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Rhythm and Blues

12-22-2018 11:31 AM

Cafe Prop talk

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Happy Holidays fellas, I’ve been looking for a spare set of 26-27-28 B1s to mess around with on my cafe. Has anyone ever run a set of Bravo Mach props? I just found a set of 14x27s and thought for the price it might be worth having them if they could work out or if not just a set of limp home wheels. Thanks.

Got Cigs

12-22-2018 04:33 PM

Probably be limp home wheels. From what I've read and been told, you'll want the larger diameter props to lift these heavy hulls out of the water, for optimal performance.

Rhythm and Blues

12-22-2018 05:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Got Cigs (Post 4664912)

Probably be limp home wheels. From what I've read and been told, you'll want the larger diameter props to lift these heavy hulls out of the water, for optimal performance.

Thanks. I took a look at them and the hubs on the Mach are not interchangeable w my B1s and I’m running 1-1/4 shafts. Oh well it was worth the education.

Full Force

12-23-2018 08:09 AM

Fin rev4's maybe, guys LOVE them for the older hulls..

Rhythm and Blues

12-23-2018 08:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Full Force (Post 4664980)

Fin rev4's maybe, guys LOVE them for the older hulls..

Thanks Tim, is Fin short for something?

Got Cigs

12-23-2018 09:11 AM

Think he meant to say Find, not fin. at least that my guess.

Rhythm and Blues

12-23-2018 10:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Got Cigs (Post 4664998)

Think he meant to say Find, not fin. at least that my guess.

Ha, ok that makes sense. I thought Fin may have been short for Finished, which in turn would have been short for Lab Finished... Look at me reading too much into it... lol

Got Cigs

12-23-2018 03:10 PM

Have you run any 5 blades at all? Be curious how they responded. Are you running standard length or shorty lowers?

Rhythm and Blues

12-23-2018 05:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Got Cigs (Post 4665045)

Have you run any 5 blades at all? Be curious how they responded. Are you running standard length or shorty lowers?

When I talked to Brett at BBlades about working on my 26 B1s we talked about a few possibilities
5 blades being one of them; I’m not too worked up over my wheels; they perform well and are easy on the drives
which is my paramount interest. I was just looking for a spare set that’d work in their current configuration that I could possibly play with.

Full Force

12-24-2018 05:49 AM

5 blades will most likely destroy drives and lift stern too much.

seafordguy

12-24-2018 08:09 AM

What power do you have?

Rhythm and Blues

12-24-2018 08:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Full Force (Post 4665101)

5 blades will most likely destroy drives and lift stern too much.

That was my fear too Tim with the bite, but Brett had a lot to say about it. I never filled out his sheets with the baseline
data. I’ll do it next summer.

Rhythm and Blues

12-24-2018 08:51 AM

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Originally Posted by seafordguy (Post 4665125)

What power do you have?

780ish/side..

seafordguy

12-24-2018 10:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Rhythm and Blues (Post 4665135)

780ish/side..

That's a nice number.

My 26's B1 4 blades have always been pretty good for my boat and I'm 200hp less a side. You definitely need something bigger......

Rhythm and Blues

12-24-2018 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by seafordguy (Post 4665147)

That's a nice number.

My 26's B1 4 blades have always been pretty good for my boat and I'm 200hp less a side. You definitely need something bigger......

I think you’ve read into why I started the thread a little too far. I know the boat is more than capable of swinging some more pitch, it had 28s and -2s on it and ran good w less power. Thats really not the point. I have no need to squeeze everything out of it. I’d rather be easy on the drives w my 26s. I was just asking about the Mach wheels as some spares.

CPM	12-26-2018 08:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Rhythm and Blues (Post 4665135)

780ish/side..

If you're making those numbers I would think you need a 30* at a minimum, No way my old power made that and I can spin 32's Box stock B1 4 blades in Havasu at 5600 https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.off...ccf1e75295.jpg

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