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Li'l Dave is trading out computer work for parts with the local marina so parts may be coming soon!!!!
I would love to try out those cryo-gears, but with the middle son graduating high school, getting married and starting college this summer there is not much in the piggy bank for the boat
Thank G*d the youngest is only 14, I am only having to restore a 65 chev for him
to get the pitch down,you will probably have to change the drive to 1.5 to 1
dand that thing looked and sounded good! will your hatch fit over it?
I've got a 1.5:1 upper sitting in the kitchen on the floor, but the engine guy I used told me it might run faster with a higher pitch prop... once I get the most I can out of the carb jetting and so forth... I'll go back and see him for some props to try with the current gear ratio.
here's a video I took last week while running on muffs. had fun on the water yesterday playing with a 4 bladed 29 pitch cleaver prop i had laying around. Getting huge slip numbers once over about 3500 rpm's (approaching 17% compared with the 6-7% I've seen with everything else), but it would blow by 60 at willeven though could hear it lose hold simply from throttle above 55 or so... anyhow.... with gas at 420 a gal.. I almost tempted to put the 4.3 off the back porch back in it! oh well... great day on the river sun... lots of boats out, water was calmer than usual and it was hotter than you know what...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33aWuP1K6o8
ps. the air cleaner on there is only because i had it on hand,.. will definately get one that flows better in short order here...
I hit 75 yesterday in mine
Must be a lot smoother water than we have around here
what brand prop are you running?