Well I was able to take my new to me boat out the other day for a short ride. It is a Lowe 1440M with the short transom. I have my motor back from being fixed and needed to get it out to try it out. The motor is a 2013 EFI Suzuki 15 hp. I have had nothing but problems with this thing sense day one. It ran good but this boat must have a lower transom. It is spraying water straight up from the lower end in a V.
I am guessing I am going to have to raise the motor. I have a jack plate I built on my other boat. I may have to rob it off of it. I also tried out a new prop. I custom ordered a Power Tech 4 blade for this motor. All I can say is this baby grabs a lot of water. I had to go up in pitch as they did not have a casting to make the 9" I wanted. Going to have to get a tach for the motor to see were I am at. I was running 21 mph so that was not too bad. Well it was 21 up river and 22 down river.
Has anyone had any luck with those tini tachs on Ebay? Or can I run a regular tach on the motor?
It is going to be a little while as the river is froze up again and it will be about a month before it really opens up. So I have a little bit of time to do some adjustments.
I am guessing I am going to have to raise the motor. I have a jack plate I built on my other boat. I may have to rob it off of it. I also tried out a new prop. I custom ordered a Power Tech 4 blade for this motor. All I can say is this baby grabs a lot of water. I had to go up in pitch as they did not have a casting to make the 9" I wanted. Going to have to get a tach for the motor to see were I am at. I was running 21 mph so that was not too bad. Well it was 21 up river and 22 down river.
Has anyone had any luck with those tini tachs on Ebay? Or can I run a regular tach on the motor?
It is going to be a little while as the river is froze up again and it will be about a month before it really opens up. So I have a little bit of time to do some adjustments.