30" set back too much?

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Originally Posted by 3 Squids

Hell yea. Eff-em. From what I've read a mercruiser 350 and lower unit is close to 700lbs, which is what was in it. So deleting 250-300 lbs off the back would be a good start I guess. The battery trays were aft the fuel tank so I could probably relocate those forward any like I said the tank can also be moved. I was told it mostly depended to on the flotation of the bracket. I can't find much info on it but I'm assuming what goes under the water line would be the amount of flotation? Here's a pic of the bracket in case anyone didn't see it in my other thread.

Closer to 900-1000 lbs for a marine small block chevy and an alpha outdrive. A 350 weighs around 625 lbs by itself, throw 80-100 lbs of manifolds, risers, and other junk, the 90 or so for an alpha outdrive, another 60-70 for the gimbal housing, 10 for the trim and tilt, and some odds and ends, and you see how quickly it adds up.