just picked up a 26 hustler with 502 mag mpi has 23 p 3 blade looking for a good place to start ?

Take it to the water and bring back some numbers
Current
Pitch
WOT rpm
GPS speed
drive ratio

reviving an old thread. I have the same boat, and tried a 25p, 3 blade mirage. Comes out of the water with ease. It’s a 1.5 DR with a bravo 1 X. Looking for better top end if I can get it. I also tried a bravo 1 4 blade 24p and a mirage plus 3 blade and both were bouncing off the rev limiter at 62ish mph. My numbers confirmed by garmin gps and RPM is confirmed by merc scan tool:

3000-27mph
3500-34mph
4000-48mph
4500-58mph
5000-67mph
5200-68mph on limiter