Scarab III running 3000 rpm max?
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Rookie, yes your right. Either my tachs are off or my TRSs are not 1.5. I will verify the tachs again, but it seems odd they would both be off and I don't know how they could be set wrong but again I have never had them out so i'll check that. Is it possible the TRSs are NOT 1.5? The trannys are 1.1 but I have been told the ratio change is in the drive itself.
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Rookie, yes your right. Either my tachs are off or my TRSs are not 1.5. I will verify the tachs again, but it seems odd they would both be off and I don't know how they could be set wrong but again I have never had them out so i'll check that. Is it possible the TRSs are NOT 1.5? The trannys are 1.1 but I have been told the ratio change is in the drive itself.
Where do you get your prop pitch #'s from? Are they actually stamped on the prop? Like I said, ninety something percent of the TRS drives are going to be a 1.50 ratio. You're torn between drive ratio, tachs, and props... Chances are very good that it's not the drive ratio.
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Rookie, yes your right. Either my tachs are off or my TRSs are not 1.5. I will verify the tachs again, but it seems odd they would both be off and I don't know how they could be set wrong but again I have never had them out so i'll check that. Is it possible the TRSs are NOT 1.5? The trannys are 1.1 but I have been told the ratio change is in the drive itself.
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That's where I was going with my earlier questions on the tachs accuracy. Anyway, there ttypically are dip switches on the back of tachs for 4cly, 6cyl and 8 cylinder applications. If it was set on 6 cylinder, the actual rpm would be 4500 with an 8 cyl. If set on 4 cyl, your actual would be 6000rpm when reading 3000rpm on an 8 cyl. They are probably set on 6 cyl.
Of course it may be the other way around, I didn't think about it too much. But it is worth verifying anyway.
Of course it may be the other way around, I didn't think about it too much. But it is worth verifying anyway.
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update
Thought I would update everyone, my Hardin Marine Tachs have a dial on the back with setting 1-4. I had to look up how this worked from Hardin's website and it says 3 is for 8 cyl. My tachs were set on 4 which is for 12 (palt). I don't know what palt stands for but I know thats not the right setting! Nonetheless, my tachs were wrong. Now that I plug it into the calculator it seems like I have alot of slippage? I think this boat should run around 60 with the right props? More bite? 24p?