I saw several people over the years experiment with OB trim devices. The funniest one I ever saw, a guy had a 7.5 OB on a Torch tunnel (which was a 3.5 hull!) He bolted a door hinge to the transom and the engine was bolted to the other side of the hinge with the hinge pin at the top. There was a...
Nope, not going to molest such a cool old hull that is proven to be fast. Besides, I have several different large Mod-VP's that people have never seen.
Well....what about an outboard cable that has a lot of bend? If stored a long time in the leg, is it likely to cause more friction because of a 'memory' bend?
So now we will see how many will run out to the shop and take their outboard cables out!
Tom, I think almost all of these boats were set up with sub surface drive tubes coming out of the bottom. That could have caused some of the cornering issues. The right size turn fin with a break in it might be the ticket.
I have always said the value of anything is what someone will pay for it. Has anyone seen what the toy K&O outboards are selling for? Some of the rare ones are fetching $3000.
I saw one of these same Demon hulls race at the Winter Nats many years ago and it was smoking the field.