Prop Testing - Disappointing!
05-21-2002, 12:42 PM
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Jana, quick check, remove the flame arrestor and with full throttle applied make sure your throttle plates in the carb are at a 90 degree angle to the carb base plate. Just a thought.
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06-03-2002, 08:10 AM
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That's what I'm thinking too. Definitely going to try the 25. 26 also and a couple of Bravo I's. Maybe Spinelli too, if I can get one. After the Poker Run next weekend, prop testing will get back in gear.
06-03-2002, 03:52 PM
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Jana
I'm sure if you ask Chuck, he would be happy to help you hold the GPS and watch the rpms or watch the water ahead for you. That is if he can keep from chuckling about your efforts to beat his "new" Powerquest "family boat".
Just joking...really....we used to own the old PQ and have heard how happy he has been with it . He mentioned that you went out with him and did the GPS on it. He just e-mailed us with his latest escapade on the way to Clear Lake
Anyway...hope you get your prop problem worked out before this weekend. Sounds like a great poker run. Have fun
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I'm sure if you ask Chuck, he would be happy to help you hold the GPS and watch the rpms or watch the water ahead for you. That is if he can keep from chuckling about your efforts to beat his "new" Powerquest "family boat".
Just joking...really....we used to own the old PQ and have heard how happy he has been with it . He mentioned that you went out with him and did the GPS on it. He just e-mailed us with his latest escapade on the way to Clear Lake Anyway...hope you get your prop problem worked out before this weekend. Sounds like a great poker run. Have fun
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06-03-2002, 05:16 PM
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Yes, I did the GPS thing for Chuck. 72.1 mph (4 people and a full tank)! But of course, your old boat has twins. I've actually got a mounting bracket for the GPS on my boat, so I'd rather run without the extra weight . He had an "interesting" day to say the least yesterday, but it all worked out OK. I've borrowed a prop from my marina for the run and will get back to a more leisurely prop test schedule after it's over. I'll have a chat with Reggie at the next race I go to and tell him how I got smoked by a "family" performance boat. Ought to get a reaction!
. He had an "interesting" day to say the least yesterday, but it all worked out OK. I've borrowed a prop from my marina for the run and will get back to a more leisurely prop test schedule after it's over. I'll have a chat with Reggie at the next race I go to and tell him how I got smoked by a "family" performance boat. Ought to get a reaction!
06-10-2002, 10:06 PM
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Jana, I live near spinelli and have had Mike build me props and he does a good jod. but I have not been there in a year and read in one of the power boat mags that he had sold out or was going to sell. There is alot of his props out there and they work well. good luck I have been testing to night and found that 28p hydrs and having the props turn in make my fountain feel like a brand new boat I had them turning out and was going to sell them. My friend said put yuor props in the other drive and run the boat in rev. I thought he was nuts, but we tryed it and you can not believe the difference. 84mph on gps at 5200.
