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I used Teleflex SS15113 no feedback. We drilled out the tilt pin on the motor to accept the new cable (1956 Mark 55E). Works good. Steering is stiff at slow speed in a no wake zone, but it's just right on plane. I used a 10 degree bezel kit too, because frame 4 is also my dash. I built the frame lar...

I too agonized over this decision with my Zip build, but ended up nay. There are pros/cons either way. For me the biggest reason I didn't was that in other boats I have owned the hole wasn't quite on the bottom, so I had to dry the boat out with a sponge/towel anyway. I did not have confidence/coura...

Ran the boat today some more with 2 blade 11" pitch. Consistent 28-29 MPH (GPS), 29.6 was highest speed recorded. This was with just me in the boat and all the safety gear and probably 15 lbs of tools. I still have to wire up the tach. The motor is basically new; I'd say it's only got about 4 hours ...

BillW wrote: What a great steering set up. Are the clamp brackets and tilt tube modified, or from a later motor , or something ?
Bill W.

Thanks BillW, yes, we followed gdcarpenter's and Mark Shipley's lead and modified the tilt tube setup to accept a modern standard Teleflex steering cable.

Thanks Mark, appreciate the kind words. Yeah, I was picking away quietly on it last couple years, long time lurker. I felt that I didn't have too much to add that hadn't been already covered by the many other Zip build threads. And until my boat actually gets finished I do not feel qualified to be g...

(Modified the first post to fix the pics) Thanks guys, you are the best. I've read both of your builds several times and studied your pics over and over! Both of your boats are spectacular, and I respectfully copied parts of both of them. I just got back from the lake, and the two blade prop perform...

IMG_20170926_174519280.jpg Hello! First post, first time boat builder. I've been able to find answers to all of my questions during the build, so many many thanks to everybody who has shared your build experiences (gdcarpenter, vupilot, roberta, travis24, rbrandenstein, sawford, mooregard, Andy G, ...