I believe that was the issue. Will update this weekend.

Not yet. Havent ran it since the initial run. Hopefully by friday

Ran boat today. Runs awesome. Still figuring out what she wants. Boat setup: full fuel (168 gallons, me snd friend, 6 lawn chairs, full cooler, bimini, 10 life jackets, umbrella with auger table, tools, extra set of props, 16 wetsounds speakers, 3 amps, 4 batteries. Throwing this out there just to confirm load. Having to relearn to drive her. Air in steering was issue last time. Straight as arrow now. Tested at saguaro lake 105 degrees running the dual plane manifolds. Ran cutting edge 5 blade 32 and cutting edge 4 blade 30. Started with 5 blade. Both props got her on plane, 5 blade did better planing. Both are labbed. Both slip. 5 blade pulls to 2k for moment then brakes loose and start backing off throttle then off to races. Bow way in air. 4 blade show slippage throughout planing pushing to 3500 back off and off to the races. Bow half as high. On my indicator my drives are level at 2. Ran 5 blade 32 and pushed it to the coals at trim 6-7 saw 82-83 at 4900. Did not try trimming down. Took break at beach and decided to try 4 blade 30. Remember boat would not plane at all with 4 blades last year, well it did twice out of 300 tries. Lol. Ran her around a bit getting the feel then laid the coals to her. Pulled 5k at 83. Hmmmm. Ran it again. Same thing at 6 trim level. Then I decided to trim down to 4. Gps shoots to 91 instantly. Then ran out of room. Was climbing steady though. The interesting part to me isnt the trimming. Its the fact that a 32 5 blade and 30 4 blade both hit 49-5k at same speeds at hang out there. Makes no sense. Other notes. Boat doesnt start packing air till I would say 80. Last year with blower motors I could feel it around 68-70. Now you cant feel it like last year . 4 blades seem to have much better bow control. Boat wants alot of trim to free up snd start moving. 4 blades feel peppier. Both props stable. Afr reading is showing 1.5 differential bank to bank with open spacer so one bank is 10.9 and other is 12.4 wot. Will be loosing them in trade for my single planes next which have much better fuel distribution and more kick in the ass above 4500. Two thing I wish would have happened. 1 I wish I would have trimmed down with 5 blades and 2 I wish I had more room today. Will be removing 1” spacers next along with single planes installed. On a side note I may be running her in havasu tommorrow which will give me the room to stretch her legs. Also bimini in layed down position in its bag was catching enough air to pick it up a foot off the engine cover. Never seen that when folded up and stowed.

Ill have a buddy video me

Just spoke to Auggie. Looks like the stars are aligning. He is going to be in Havasu next weekend. We are going to be doing some prop testing on the water. Just to clarify what I meant with the 32 and 30 I ran. Both props hit a wall at 5k but were doing same speeds. Should have been a 500 rpm differential. Me and auggie are coming to same conclusion. Needs to much trim to break boat free which is then dragging my imco nose cones. I believe the spacer being installed is complicating the issue. His plan is to bring some props with added cupping to hold the bow at less trim. It sound like he is going to bring 28 4 and 5 blades. Btw one other note. Oil temp. Hangs out at 190 all day long. See 210 wot. That is why I like the big 3x18 oil cooler with an oil thermostat. Doesnt get much more consistent than that. Oil pressure at hot idle always 40 even after wot.

I grew up in Needles CA. Hottest place in the US. Literally 125-130 normal. I got so used to it that I laughed in Iraq when I seen people whining about 110. Now I own garage door company in Phoenix. 115-120 outside. 140-160 inside where I work. Like working inside an easy bake oven. Lol.