I/O (Sterndrive) Conversion to Outboards

[tpenfield]

Ted, since you would be having the fab work done externally if aluminum and you would have to build plugs/mold/parts if fiberglass, how is that easier?

Good question . . .

If I do fiberglass, I can potentially make the bracket a hull extension spanning across a greater width of the transom's irregular shape; basically going to/near the inside of the trim tabs.

If I do aluminum, it would be more feasible to make it as a bracket, just covering the width of the straight/flat portion of the transom.

 

[Scott Danforth]

Ted, I was going.... you simply pay to have a fabricator make the aluminum bracket (no mater what shape) and you have to physically do the work yourself to do it out of fiberglass.