| BNelson - 6/1/2011 7:48 AM
umm the prop is a HUGE factor when getting out of the hole.... HUGE.... imo if you are going to re-power a boat put the MAX HP on it.... I personally would not buy a boat that isn't at the max hp... I'm sure there are others like me out there too...in any case I put a 175 Suzuki 4 stroke on my 690VS and couldn't be happier..it has about 350 hrs on it now and hasn't skipped a beat in 3 seasons...pushes it about 52 mph with 2 guys and normal load... quiet and runs great...they run around 13k
You have a point, but a 225 on my boat is not needed. Why spend the thousands of dollars more, add a bunch more weight for only a couple mph? Like I said, I can get better performance out of the hole while using the lower pitched prop on my 150 than I could with a 175. The only difference is the 175 has like 1 to 2 mph on top. I also can troll down much better. Bigger isnt always better. I did tons of research before I bought this setup and there was no compelling reason to go bigger unless my wallet was just too fat. I decided to save the thousands of dollars and put that toward more important things like my kids' college than chest thumping because I have a big motor on my boat when it really offers no benefits to outweigh the cost difference. |
