Hey Pat,how's it going.
I had talked extensivly ,with Jack Mclure,about setting the intake.To make a long story short .He told me not to set the intake with a insturment showing 4*,rather set the front of the intake flush with the keel and the shoe installed with no shims,using a straight edge along the keel to the transom,set the rear of the intake at the shoe area, flush with the staight edge.
Then to level the intake ,He said to use the outside strakes to measure from and make sure each side of the intake is an equal measurement from each strake.
All measurements were taken from the bottom of the hull including the centerline taken from the center measurement of the most inner strakes.
I did have to do some grinding on the intake hole ,on the inside of the hull,to get the depth that I needed with the shoe.
Just out of curriosity, I did put an angle finder on the keel,marked that as zero,then put the angle finder on the intake flange,and to my surprise,it was right on money at 4*
Jack is the Man and I felt it best ,infact He insisted,that I follow His instruction's to the letter. He said that if I did ,it would come out right and it did.
I wish the pictures were still on here ,it would show the entire process that I went through.The only thing I did'nt get a pic of was the angle finder. I wanted to show it exactly how Jack instructed Me on doing it.....Hal