[macojoe]

I don't belive I lost any weight from converting, Old motor and out drive were close to 500#

New motor 390, and bracket 125# Thats a gain of 15 for me.

One thing you do, do is change the center of gravity, as you are moving the 500 from in the boat to outside the boat.

For the cuddy model this is a good thing as I belive that the cuddys are bow haevy, and thats why they slam so much.

In a CC I think that would add to much to the rear, and change the ride even more then the Cuddy and maybe not for the better??

I will speak of the cuddy as that is what I have. Since the change over I feel it rides a bit better then the old days. But the steering is a bit off, by that I mean it is now a 23 footer and steeres that way.

There are so many pros to this conversion that the few are not note worthy.

Pro's,
Motor is quite out side the boat, you might think you have a 4 stroke?

The ride (in my case) is much better with more control on trim.

Gain space in the floor or for storage.

In my case I now have the full swim platform!

Rigging is nice and all out side the boat, you can even get the steering cable out of the tube with out having to move the motor.


Cons,

Backing down has little steering control.

Steering is again a bit wide and takes getting use to.