I am running 4 blades and 1.36 ratio. You must be running 1.50s if your turn that pitch. Post a pics of your boat. Btw I had it out today, water was glass. Had my buddy with who weighs about 280 to 300. And over a half tank. 78 was no problem. I can get about 4600 to 4700 rpms out of them. I played with the trim tabs and out drive trim the way Bobby said.

I still need to replace the drive trim gauge, trim tab gauge and speedo since none of them are in working condition. We never missed a weekend on the water thanks to Bilgerat aka Jason from Lake Shores at LOTO.

Great orignal paint. The painted cowl makes it look a little sleeker. Have fun and enjoy. Great boat.

You need to come down to LOTO for the shootout. We did a Apache run last year and I am sure we will do one again this year,

I have a 1990 w/ 548's making 650hp. The drives are xr's w/imco std lowers 1.5 ratio. The props are 28 4 blade hydromotives and the best I got out of it is 85.3 on gps. Most of the time it is around 82-84.

That would be a fun trip. Keep me posted on the dates if you guys do one maybe I can make it. How many made it last year? That would make for some really cool pics.

Have you tried a set of Bravo 1's? They seem to carry the bow better if you need the lift.

Yes, it was too much lift and the boat wanted to dance around. The hydromotives seem to be the most stable. I met you last year on the run to Baltimore and we ran up the bay at the end of the day. Going on the fun run in AC?. I think a good fix for me would be to put those blower motors out of yours in mine!!

That was a great run!

I saw you pull into the Inn the night of the fireworks. I was on my 21' Apache. I was anchored too far away to come say hello.

Put some turbos on it, there are some on e bay.:boat: