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Message: <blockquote data-quote="River Rider" data-source="post: 268132" data-attributes="member: 2087"><p>Just to chime in on the the idea of beefing up the transom.  I am in the process of doing the same thing.  The motor weight isn't the only problem with going big, but the tourque on the hull itself with that much horse power.  I have been running my 70 horse on my allweld for a couple months now and haven't had any issues with hitting rocks, but I have had some welds crack.  The gussets in the back that attaches the top of the transom to the top of the gunnels keep cracking.  Talked to a marine welder and found that it must be from the stress of the motor when turning and manuvering.  To remedy I will be raising the transom up and then attaching to the gunells again basically like the true jets sleds.  That I am told will strengthen the hull as well as raise it to keep the splash over effect when letting off the motor at higher speeds.  But of course this is my 2 cents, and I hope to have photos of that progress soon on my thread to show the progress.</p></blockquote><p></p>