UPDATE:
love the motor, its super fast and runs great.
I want to add a warning to others who get this motor, it is designed to be mounted a lot lower then the bottom of hull.
proper mounting position for the motor based on the owners manual is:
Quote:
ENOM0026-0
Transom Matching
Be sure that the anti ventilation plate of the
outboard motor is 10-30mm (0.4-1.2in)
below the bottom of the hull.
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that's 3/8" - 1 1/8" below the hull
when I got my motor the dealer mounted it just above the bottom of the hull so I had to drop it down all the way 2 holes so it sits flat on top of my 20" transom to be in the correctly mounted position.
some dealers are better then others but AFAIK most motors still recommend the cav plate be even with the bottom of the hull so a dealer may install this motor "as usual" without realizing in that position it will be mounted too high based on the mounting instructions.
naturally this doesn't apply to using jack plates and the hull design and other factors may change the hull and cav plate height relationship but for the average "basic" hull design I think the manual recommendations should be followed so I wanted to pass alone this "change" made to the normal mounting position rule of thumb people have gotten used to.