Right prop??
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Right prop??
I have a merc 350/260hp with thru hulls so maybe 250hp at the prop. Alpha drive with 1.84 gears. With a 22P stainless 3blade, I'm having to pay close attention because the motor will easily go past 5K rpm (operating range is 4400-4800) and thats with 4 people, half a tank of fuel and all my gear like coolers, pulling a huge tube behind the boat (too big to go on the boat lol). 24ft chaparral current max is 45mph (gps) with same load at 4950rpm. What prop guys? 23P 4-blade? 24P 3-blade?
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I forgot to mention, according to BAM marine prop/slip caculator I am at 20.7% slip
On a 14 1/4 x 22P SS 3-blade on the above mentioned combo
On a 14 1/4 x 22P SS 3-blade on the above mentioned combo
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Griff, right now my r's will go well over 5K if I let them. I haven't jammed the throttle because I'm pretty convinced I'll grenade my block if I do. So 300-400 rpm drop isn't going to be enough. I need 600-700 rpm drop maybe even more
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You could try a 25 Mirage Plus instead of the 23.
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Griff, thats exactly what I thought... Mercury puts the max RPM at 4800 which doesn't seem right to me. Now with my changed gears I'm spinning the outdrive LESS, so that shouldn't be a limiting factor, should I go ahead and plan to spin the motor to 5400ish next weekend and see what happens? Maybe synthetic oil?