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bulldoglizard

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I bought a new NITRO 7 a couple of months ago. It has a Mercury 150. I was wondering if I put a jack plate on it would it make it run any better ?
 
I am not familiar with that hull. Most cases it will help the boat by giving it some adjustability on the engine height to "fine tune" the prop to the particular hull. It also helps in giving leverage by changing the center point of balance. This will let you lift more of the boat out of the water thus having less resistance resulting in more speed and more fuel economy because you can run a cruise speed with less throttle. You may call Nitro and as them what they suggest. Most of the time they can tell you what plate, prop, and engine height to run. Just my .02
 
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