It's a mildy built bbo I'd guess between 400-450. No shoe and ride plate. Seems to ride good maybe a little wet .
Here's a few pics of it on plane
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Just my opinion but you won't have the ponies to pull a serious droop. It is also my personal preference to never install a droop without a ride plate and properly tuned shoe .
Big waste of effort and hard earned cash . IMHO.
My feelings are that it needs the ride plate to rock back on and the shoe to keep things hooked up.
Keep it like it is until you see the 500+hp mark and lose the handling.
GT
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