Engine Shaft length on a V21

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Originally Posted by randlemanboater

When I was looking for a V, I was pleasantly suprised to find one as late as '84 with the 20" transom, which was what I needed for my Johnzuki.

A 25" transom can easily be made to a 20" transom with a sawzall and a new transom cap, it's the 20" to 25" that gets tricky. Many of the 20" transoms out there are in fact 25s cut down. As for the later model 20" transoms, I'd bet money ALL the V-20's were made as 25" transoms once they started offerring teh 25" transom. It is easier for them to cut a transom down 5"s and put on a cap than it is to use 2 different molds. Just like teh sea-drive models early on were I/O transoms, but later on they added in knee braces to the I/O transom for a sea drive.