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If you are not going run a modified lower end with low water pickups, be careful. I've seen a lot of burned up impellers and more than a few toasted motors from running powered jack plates and stock pickups. A water pressure gauge is a must IMO. Running straight with good pressure and the motor high on the jack will quickly change with even a slight turn.

I ran a Bob's Machine Shop jack plate on my Maverick flats boat. Its a great addition but as I've gotten older and wiser I make much more of an effort to avoid shallow conditions while under power. If I don't have more than two feet of water under my boat, I just don't have any business running my engine and risk disturbing the bottom and fragile ecosystem. Even being able to clear the bottom with the skeg still causes damage to the bottom from prop-wash when moving on plane. Being able to jump through eight inches of water while on plane just isn't my game these days like it was when I ran charters back in the 90's.