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Unread 10-10-2006, 11:26 PM
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Default Re: Prop for V20 cuddy with 225 OMC ob?

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Originally Posted by Airslot
THis is intresting. *Looks to me like once you get to 150 hp that the advantage of more power falls of very quickly on these hulls. *If the gear ratio's are the same and you can't turn more prop, why bother?

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The bigger motors have lower gear ratios and spin the shorter pitch prop faster. You still get more speed for a given engine rpm even though the pitch of the props are the same.

If the gear ratio of the 225 and 150's are the same and the 150 guys are running a 17, then I would run a 19. If you have a lower gear ratio than the 150's, I would stick with a 17.
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