[THEFERMANATOR]

Got to take it out today for a shakedown run to see how she does. 1st noticeable drawback is how quiet the HONDA is, now I can't use the excuse that the engine is to loud to hear the wife talking. 2nd drawback is I wish this one had EFI. I cleaned the carbs THOUROUGHLY to say teh least running tip cleaners through every jet, syncing em when I put em on, and setting the idle speed with a digital tach in the water. It runs great once your up to 1500RPM's or more, but at idle it MUST be trimmed in till the engine is level for it to run smooth. It will run smooth as silk with the engien level or trimmed in, but trim the engien up to go shallow and she starts coughing and shaking on me. Trim it back in and clear it out, and she goes back to purring like a kitten. My GPS only worked for a few minutes before my batteries died(no power outlet installed yet), but at 3800 she cruises comfortably and flat, and was running right around 22-23 MPH. I've got a 4 blade prop on order for it to try out as she wants to run bow high until I get it up in the speed(I'm sure that 400 pound HONDA hanging off the stern don't help), hoping it will lift the stern up a bit better at slower speeds. I have to also put a steering cable in it as it is pretty good at idle, but at speed it gets pretty stiff. Not looking forward to changing it as this is one you have to pull the outboard off to change the cable out.

Hoping to get to take her out for a shakedown feeshin trip this weekend. Hoping the spanish macks are still off the beach waiting for me.