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all the brackets come perdrilled, all you have to do is measure and install.

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Thanks MJ do you think it is feasable if I have the room on the bracket and clearance from the engine controls to drill out new wholes an inch or so lower ?

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you will have to look at the thickness of the metal, I am not familiar with Armstrong brackets.

My Yamaha would not be flush against the bracket if I went down at all, it needs to hook over the top. I am sure yours it the same way??

So you won't be able to down any more then the motor will allow.

Hate to say it but if you can't come up with away to make it work like it is, then you are going to have to remove the bracket and fix the mounting holes and then redrill the hull and remount the bracket were it belongs.

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Looks like my Johnson has at least a couple of inches I could go down on before any clearance problem. But I would have to relocate factory holes down an inch. They look like they are just drilled into the plate like you would drill into a transom

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Well hopefully you will have what you need.

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The tech from Armstrong just called me back. He figured out for my boat that the cavitation plate is approx 2" too high. He said that if I had a 150 hp on it it would be sitting just about perfect. The holes are drilled at the factory but he said he has seen them drilled out lower and that it is not an issue as long as it is done well and measured right. So if I drop the engine to the last hole ( approx 3/4" ) and it still ventilates I can re drill for another 1". He also said that even though 3/4" does not seem like alot it can make all the diffrence, and that I want the plate as high in the water as I can get w/o ventilation as it adds performance. Whodda thunk.
Either that or I go and buy that Yamaha 150 I've been dreaming about ;D

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what I don't understand is if you have a 25" shaft 115 and a 24" 150 they are both going to end up in the same place??

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I don't understand MJ what do you mean a 24" 150, don't they have a 25" shaft too. The difference I was talking about was in weight on the end of the bracket, the 115 weighs approx 300 lbs and the 150 six weighs around 425-460 depending on which one. That would make the boat sit lower in the water 1-2"s

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sounds like the boat would sit lower given the add'l weight of a 150...but...won't you still be 4" above the keel

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