Props for 357 ?
 

Any suggestions on props for 357 sr1, 420's with trs drives ?

For a start, we put 21 Mirage's on my friends 88'

Just picked the boat up, has 21p on it now. Just wondering what other owners are running. Thanks

I would be curious myself. My friend just got his 357, and these were on it when he got it. Hopefully you'll get some feedback here!
The mirage's do work nice on the boat, but if there is something better, they will become spares!

Try a Bravo 1 22 or 24

The older boats seem to like the three blade props, but I,'m sure there are 4 blade props that would work well with this set up. Hope to get more input from some other 357 owners. We also have a 1990 29 Fountain Fever with twins, running 25pitch mirage, work great, but this Formula is a totally different machine. Thanks for the feedback. Planning on trying her out tomorrow, let you know how she runs.

A large majority of my friends are running 311 Formula's. They are all switching over to 4-blade stainless, and having great success with them. Multiple diff. benefits have been discovered from using them. A set of 22's wouldn't be so bad, I'm afraid 24's may be a little steep.

I agree 24 maybe to much. How about a 23 mirage?

We sea trailed a 357 with 502's and 24 b1's 72 mph on gps before we pick up the 382 . The 382 had 23 mirages on it when we got it went to 24 and picked up 3 mph and better plane time .:drink:

Had a small set back today, but hope to be back on the water soon. Thanks for your help, I thought the 4 blade props might be better on a heavy boat at mid range. Just trying to take some of the guess work out it, I'm sure someones done alot of prop changes till they find which runs best overall, lets face it, it's not a race boat, but it sure is nice.

Hi Cold Sweat,

Did you buy the red/gray 357 that was for sale in Jacksonville? If so that was one super clean looking ride. Hope that small set back wasn't anything too bad...

RB

Hey Cold Sweat not to change subjects but I from Cokeburg...
And now reside In North Carolina. I put a 4 blade on it and call it a day my 271 had a 3 blade on it when I got it switched to a 4 blade and never looked back.

Nice to see you made the switch Formula

21 mirage for me but never tried anything else...

Small world, I'm also from Cokeburg. We did buy the boat from Jacksonville, a really clean boat, we are working out the issues with the original owner who is willing to help us out. Really nice people in Jacksonville, but really hot! Thanks for all the replies, this Formula is a nice upgrade from our 29 Fountain. If anyone is interested in an older Fountain, she's
for sale. It is also a very clean boat and runs perfect.
I'm leaning toward a 4 blade, can't wait to get this thing back on the water, thanks again.

"The Burg"

Mike

I would try a 23-24 Hydromotive Quad 4X. It will help with stern lift and that is what the 357 needs most. Good Luck!

Thanks for the info, that sounds like a good place to start