I have a gauge on mine that quit working. In time you will develop a feel for it. I just trim it up enough to free the boat and find the pad, then adjust the engine height to give me a touch of Prop torque. If its trying to walk on me, it means the engine is too low, it there is a handful of steering torque, I go down with the engine. The feel varies with the load, so to say I have one setting that is perfect is not correct in my boat. I run it slightly different every time out. I see the dial as something else that might eventually need to be fixed. I have found that running at medium speeds (40-60), I can adjust the engine height to eliminate prop torque. Its like the engine has power steering. However, if you go full throttle in this position, it will dance quite a bit, thus, I will move it up some to feel a touch of prop torque and the walking is gone- 75 mph on a rail. ( I run a 225 ProXS). BTW, My engine likes the Fury run lower in the water than my worked Trophy. Also, my boats planes faster with the engine higher than I usually run it. As Im trimming the boat out, Im usually moving the motor down a bit. I do love the adjustability of the hydro plate and I think it gives me a spare 1-2 mph, but many will tell you that they are not needed to make these boats perform really well.
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