Tim, I didn't realize it but my good buddy Jeff has your old 340, he's just down the dock from me. The boat is still immaculate, looks like it just came off the showroom!

Better than new!

One of the few boats that I actually would classify as close to new as you could get

Sounds like a Sunny add....lol!!

Ajfisher

I am glad to hear that. That was and sounds like still is a great boat. Tell Jeff and his wife we said hi the next time you see him.

Tim

Verbi,

You will need to feather the throttles to get her on plane with the 4-blades or they will blow out. You will see some finishing marks I had put out on the trailing edge of the props to help with that, but they still blow out if you mash the throttles. I would give them about half throttle with 5 or 6 on the trim gauge and then back off the throttles as she came up on plane. You will like the four blades and if you look they are a 32 pitch prop and the 5 blade hydro's started out as 28 pitch.

Thanks,

Tim

Tim,
I will definately give the 4 blades a try at some point in the near future, but I sure do like the way the boat comes on plane with the 5 blades!!
I did notice the finishing marks on the trailing edges, but the props are stamped 30.....

You will need to feather the throttles to get her on plane with the 4-blades or they will blow out. You will see some finishing marks I had put out on the trailing edge of the props to help with that, but they still blow out if you mash the throttles. I would give them about half throttle with 5 or 6 on the trim gauge and then back off the throttles as she came up on plane.

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Verbi,

My 4 blades are 30 and 5 blades hydro's are 32...4 blades work like Tim mentions above & 5 blades were not hitting max rpm but never blew out.

Thanks for the info on the props guys!!

Need4SpeedGTCS what kind of numbers are you seeing with each? And what were the final HP numbers after rebuild/mods?? Still no pics?!