Youse guys with the Mercury 90's

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Youse guys with the Mercury 90's

#1 Post by HandymanHerb » Thu Jun 13, 2013 9:11 pm

Can you please look and tell me what size prop you have, so I can have a close starting point to start trying props, we hit 22 mph with the prop we had on, but it looks more like a speed prop than a pontoon prop, now I'm embarrassed now, I can't remember what prop came with the engine we bought, oh well I look in the morning and get it on here.
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Re: Youse guys with the Mercury 90's

#2 Post by DRock » Fri Jun 14, 2013 12:15 am

I've had good luck with 13p for heavier loads, it should turn around 6k with that prop with a light load. My 15p is my best cruise/speed prop.

How many rpm's is it turning?
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Re: Youse guys with the Mercury 90's

#3 Post by HandymanHerb » Fri Jun 14, 2013 12:22 am

It said 6600 RPM, but I'm thinking that my gauge might not be right, that's why I want to grab the engine guy and take him for a ride
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#4 Post by wwind3 » Fri Jun 14, 2013 3:59 am

Hard to tell w/o boat info-length, pontoon size, etc. Chek my sig line for my setup-I'm running 16 in aluminum and a 17 in stainless---alum is faster than the stainless. I'm running 28 with the alum and 26 with the stainless. 90 Optimax. Motor redline is 5800.
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#5 Post by HandymanHerb » Fri Jun 14, 2013 7:28 am

I keep forgeting I removed my info to run John's Dancing Hero's, but I have a 20 foot with 23 inch toons, and so i shouldn't have been doing 6600 then :rofl
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#6 Post by GXPWeasel » Fri Jun 14, 2013 9:46 am

Probably won't help you much Herb, since our boats are such different sizes, but I run a 17p 13 1/4" dia prop. I get maybe 23gps, on a calm day, with 2-3 on board. 5,500 rpm.
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#7 Post by HandymanHerb » Fri Jun 14, 2013 9:57 am

Thanks guys, he said he had a few laying around, so I see what he has laying around to try, but we need a better RPM reading than I'm getting right now
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