Whip 20 Help me break 70mph

[Fluid]

I am confused. You were running the strut too deep yet you lowered the strut even more to go faster??


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[kevinpratt823]

I am confused. You were running the strut too deep yet you lowered the strut even more to go faster??


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Before today, I had been running the strut at around 7/8" to 1", and trying to get what I wanted with changing the angle. I had the idea in my head that this was already pretty shallow, and the boat seemed wet, but actually I think it just seemed wet because the prop was running too deep and throwing water.
I started today off by going rather far in the other direction as an experiment for myself, and I set the strut at about 5/8" the first run. At 5/8" I saw an improvement in the ride, and got 66.4mph, but felt the prop wasn't quite as loaded as it could be and the transom wasn't far enough out of the water. I lowered the strut a bit to about 3/4", which is still 1/8" higher than I had been running it previously, does that make more sense now?

I will add that it was a combination of input about unloading props from you(Fluid), higher revs(Kris Flynn), and shallower strut(Detox) that provoked me to continue in this direction, so thank you guys again for your input!

EDIT: I just re-read my previous post, I said "I learned that I have been running the strut too deep, and 1/8" lower made a big difference all around for me", I meant to say "1/8" HIGHER", I will go back and edit that............sorry for the confusion.