White Bear Lake had about five boats on the lake, people taking their pontoon boats off the lake, a few fisherman, a pleasure rider, and a small sailboat race between 4 boats.
Gregg, yes I would appreciate your experience and knowledge of steering systems. That will be my "the nightmare begins". First step, remove the two front seats and the console.
The motor is 3/4" off the transom. The boat is very sable and easy to drive at full speed, much easier than the V-153, as the boat is riding on a pad. As the boat accelerates, the boat pops onto the pad, like shifting into a higher gear, much looser and faster acceleration at that point. There is no chinewalking even though the steering has 2 inches of free play. The boat is not sensative to motor trim angle, as more trim angle results in a rooster tail, but not more bow lift.
I was using Champion surface gap plugs, number L78V, but have other Champion and NGK plugs to test.