maineriverrunner

Hi guys, new to the forum, just bought a 1997 27 Fever signature series with 300hrs and a 502 mpi mag. The info I can find on the boat says it would have come with a 496 of the big mercury 502 maybe. The test report says it had a 502 mpi mag. Just curious if anyone would know why this boat came with it? Not concerned just wondering Thanks

Griswald

502mpi was common pkg for that boat. my '97 has the same

maineriverrunner

Oh ok, didnt see it listed in what I found, just glad to own one of these, always wanted one, a big step up from my 1989 Scarab. Just curious, what are you running for a prop on yours and what speeds are you seeing?

Griswald

my motor is not quite stock and I run an M1 Procharger. To answer your question though, currently have a 27p Hydro on it and it runs around 82 in good conditions

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iTrader: (1)

I've got a 24" RH Bravo 1 on mine. Tops out at 66mph on GPS speedo. 340 hours on a stock 502 Mag MPI.

maineriverrunner

Hmm, test report said 70mph, maybe that is unrealistic. Been around boats along time, they never seem to go as fast as you think they will. LOL

iveyhoe

496 was not in production in 97

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iTrader: (1)

My performance report said...

Speedo: 70
GPS: 68.5

This with a Hydromotive 15.5 x 23

I've heard the Hydro prop is faster on this boat, but lower speed performance suffers. My boat came (to us) with a Bravo I 22p - 60 was about as fast as it would go.

maineriverrunner

Yeah, I'll have to see how it goes in the spring, maybe a labbed prop will be in order, been looking at bblades, I'll have to call them with some info after I run it. Considering a procharger later on.