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Location: Elk River, Minnesota | Hiya,
For ksmusky: The recommendation of a Tempest prop is out of the question since it has a larger hub and a significantly larger diameter than what the suzuki can take unless it has the 25" shaft length and the larger gear housing and a gear ration above 2:1. On that tuffy, I would bet it will be a 20 inch transom, thus you will have the smaller gear housing and will need a prop that is less than 14" in Diameter.
The Viper prop is designed specifically for speed, but I feel you would lose performance since trying to turn something over 17" in pitch would extremely hard to do with a 13-7/8" diameter. It will slip more than an OMC raker since it does not have the cupping of a raker, so it would need to be trimmed down significantly in order to get a decent turn without ventilating. To turn a viper, I would bet you would need to go down to a 15 pitch, which would be great for hole shot, but top end would suffer...
It's a matter of working with props as stated...find a few to try, and one will definitely stand out from the others.
Looks like we have two different people with questions but the same boat?
Steve
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