Ok guys, I'm in need of a little help and advice. I'll try to make this as simple and short as I can.
Just put this yamaha 40/28 jet on the back of my tracker 1648 grizzly. I had an older transom riser which wasnt enough, the leading edge of my foot was about 1/4 + below the bottom of my boat. While it ran good, it had a ton of backspray and just felt like it was dragging the rear end.
So I had a new riser made up to my specs, made to raise the motor up to be a little higher. Turned out the leading edge of my foot is just above the bottom of the boat now (as checked with a level straight edge) 1/4" maybe a tad more. I'm STILL getting crazy splash back, and still feels like I'm just dragging butt through the water.
I understand a splash plate will control splash, got that. I just feel like theres more to it to eliminate the problem before covering it up. My previous Mercury 25 4 stroke jet, never had this problem, apparently I nailed it first guess at install.
Now I went from a tiller with the 25, to a forward mounted console on the yamaha. Heres a picture of where the current setting is
That is with the motor tucked all the way down as well.
Heres a short video I took this morning showing how much its spraying.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWVO2fvBGt8
I got a trip planned for the weekend, was hoping to get this somewhat figured out by then! Hope you guys can help!!THanks!
Just put this yamaha 40/28 jet on the back of my tracker 1648 grizzly. I had an older transom riser which wasnt enough, the leading edge of my foot was about 1/4 + below the bottom of my boat. While it ran good, it had a ton of backspray and just felt like it was dragging the rear end.
So I had a new riser made up to my specs, made to raise the motor up to be a little higher. Turned out the leading edge of my foot is just above the bottom of the boat now (as checked with a level straight edge) 1/4" maybe a tad more. I'm STILL getting crazy splash back, and still feels like I'm just dragging butt through the water.
I understand a splash plate will control splash, got that. I just feel like theres more to it to eliminate the problem before covering it up. My previous Mercury 25 4 stroke jet, never had this problem, apparently I nailed it first guess at install.
Now I went from a tiller with the 25, to a forward mounted console on the yamaha. Heres a picture of where the current setting is
That is with the motor tucked all the way down as well.
Heres a short video I took this morning showing how much its spraying.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWVO2fvBGt8
I got a trip planned for the weekend, was hoping to get this somewhat figured out by then! Hope you guys can help!!THanks!