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Lindy, NICE looking outfit! I know how much work it is to rebuilt a project like that. I did the same thing on a LoneStar a couple years ago. I see you have a power tilt on your transom. Motor looks like a long shaft. I also had the same power tilt with no long shaft motor. When I ran the outfit at planing speed the exhaust would come out of the water. I was worried the motor might not be pumping water so I took the power tilt off and sold it. You might have the fix I needed for my boat! Anyway she sure looks good!
dale
Why is quick sand so slow!
The power tilt was on the boat when I bought it. Worked fine with the Mercury motor but I haven’t as yet run it with the Lark. The instructions say that since the tilt mechanism positions the motor 5″ father back from the transom, the cavitation plate should be 1-3″ higher than the bottom of the boat. With the Mercury it was 1″ higher. With the Lark it’s even with the bottom. Unfortunately I won’t find out how it runs until spring. I like the idea of the electric tilt as it is difficult to reach back over the well on this boat to hand-tilt the motor. So I hope it works OK.