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<blockquote data-quote="whorrall" data-source="post: 459373" data-attributes="member: 24168"><p>WOT is 5000-6000. 5100 is on the low end of that for sure. I've read my manual and adjusted my throttle linkage to make sure it is getting WOT.</p><p></p><p>I talked to a guy who does nothing but boat props, and he's led me to try a cupped, stainless, bow lifting Mercury Tempest Plus 19P. He believes a 17P would just increase my rpms but I'd still be at about the same speed. I think with 200 horses I should be able to pull a 19P. I think the issue is that the bow drags. I should have mentioned something fairly important. I have a built in 30 gal bow mounted fuel tank that I keep pretty full. I did a run with the tank fairly empty once, and it exceeded 52 mph and had more to go, but it chine walked/prop walked pretty bad so I backed off in order to live longer.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="whorrall, post: 459373, member: 24168"] WOT is 5000-6000. 5100 is on the low end of that for sure. I've read my manual and adjusted my throttle linkage to make sure it is getting WOT. I talked to a guy who does nothing but boat props, and he's led me to try a cupped, stainless, bow lifting Mercury Tempest Plus 19P. He believes a 17P would just increase my rpms but I'd still be at about the same speed. I think with 200 horses I should be able to pull a 19P. I think the issue is that the bow drags. I should have mentioned something fairly important. I have a built in 30 gal bow mounted fuel tank that I keep pretty full. I did a run with the tank fairly empty once, and it exceeded 52 mph and had more to go, but it chine walked/prop walked pretty bad so I backed off in order to live longer. [/QUOTE]
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