Stabilizing Plates

  • pyake
    Posts: 167
    January 17, 2005 at 10:52 pm #1233095

    I recommended a stabilizing plate to a buddy of mine that wants to plane better at low speeds. He had some concerncs with stress cracks in the cavitation plate of the motor.

    A few years ago I put a StingRay brand stabilizer on my 60HP mariner and loved it. Never had any issues with breakage. Thought I would bounce the question off of this forum to see if there are occasional problems???

    bill_cadwell
    Rochester, Minnesota
    Posts: 12607
    January 18, 2005 at 12:15 am #337126

    I have had them [different brand] on a 25hp, 40hp and a 50hp motor before without any problems. They helped get my boat up on plane and were problem free. Thanks, Bill

    James Holst
    Keymaster
    SE Minnesota
    Posts: 18926
    January 18, 2005 at 4:15 am #337142

    I’ve read the fine print on a couple stabilizers and they claim to NOT void the warranty on the motor. I had one on a 60 HP merc and it helped with the handling of the boat and didn’t show any signs of doing damage to the cavitation plate.

    eyejacker
    Hudson, Wisconsin
    Posts: 1890
    January 18, 2005 at 12:57 pm #337163

    I put one on my 70hp Johnson 4 Stroke last Spring. It definitely enhances performance and heretofore problem free!
    Geronimo

    john-tucker
    Northwest Illinois
    Posts: 1251
    January 19, 2005 at 5:40 am #337355

    I’m running one on a 150 Merc, no problems whatsoever. Lost a little top end, but planes in 1/2 the time, and handles much better!

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