Todd & Amanda
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Got the boat in at the dealership today and we raised the motor up 2 holes and changed out the prop for a 16 pitch enertia. Unfortunately the wind was horrible today (25-30mph gusts) and due to all the rains last weekend the water wasn't safe to be really trying the boat out. We did manage to get some short runs in and there is a very noticeable difference. Last week on the setup we left the dealership with we had about 40 gallons of fuel on board and managed to see 51 mph once briefly on the speedo with only the wife and myself. Later we had 6 adults and the puppy plus some gear and saw 49 mph. Today in terrible conditions we had a completely full tank of fuel and hit 51-52 anytime I got to try it for a second, actually 52.2 mph. I think we will see 53-54 on good water with this setup. The 16p enertia did great, I don't think we lost any performance from takeoff or any acceleration and after raising the motor we're still turning 6300-6400 rpms. I would love to try a 17 pitch but the dealer didn't have one in stock. I'm going to run this setup until after the break in period is over and hopefully find a 17 pitch to demo. The weather is supposed to be good here Saturday and hopefully the water has a lot less floating objects by then so I can get some more numbers.
I might be over the 250hp phase headed toward a 350hp!!