I am looking at perhaps getting a new prop for my 90hp Johnson four stroke motor. The boat is in storage right now so I don't know the prop size, but in talking with people it's my understanding that I can increase my mph a bit while lowering my rpms if I get a prop with a bigger cup and bigger in size than the Hustler I have now.
The holeshot is great so I'd like to keep that while hopefully gaining a bit in mph.
Last fall I think I was at 5,900 rpms at wide open throttle and I should be running closer to 5,400. I hit about 36mph with this prop so I'm hoping perhaps I can hit 38-40. Most important though is that I want to be running in the proper rpm band. The mphs bump would be a bonus.
If you have a prop on this motor that works well I'd like to hear the pitch size and your thoughts. (My boat is a 17' Crestliner side-console if that matters). Thanks very much.
Wasn't terrible at a state park beach. Antelope island maybe. I wouldn't recommend it as a beach destination tho. Figured I was there, I'm getting in it.
The water looked and smelled disgusting with hundreds of thousands of birds sh*tting in there. About as gross as the Salton Sea. When I duck hunted there I didn't even want to touch the water.
It's kinda gross with the algae in the summer but I got in it anyway. Wanted to see the increased bouyancy at work. You can kinda tuck yourself into a ball and you'll just float with your head above water. When dry off you look diamond encrusted with the salt.
We went to the flats too. I dipped a tire on the rental car onto it just to say I’ve been there,but it was still pretty soft from winter melt. After seeing some moron in a BMW suv get dragged out of the muck I had no intention of repeating his stupidity.
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I am looking at perhaps getting a new prop for my 90hp Johnson four stroke motor. The boat is in storage right now so I don't know the prop size, but in talking with people it's my understanding that I can increase my mph a bit while lowering my rpms if I get a prop with a bigger cup and bigger in size than the Hustler I have now.
The holeshot is great so I'd like to keep that while hopefully gaining a bit in mph.
Last fall I think I was at 5,900 rpms at wide open throttle and I should be running closer to 5,400. I hit about 36mph with this prop so I'm hoping perhaps I can hit 38-40. Most important though is that I want to be running in the proper rpm band. The mphs bump would be a bonus.
If you have a prop on this motor that works well I'd like to hear the pitch size and your thoughts. (My boat is a 17' Crestliner side-console if that matters). Thanks very much.
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