I have a 1998 Maxum 17ft that I just bought. Has the 3.0l mercruiser and alpha one. It is equipped with an Apollo SS prop. I took it out on the water and torque steer was horrible. So I put a anode trim tab made for a SS prop. It appears they removed the original tab since it would hit the prop. The prop clears the new trim tab, but only by about 1/8 of an inch. It is very close. It is also angled to fight the torque steer. I ran it again and it now has ventilation / cavitation issues. (I do know the difference, just so many people mix the terms) It seems to kick in around 4000rpms. Is the tight clearance between the prop and tab causing the issue? I dont think it is the gear case slippping or the prop hub (which I checked) because the most resistance is when you dump the throttle, which it is pulling just fine off the line. Starts to happen when you get onto plane. Also, did not do it without the new tab. Any boat experts out there that have seen this? The torque steer is bad enough that I would like to have the trim tab on there to help with it. Would grinding some clearance between the prop and tab fix this???