30" set back too much?

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Originally Posted by THEFERMANATOR

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.

Wow. Yea never really thought about all the add ons. Good point. I had figured the motor was about 600 so that makes sense.

Anyways I went ahead and bought the bracket. The guy was over me "wasting his time". I have been stalling trying to make sure I wasn't wasting my time and money. If when I'm ready to mount a bracket if this is all I have I'll mount it, hang the motor and figure it out from there. But I really think taking minimum 500lbs off the back of the boat has to counter weight it some.