great idea, I will do that when these 30 degree days go away....haha! Thanks for the replys.. I dont see a reason to not do the swap so far.....

You can stand on the cavitation plate while it sits in the water to give you a idea how it will sit at rest.

I returned your pm to.

I am trying to figure out if a 250 or 300xs will give me any unforseen problems from handling or the extra weight issues? I was told to call Hydrostream before I bought a motor to see what they say but I figure theres as much knowledge here as anywhere.... I am going from a 200 promax to the bigger cubic inch. It has a 12 inch jack plate on it now with a beefed up transom. I thinks it a little more than a 100 pounds between the motors but thats a lot sitting on the transom. So what do you think??? Should I do it....