Hydro P5s
 

Get a thumbs up from the factory. :evilb:

Do tell....

Not bad are they ? :evilb:

Based on ???
just the facts ma'am..just the facts!!

You going to leave us hanging :angry-smiley-044:

? I would assume you are talking about a p5x.

I love my P5X's. Going to water test my boat this weekend.

Just got mine back. I had them "cleaned up." Tom @ Hydromotive does a great job!

I have a pair of USED, untouched 30" P5X's for sale....I paid $2100 for the pair.

asking $1500 plus shipping

What condition on the 30's ?

How do they campare to the Maximus?

Laszlo beat me to the punch. P.M. me if he doesn't get them.

I will be posting photos later today. There is NOT any "DINGS"---in fact, they are in darn near perfect condition with only some VERY SLIGHT abrasions that are barely noticable with the naked eye in some spots of the blades from when I was idling thru the Torch River.

P5x 30" Lh/rh
 

I will also include the hub inserts for the XR shafts. You may be able to see the some of the abrasions in the photos on the blades---other than that they are perfect...

Hey you beat me on the last set. lol

Where all family!

They are yours Lasz, I hope you guys still consider me as part of the AT family even though I am selling my boat. I'm not exactly sure, but I think I have the oldest running AT known (1990). I really loved my AT---lots of sentimental value to me because I did so much with that boat in many different ways. I am going to miss her when she sells.

Lasz, I'll be shooting you another PM for arrangements. Thanks, Mark

Sounds good, I am heading out of town today but will be back on monday and will take care of you, these will be a test set so will most likely be available again, so I will pass them along to you flenner.

Thanks Laszlo. I just got in from lake testing the boat with the new engines. I'm going to stick with the wheels I have. Could jump up a bit but I like how mine are performing. Good luck with finishing your boat.

Ditto.

Las, did you try a pair of Max's before you went with the Hydros?

Not up on the Hydros really. Are there P5s and then P5xs?

A few years back we tried them and did not like them so they have changed.

The P5 is the pointed ear. The P5X is the rounded ear. You want the P5X on the AT.

Did not have any to try and we went back and forth with Hydro and realy liked there interaction and exchange program so went with them and have realy liked them so far, will be trying a few others this spring as well and will see how they compare in our application.

I ran 27 pitch P5-X"s on a 358 Sonic that I had with great results. When I got the 37 AT I tried them even though they were under pitched and I liked the handling much better that the 32 Pitch Bravo 1 props that came with the boat. I purchased a pair of 29 pitch P5-X's towards the end of last season and I have been getting better numbers with them on flat water test than the Bravo 1's.

What are you seeing with them on Top? How may RPMs are you pulling with the 29s?

I am away from my computer that has the RPMs speed chart on it but on flat brackish fresh water I was running 84 MPH with the 29 P5-X's compared to 82 MPH with the 32 pitch Bravo 1's. I got the boat in August of last year so I have not had a lot of time for testing and getting used to the stepped hull so I am still playing with things. The props are box stock with no labbing or modifications. Pat told me that he had ran the boat in the ocean with the 32 pitch Bravo 1's and acheived a speed of 85 MPH. I would think that salt water and chop would add at least 3 MPH or better to the 84 MPH speed that I had ran on flat fresh water.

The boat handles much better with the P5-X 5 blades and comes out of the hole fairly hard without cavitation problems.

Sounds correct, the hole shot or plane time is much better with the hydros, we would run 85 all loaded up and full of fuel any day, we ran it light load light fuel and perfect chop at 89 mph and 5400 rpm, so 87-89 in light configuration and 85 ish at 5200 rpm with any load.

laszlo01 where do you think you will end up on props when you get things done? What kind of hp and torque #s are you looking for? My engines are turning peak torque of 710 at 4900 and it drops of to 640 at 5900 so I'm thinking I want to prop it as high as I can to stay away from that torque. I think I want to go for 5700 with hp at 710 and tq at 650. I don't plan on running around all day at those rpms but I know the engines won't mind a little speed and I think my drives will thank me for it. Thoughts?

Not sure on the final prop yet, we will be doing some testing with the new setup and will set it up for two conditions, low boost and high boost, should have our dyno numbers by the end of the month and go from there, I will let you know where we end up at once we have it dialed in. Just made our final drive choice and rigging is complete so just waiting on the fianl pieces to get back from whipple and we can get it on the dyno.

Laz, the props should have made it to your door step today. I have the tracking number.....also, I can't remember if I gave you the hub inserts---if they're not in with the props, then let me know....no problem, I have a pair here for you. Thanks again, Mark

Yup my wife told me there was a package that came today, will check it out when i get home, thanks again, they should be available again once i have my final set, will be just a test set for now. Thanks again and was nice to get to know you as well. Laszlo