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best thing i use is 20 oz drink bottles. i use a little extra oil since extra doesn't hurt the motor. i use one 20 oz bottle to every 5 gallons of gas.

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Yeah, Skool, I hear ya on the coke bottle...but the mixin' bottles have a WIDE mouth (no need for a funnel) and for just 4 bucks you get it just right... ;D...

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threw on a new prop today. The boat came with a 15 1/2 x15,which works just fine. I got outta da hole real nice,cruise about 29-30 mph at 3900, WOT about 36-37 at 5200. I was really going for a spare prop so I stayed w/ a stock 3 blade aluminium 15x17. Little change outta the hole, picked up a little speed on the cruise and a little bit on the top end...RPMs stayed nearly the same on both [I thought they'd drop a bit] All in all, the 15x17 is now my prop,the 15 1/2 x15 is the spare.P.S. while taking my test run I got into HUGH schools of bluefish chasing peanut bunker,the water was completely boiling w/fish. All 2,3,4lbs. its fun ,but, after the 20th release I have had enough.Not my favorite quarry but they fight like mad.

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Hey, Phester...the blues sound like a LOTTA FUN!!... ;D...

Toppin' out at 5200 rpms...can't remember what motor you got, but sounds like there's probably more rpms to be had... ;)...

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5500 is the top for most. And he may be able to get to it triming the motor while under way.

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Good point, MJ...Phester, was that a LIGHT LOAD and trimmed out ALL THE WAY??...

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I've never gotten that motor to 5500,which is my redline. Yesterday on my test run I was alone w/ about5/8 tank of fuel. I think I do have a little slack in my throttle cable, and also previous owner mounted the fishfinder directly in front of the throttle,so to get WOT I have to dismount the f.f. I don't run it WOT often so it's not to much of a nuisance.Also , had it trimmed out pretty far..could probably go a bit more on the trim but I've always been a bit cautious in the MAX trim MAX rpm mode...know whatta mean ? [*****]

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the last word in parenthesies [sp] was typed ,in a broader sence of the word "CAT" , pu$$y

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Whacha afraid of Phes? ??? Prop bustin outta tha water? Trim it up girl thingy! :o :P :D ;) :)

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yeah I'm a wuss, I know...to get maybe one more MPH out of her I just dont like running it at redline. If there was 3-4 MPH left to gain, in that absent 300 RPM, you bet your a$$ I'd be going for it!

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I hear ya there doc. My luck, you trim it up and it blows - then its BR's fault :'(:-X

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39 is as good as 40...40-44, different ballgame

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"don't know why she blew...BR told me to hold 'er WOT an' trim 'er up til the prop was suckin' in ducks!!... :o...

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;) ;D :o

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Stop the baby stuff!! Move that controller and put the hammer down!!
She can take it!! I do mine every now and again!! Will blow all that carbon out!! Just do it!!!!!!!!

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Well BR, you can rest easy now...if it blows, he can blame it on MJ!! :o...

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Let me get my enclosure squared up first,then I'll see what I can do about blowing up my motor

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Solid thinkin', there Phes...like a man who's got his priorities in order... 8)...

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Whew, glad to have that monkey off my back ;D

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Really...glad to hear you dodged the big "O"....thought you were more toward the coast

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Wish I was closer :'( I can be there in 3 hours - but that leaves me peeing in a cup ;D and eatin a pack of nabs ;D

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At the SAME time?... :o...

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Well, no, I'm not THAT coordinated. I'd end up eating the cup and peeing on the nabs :o ;D

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Yeah...drippy nabs would be a bummer... :P...

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14 1/2x19 on a 200hp oceanrunner at about 56-5800rpm. *I cant' remember exactly on the rpm but thats ballpark. *GPS has top speed at 49.7 kts. *She clips along pretty good. *As does my fuel tank.
Also, that was with the top down, < qtr. tank fuel, running w/tide, breeze, etc...
Hope that helps
O yeah, Alum prop.

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Offshore...49mph...Man you bookin'!! ;D 8)...appears you definately got the RIGHT prop!

Are the others w/200s gettin' that kinda top-end?...

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Thanks, I thinked she's wheeled right. *She really gets up and out of the hole. I'm still working on the mpg, think its about 1.3. *

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14 1/2 x 21 alum. *165 hp 4.3 litre v6 I/O .it does 37 mph @ wot 5000 rpm which I never do. I cruise at 4000-4200 rpm 30 mph. It is tough tho to get under 3 mph for troll. Need buckets. Haven't figured the mpg's but it's not too thirsty.

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50 to 1 ratio is 8 ounces per 6 gallons, are you using 20 ounces per 5 gallons? that is less than 25 to 1, that seems really rich. Or am I miscalculating, I always remeber using a pint can of oil for a 6 gallons tank of gas as per manufacturers reccomendations for 50-1. Please correct me if I am wrong??????????

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A pint per 6 gal is correct, however that's 16 ounces not 8.

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When I was pre-mixin', I used an ''Accu-Mix'' bottle...lines on side of bottle tell EXACTLY how much oil to add for the gallons of gas you just put in...there are some other brand names that look and do the same...$3.99 ;)

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Im running a 1997 mercury 225 offshore with arapture 14 1/4 x 19, it gives me 53.3 mph at 5800 rpm, oh by the way, my boat is a 1995 v21

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Hey Snapper...got any pics to post of the speedy V20??...I believe you got the right prop!!... ;) ;D...

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15"X21 alum. 4000 rpm, 42 mph on gps, may have been against wind with top up and 30 gals of fuel and 3 people on board oh yeah, its a 260 hp I/O

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hmmm i took her out for the first time yesturday with my new prop 15x17 and she ran goood
top speed was about 32mph no slippage and the tach was about 5700
but how come you guys get moor speed than me
try i need to paint the bottom but maybe i would pick up what 2 mph more

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Paint is going to slow you down!!

When under way, trim the motor up to achive best speed!!
I can go from 30 to 38 just buy lifting the motor, just becareful , the goal is to get it up with the least amout of resitance, but to make sure your still in the water, if you come up to high you will hear the motor rev!

My best with a 175 hp is 40 but I am alone, with a light load!
Most of the time full boat I go around 30 and top at 36 like you.

Goes real nice slow like 28 or so!!

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MJ's right as usual..paints SLOWS a boat by adding resistance to the flow goin' under the hull...

W/my 150 WOT(6000 rpms) and trimmed to max(and still bitin') GPS shows 42 and cruisin' about 32... ;)

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hey reela what size prop are you turnig

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I have 15 1/4 X 15

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steplift...it's a Power Tec SS 15 1/4'' x 17 made for Honda...