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Chuck, if you haven’t done this go over to Bassboatcentral. In their for sale forums they have a whole section on just jack plates.

Jackplates

Thanks Cray,
I’m always looking for a bargain.
Still debating if putting a jack plate on my Crestliner 1754 with a Honda 40 is gonna make a difference anyway.
It runs fine as it is. WOT @ 5900-6000 rpms trimmed up around 27-28mph.
Appreciate the info.


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Originally Posted by Chuck Adams

Thanks Cray,
I’m always looking for a bargain.
Still debating if putting a jack plate on my Crestliner 1754 with a Honda 40 is gonna make a difference anyway.
It runs fine as it is. WOT @ 5900-6000 rpms trimmed up around 27-28mph.
Appreciate the info.


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Chuck, it’s hard to tell. I put a tilt trim aftermarket set up on my old alumacraft 16 with 40 mariner that didn’t have tilt. It set motor back about 4 inches. The combination of trim and set back made all the difference in the world on that setup. In your case I’d say 4 would be about as far back as I would want to set that motor combination. And if you don’t have one better figure in stainless prop because your going to want to raise motor some for best performance.

Originally Posted by Chuck Adams

Thanks Cray,
Still debating if putting a jack plate on my Crestliner 1754 with a Honda 40 is gonna make a difference anyway.
It runs fine as it is. WOT @ 5900-6000 rpms trimmed up around 27-28mph.
Appreciate the info.

I have a jackplate on my Lowe 1756 with 40 hp. My main reason for adding it was so it would be a kick-up plate so it would help save my lower unit when I hit a stump, look up the CMC BA-130 Break Away Mount.

As for performance features, it didn't change things much at all, not enough to really justify the expense. I played with the motor height on the bolt holes a little bit, didn't make too much of a difference on top end. I believe prop selection is far more important than a jackplate on smaller boats with smaller horsepower engines. About the only performance gains I've really noticed are the ability to stay on plane at lower speeds, which comes in handy when the lake gets rough with big rollers, and it seems to get up on plane a little faster. I got my plate used at a good price and was worth what I spent, however for what little gains I got it would be awfully hard to justify buying a new one at $400+

Thanks Cray and Art.
I do have a stainless prop and even a spare.
Not really planning on running much skinny water and didn’t think I would get very much more performance.
Like I said it runs about 27-28 @ 5900-6000 rpms so I pretty sure I’ve got it propped right.
Guess I’m used to going a lot faster
All my other boats were big motor 60+ mph. I’ll just have to learn to slow down and enjoy. Keep forgetting I’m 65. Lol


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