Maximus prop on a heat?
 

Anyone ever ran a maximus prop on a heat ? If so how did it work ?

I've tried several differant bravo props and three differant P5X props and on my 2010 Heat the labbed Mercury Maximus 15.25x30 short tube is 4-5 mph faster at 3000 rpm's and 3-4 mph faster at full throttle then anything I have ran with no handling or planing issues.

Is that just a bravo 4 blade sorry or is that a maximus 5 blade thanks

The bravo's are four blade and Maximus props are five blades

Sorry i may worded my last question wrong which were u running a bravo 1 four blade or a maximus 5 blade to achieve thise numbers thanks

The Maximus is the best prop on my boat it out performs any of the other props at cruise speeds and wide open. I know some people really like the Hydromotive P5x prop but they fail short at ever rpm on me boat.

Also I have never tried a stock Maximus but my guess is that with the stock diameter being 15.625 and having a long tube that it will have to much stern lift but I don't know that for sure.

So You are running a maximus st (short tube) how much power are you pushing?

Yes it is the st (short tube) and I am running a Mercury 600sci with a Whipple stage 2 upgrade so they claim it is around 730-740hp now.

Thanks for the numbers i am also in the 700-750 hp range ive tried a p5x and was pretty happy with results im probably going to get with bblades and test a maximus st if you dont mind me asking what kinda mph are you getting im currently at 86 light load and 80 fully loaded i am running a stock bravo 1 28 pitch

I boat at Lake Havasu elevation 450 feet temps in the summer are very hot most of time around 110 degrees and the boat runs 90-91 at 5600 rpm's with just me and a full tank of gas, when the weather is a little cooler it will do 92-93 with the same load.
I had bblades build me a spare Maximus and it worked just about as good as the Mercury labbed prop but not quite, so I just sold it so I can get another Mercury prop just like the one I have.

Sounds good thanks for info when i try one i will report back !

What is your x dimension i am currently running a 1 inch spacer

I have never measured my x dimension and it is at the stock height which I think is pretty high because it is noticeably higher then the drive height on a 1998 heat I had before this 2010. You might have to remove the spacer for a Maximus to work.