outdrive question
05-15-2008, 05:44 PM
#11
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I belive knot would be correct on the top end. You should see about 55mph. I have a 454 mag efi and we run a consistent 60mph and have seen as high as 62 on the perfect day (once). I maybe selling a 21 or 23p mirage plus as I'm going to pick up a Hydromotive Quad 1V X prop. My guess is a 21 would be the right match. You'll have a better resale with the bravo one as well.
Not sure it is worth the cost of changing regardless of which one you have today.....
05-16-2008, 07:17 AM
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B1 should be better top end, but I don't think 5mph better. I went through this exercise with my 270 laser. Ended up choosing the B3 for better manueverability around the dock and better hold shot. Also get straighter idle steering. When I looked into it PQ told me I would be trading 1-2 MPH top end.
Not sure it is worth the cost of changing regardless of which one you have today.....
Not sure it is worth the cost of changing regardless of which one you have today.....
05-16-2008, 07:36 AM
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If he is at 50 GPS with 3-4 people and a full tank of gas, he is not that far off, maybe a couple MPH. My 270 385HP ran mid 50s at best with a load like that.
05-16-2008, 08:06 AM
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And he said he is running 50 MPH on the speedo so my guess is that is not a GPS speed. You cannot baseline anything without know RPM at WOT.
Last edited by Knot 4 Me; 05-16-2008 at 08:47 AM.
05-16-2008, 02:18 PM
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That's why I said if he was at 50 GPS - you know those pressure speedos - just like Wally's, mine was 6+ MPH happy. And we don't know what RPMs he is turning yet.
05-17-2008, 09:25 PM
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28????That's way to big for that setup.You should be in a 21-23p.Assuming the Bravo 3 props are the same as a standard.Which I'll admit I don't know much about. That simply sounds like one big wheel.
05-17-2008, 11:27 PM
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Seems too big to me too, but I haven't run B3s for a long time. K4M has them on his Chap and can chime in on what pitch the are. He had his balanced, polished and thinned which helped him.
Last edited by Mentalpause; 05-18-2008 at 10:16 AM.
05-18-2008, 08:17 AM
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If that is truly the case and its simply a matter of oversized props. I'd try swapping them out 1st and see what the results are. You maybe able to get pretty close to that 55mph mark at which swapping drive may not make economical sense.
