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Location: Elk River, Minnesota | Hi Grass,
Before going to a 15, may I ask some information of your rig's set up? First and foremost is the motor mounted in the lowest position where it is snug to the top of the transom or has it been mounted up one bolt hole? If it is flush mounted, and you would be up to it, you could move that motor up so that the motor is in the highest bolted position off the transom. That would give you about 300 of those RPM's back. The bow may not rise as much as you accelerate too, which is nice. Just something to try if you are up to .
Otherwise, going to a 15 pitch prop might work too, and you may see similar performance to your stock 17 aluminum. That is the hard part about finding a prop that best suits a rig...it's test, test, and test more until you find one that does what you are looking for. When you find it, it's like that perfect shot in golf where the hit just feels like butter...
Primarily when changing props, especially in the lower HP range, what you gain is durability more than anything.....I'm right on that cusp too with mine. You might be right there too... All you can do is try. Keep me posted, I'll keep responding. I love this kind of stuff...
Steve |
