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Best outboard jet? (around 25 HP at the pump)
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<blockquote data-quote="Tbradley" data-source="post: 360404" data-attributes="member: 9883"><p>A friend of mine had the Merc 25jet 4 stroke on a 1448 Grizzly Tracker and it would plane at all. Now with that said the boat has a side console, rod box and I think the hull specs at 430ish pounds and I believe the motor was mounted too low, by maybe an inch or less. I called several dealers for him asking questions and they said mounted correctly the motor should have planned the boat, but the boat was a little on the heavy side for the 25. One dealer said the motor is probably around 18hp at the jet.??. Well he traded in the 25 for the Merc 60/40 4 stroke and it is much, much better and would be even better if he could mount the motor higher, but he is very close to the top of the transom. </p><p></p><p>Your boat is much lighter and if you don't weight it down you may be alright.. I'd go with something bigger.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tbradley, post: 360404, member: 9883"] A friend of mine had the Merc 25jet 4 stroke on a 1448 Grizzly Tracker and it would plane at all. Now with that said the boat has a side console, rod box and I think the hull specs at 430ish pounds and I believe the motor was mounted too low, by maybe an inch or less. I called several dealers for him asking questions and they said mounted correctly the motor should have planned the boat, but the boat was a little on the heavy side for the 25. One dealer said the motor is probably around 18hp at the jet.??. Well he traded in the 25 for the Merc 60/40 4 stroke and it is much, much better and would be even better if he could mount the motor higher, but he is very close to the top of the transom. Your boat is much lighter and if you don't weight it down you may be alright.. I'd go with something bigger. [/QUOTE]
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