2feettexan
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I just purchased a 2008 1448 SC W/25 hp El 4S EFI Mercury grizzly tracker. I did not get to try it out before I bought it due to weather conditions. I did get it on the water yesterday and ran it in a small pond, and I never got the boat to get up on plane. Every time I went full throttle the boat nose came up and we really did not have a lot of speed. It had an aluminum prop which was nicked pretty bad so I ordered a PowerTech prop and put on it. It has an 11 degree pitch per the folks from power tech. I did set the transom bracket to the next to last hole to try to push the front end down. The whole setup is nice, I'm wondering does anyone an idea on how to get this boat to plane? It does not have power tilt and trim. I did discover after I put the boat back on the trailer that the vent cap on the gas tank was not all the way vented, my mistake. Could this have been the whole problem, just not enough air to let the motor reach max rpm? I will have to wait for the next break in the weather to run it again. Your thoughts, thanks.