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riverrat4life

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Ride plate and shoe
« on: March 30, 2014, 04:27:11 PM »
Why get a rideplate/shoe? Is it an adjustable upgrade?  Whats a baby cut shoe?

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Re: Ride plate and shoe
« Reply #1 on: March 30, 2014, 11:03:00 PM »
You can adjust the height of the biting edge of a shoe with shims.  Basically how deep in the water the biting edge hangs below the keel.  The opening size and shape can also be altered by grinding and reshaping or during its initial construction.  If you are one to spend a lot of time in test-and-tune with your boat, you will probably end up with several different shoe shapes as well as a selection of shims.  Most people either don’t get any shims or they get one and never use it.
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Re: Ride plate and shoe
« Reply #2 on: March 30, 2014, 11:11:47 PM »
Whats a baby cut shoe?

Not sure about that.

A tapered shoe on the left and backcut shoe on the right.

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Re: Ride plate and shoe
« Reply #3 on: March 31, 2014, 07:40:10 AM »
I meant "backcut" damn auto correct lol

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Re: Ride plate and shoe
« Reply #4 on: March 31, 2014, 08:23:45 AM »
I added the bolt on shoe/plate to my hull last year...best finishing part to my pump. I can actually feel the hull free up/glide on top of the water with the slightest ripple causing an increase in speed. Helped out with a slight porpoise in higher speeds as well. Great part for a do it yourself without removing the intake for machining. I had a longer plate made for the 2" longer bowl and added right angle to the sides of the plate to keep it rigid.

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Re: Ride plate and shoe
« Reply #5 on: March 31, 2014, 12:29:57 PM »
If all goes well my next mod with be a bolt of shoe and ride plate. Diverter works perfectly. But I still get a little proposing when at full pedal, I'm spinning 5100 rpm's and I know it's has more in it. I get to gps is the yesterday because it was just me and my daughter at Elsinore, but every little bit counts.


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