Prater
05-22-2008, 03:02 PM
I have lurked for a long time and generally find what I need to know.
The help I need is actually for a buddies high performance fishing boat. He had a 2400 Kevlcat built on the east coast, but before the boat was finished the builder went under. He was able to get most of the boat together himself. The engines were not mounted on the transom bracket so he mounted them himself. They are 4 stroke Suzuki 140's. I think he mounted them way to low on the bracket. He is not very knowledgable so I told him I would search for an answer. He basically put the cavitation plate in line with the bottom of the boat itself. The bracket extends two foot behind the boat and I told him the x dimension may need to be moved up about 4". Sorry I dont have any pics of the install, he lives in Savannah, Ga area and I am in Oklahoma.
When we took the boat on the first sea trial it was very slugish and water seemed to ride up the engine almost to the cowling. If you let go of the wheel it casued the boat to lean hard to starboard and would only recover by cutting power, turning into it did not help much.
I would appreciate any advice that you can offer to get the engines x-dimension correct.
Thanks
Steven
The help I need is actually for a buddies high performance fishing boat. He had a 2400 Kevlcat built on the east coast, but before the boat was finished the builder went under. He was able to get most of the boat together himself. The engines were not mounted on the transom bracket so he mounted them himself. They are 4 stroke Suzuki 140's. I think he mounted them way to low on the bracket. He is not very knowledgable so I told him I would search for an answer. He basically put the cavitation plate in line with the bottom of the boat itself. The bracket extends two foot behind the boat and I told him the x dimension may need to be moved up about 4". Sorry I dont have any pics of the install, he lives in Savannah, Ga area and I am in Oklahoma.
When we took the boat on the first sea trial it was very slugish and water seemed to ride up the engine almost to the cowling. If you let go of the wheel it casued the boat to lean hard to starboard and would only recover by cutting power, turning into it did not help much.
I would appreciate any advice that you can offer to get the engines x-dimension correct.
Thanks
Steven