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	Name:	MotorMan -
	Subject:	Buying a new prop - Need Help
	Date:	5/30/2005 11:53:00 PM

Be very very careful with that prop. I think it will over rev your engine. example:
My 85hp Evinrude came with a 13 1/4 x 17" prop. It was a good all around 15.5' tri-hull prop. The 13"x 19" I got produced no more speed. The 13 3/4x15" however was a good "stump puller" I used to pull up salom skiers. It was hard on the engine and ran up the rpms with no skier.

Perhaps you can try some props out at a good prop shop. One perfect prop from a prop shop is better than trying out by buying a new one. A prop builder can make a speed prop perfect for the boat/motor combo. They can build a 22 3/4 " pitch if that is what your engine needs to reach its proper band of rpm

That is why I have this ss 23" prop. It did not help my 175 Merc o/b and I am stuck with it.
good luck.

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