5 MPH more out of baja
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From: Northern kentucky
hello i have 2000 baja hammer with 454 mag MPI boat will run 65 all day long been thinking of different props boat is mostly stock other than a mild cam and obviously thru-hull exhaust im currently running a mercury bravo 4 blade 24P can i achieve that extra 5mph from a prop swap any suggestions????? no nitrous hahahaha
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the boat was a repo when i bought it from the bank so i didnt get a cam card with it or anything im not sure if the ecm was remapped for the cam or not it has a ton of low to mid though doesnt seem like i have that same wicked powerband on topend maybe a cam swap??? ive built alot of drag motors but i know marine is different any ideas on a decent cam?? thanks
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From: Chesapeake Bay
A proper pitch 3 blade lab finished might get you Afew mph. Maybe not 5 but def 3 I feel. The Baja is going to have a deep X dim and the 3 with some cup would carry the bow better then an untouched bravo 4 blade. Your midrange will suffer some especially if you work the 3 blade prop for absolute top speed. Also planing time will be longer. If you can spin a 24 4 blade to the max wot range of your motor then a 25 3 blade would keep you about the same rpm I believe. Hopefully Bret or Brad will chime in
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From: Plano, Texas
Nailit meant Bob Madara at Marine Kinetics is the cam man.
I recently loaned my heavily worked M+ 23 to a Baja brother in Ky. He was spinning the stock M+ 23 4900 at 60. He ran my wheel 67 GPS at 5000. Almost identical 272/502 boats. The improvements aren't just top end numbers, it's across the board. He sent it to Brett, who did his computer aided measurement "MRI". Highly tuned prop can make a big difference. Bblades "knows alittle"
I recently loaned my heavily worked M+ 23 to a Baja brother in Ky. He was spinning the stock M+ 23 4900 at 60. He ran my wheel 67 GPS at 5000. Almost identical 272/502 boats. The improvements aren't just top end numbers, it's across the board. He sent it to Brett, who did his computer aided measurement "MRI". Highly tuned prop can make a big difference. Bblades "knows alittle"



