I know my R 25 is a gas guzzler but please respond with your preferred cruise RPM, speed and would like to know what MPG you are getting.
My R25 with my 200 SHO will plane but will not keep the bow out of the water at 3500 RPM so I cruise at 4000 which gives me about 20mph and I believe around 1.9 mpg.
I am much happier at 5000 RPM and I get closer to 30 mph but I have not computed that FF yet and can only imagine how much worse it gets!
I'm running a 14.25 X 17p 3 blade prop and I am happy with it so far (3rd prop) as it gets a good hole shot and gives me max rpm of around 5950 which is what I was looking for.
I don't want this thread to get into a 3 page prop discussion... there are plenty of those... I just would like to know what RPM you generally set for long range cruise and the speed you get. If you have fuel milage.... even better!
My R25 with my 200 SHO will plane but will not keep the bow out of the water at 3500 RPM so I cruise at 4000 which gives me about 20mph and I believe around 1.9 mpg.
I am much happier at 5000 RPM and I get closer to 30 mph but I have not computed that FF yet and can only imagine how much worse it gets!
I'm running a 14.25 X 17p 3 blade prop and I am happy with it so far (3rd prop) as it gets a good hole shot and gives me max rpm of around 5950 which is what I was looking for.
I don't want this thread to get into a 3 page prop discussion... there are plenty of those... I just would like to know what RPM you generally set for long range cruise and the speed you get. If you have fuel milage.... even better!