After talking with Ron Flood about my Virage / 280 not lifting like my older Virage / 260, he said it was my lower unit holding me back.
He was certain if I swapped my SM guts into a "big bearing" TM case and coned it, I would see an immediate difference.
His HST was a pig with a SM and he swapped out the case and the boat handled much differently.
With the lower raised as high as I run, I couldn't see enough in the water to be that noticeable.
The theory is a more streamline skeg and a longer gear case to width profile.
I will report back in May when we plan on going out again.
Notice the positive angle to the motor? I added 2" spacers and still needed positive trim to lift the bow.
After talking with Ron Flood about my Virage / 280 not lifting like my older Virage / 260, he said it was my lower unit holding me back.
He was certain if I swapped my SM guts into a "big bearing" TM case and coned it, I would see an immediate difference.
His HST was a pig with a SM and he swapped out the case and the boat handled much differently.
With the lower raised as high as I run, I couldn't see enough in the water to be that noticeable.
The theory is a more streamline skeg and a longer gear case to width profile.
I will report back in May when we plan on going out again.
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Notice the positive angle to the motor? I added 2" spacers and still needed positive trim to lift the bow.
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