Joey,
I really don't think you will need them with your boat it is heavy and the short bow will aid in the rough water. Plus now with the droop you will have much more leverage to hold the bow down in rough water. If that isn't enough next season we can remove the intake and have a shoe and ride plate added or you can go with Duanes add-on deal.
Jim
Duane HTP
This is the perfect place for the Add On Shoe and Ride Plate Kit that we produce, (Hi-Tech). You can purchase them from most any reputable dealer today, $225.00. This is basically what they were designed for. They are not a better way to go than to redo your boat bottom and have the intake itself shoed, ($800.00 to $1500.00), but they are a great inexpensive way to add a ride plate to a boat that needs one, such as the situation in this thread that Moneysucker is asking about.
This kit fits the JG & JC pumps.
http://www.hi-techperformance.com/im...oe_Kit_293.jpg
This Kit Fits the JE & JF Pumps
http://www.hi-techperformance.com/images/3e-sho~1.jpg
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