I’m sorting things out with this, new to me, boat and motor and had a couple questions. But first I’d like to say thanks to the person who posted a question about a hard starting 96 merc and those who replied. I was confusing the primer on this motor with a choke. Now that I have that straight, it starts much easier.
The problem I’m having is with prop blowout. It only happens if you give it full throttle before it’s up on plane. The cavitation plate is level with the bottom of the boat, maybe just a little above. The motor is setting all the way down on the transom.
It has a thirteen pitch three blade, standard for this motor. It tops out at about 25 mph with a load. I’d guess about the middle of it’s power band.
I was thinking a four blade 12 might get me out of the hole better and hopefully not loose much on the top? I’d like to eliminate as much of the blowout as possible without loosing too much speed, looking for ideas?
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The problem I’m having is with prop blowout. It only happens if you give it full throttle before it’s up on plane. The cavitation plate is level with the bottom of the boat, maybe just a little above. The motor is setting all the way down on the transom.
It has a thirteen pitch three blade, standard for this motor. It tops out at about 25 mph with a load. I’d guess about the middle of it’s power band.
I was thinking a four blade 12 might get me out of the hole better and hopefully not loose much on the top? I’d like to eliminate as much of the blowout as possible without loosing too much speed, looking for ideas?
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