G Man

Was over half throttle but no way near full. Seems I need a bit more pitch. Boat planes with no tabs very fast.

rdp145

What kinda horsepower are you running? seems pretty fast for a stock 500

G Man

stock it is rated at 470. Boat is used. Guess it is all stock. 70MPH was on Gaffrig liquid filled dash guage not radar gun. So I don't know????? That's all I have to go on.

liquid asset

From the people Ive known with 500 hp 25's, they have either spun 25" mirage or labbed 26" bravo, ask rabaja, he bought a labbed 26 from me for his, I think hes running 72-73 gps

yesrej

i hav an 02 with 496 ho. i run 67 -68 all day everyday. with 1/4 tank of fuel i run 70ish. best ive seen is 70.8 on gps. this is with stock 23 mirage plus. i will send my prop to darin over the winter to see what esle i can get out of her.

G Man

Seems like my 24pitch Merc racing labbed 4 blade is not enough. Who do you reccomend to work on it????

Blewbyyou

yesrej,
What RPM's are you running at WOT? Stock motor?

baja36ft

before you do any work to the prop i would try a 24 hydromotive first that is a better prop a friend has a 99 outlaw
and the boat runs 69.8 gps with a hydro much faster prop.

articfriends

Before you worry about getting a taller prop trim the thing out and put it at wot otherwise you will be guessing in the dark. If it actually hits the rev limiter try the same thing with a few people in it and a full tank of gas,you'd hate to buy a prop that would only work when boat is empty with no loa. Back when my boat(272) only had 650 hp it would pull a 26 pitch 4 blade to 5000-5200 depending on load around 75-76 mph so your prop is probably closer to ideal than you think,Smitty

G Man

Good advice. I agree! Was by myself with a little less than half tank of gas.

I need to trim it out and see where the rpm's go. Will do it this weekend and report back.

Thanks