I have a 89 Capri with the Ford 2.3l l-4.
It had the stock prop with was a 3 blade 13.5" x 17 pitch. I may be off .25" on the size.
Last time out last season I managed to find a rock and marred the prop a little.
I wold like to change the prop a little to give me more low to mid power.
We typically use the boat with 3-4 adults and the 2 kids. We pull a towable.
With that many people I can only get the boat up to 10 MPH gps. It doesn't even get close to plane. I couldn't tell you the max RPM at WOT.
When my wife and I went out by ourselves it ran up great but I didn't have my gps and I'm not sure the tach is super accurate. New tach is on my list of goodies for it this season.
I would like to tweek the prop to at least get it on plane while still carrying our typical load of people.
I understand by changing the prop I will either get a better low end or better top end.
Which way do I want to go to get me a better mid range?
We live in Colorado so it's not like I need the boat to go 50 mph.
Thanks for any help. If I left something out please let me know.
Matt
It had the stock prop with was a 3 blade 13.5" x 17 pitch. I may be off .25" on the size.
Last time out last season I managed to find a rock and marred the prop a little.
I wold like to change the prop a little to give me more low to mid power.
We typically use the boat with 3-4 adults and the 2 kids. We pull a towable.
With that many people I can only get the boat up to 10 MPH gps. It doesn't even get close to plane. I couldn't tell you the max RPM at WOT.
When my wife and I went out by ourselves it ran up great but I didn't have my gps and I'm not sure the tach is super accurate. New tach is on my list of goodies for it this season.
I would like to tweek the prop to at least get it on plane while still carrying our typical load of people.
I understand by changing the prop I will either get a better low end or better top end.
Which way do I want to go to get me a better mid range?
We live in Colorado so it's not like I need the boat to go 50 mph.
Thanks for any help. If I left something out please let me know.
Matt
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