lifts, but my son has a bobs with a guage. i like the guage and its accruate and repeatable.