Hope this is the right place to post this...... I "tried" to pull the shaft. The plastic one that was in it was melted. I cut the part that was sticking out of the front of the strut (pic on the work bench) and got the shaft to come back about a foot where it is semi stuck until the kid gets...

I have a 72 Hondo Runner Bottom that is just about completed. Anyhow it has a "600ish" Hp BBC In it. When I got the boat I didn't get a prop with it but was told it had an 11.5x15 Mekins 2 Blade on it and with a slightly less powered combo was told it went "97mph". Are those figures correct and...