zodiac yachtline 420 dl, Transom bracket

[Calle42]

I have a zodiac 420 dl yachtline which needs some love. I have ordered new pontoons and have bought a new 40 hp two stroke mercury. I know- new and two stroke!?- However I managed to buy a new two stroke
The only drawback is that it is short leg and I need long leg for the yachtline.
I have two ways to solve it: 1. Get extension kit from Bay MFG 2. Redesign the transom
I would really like to see if I can lower the engine by cutting some of the transom bracket off.
Any off you out there tried something similar? Any advice would be appreciated.
Thx in advance!
Robert

[spartacus]

If you've managed to buy a new 2-stroke engine, I'm not even going to ask how, why didn't you get a long shaft engine in the first place?

I certainly wouldn't be cutting the transom bracket. An extension on the leg would be the way to go.

[Calle42]

Thx for reply-well they only had them with short leg,- they had stock clearance at the local distributor of mercury...