Thanks guys, The motor is a 2007 opti, It has about 1100 hours total or so on it but the when I got it about 6 months ago the power head & lower unit was rebuilt with 150 hours on it. It has a 4 blade 18 degree pitch prop. When I first got it I could get it up to 44 with a full load and 4 people on the boat but now I can barely get up to 38 mph by myself. I can't get past get up to 5000 rpm so idk after seeing some guys on here with my same set up getting up to about 53 mph and getting in the 5k rpm range.
I've got the mercury smart gauge system and the fuel flow rate say in burning I think 15 gph going 30mph I'm not positive on that though. If my simple math is correct then that's 2mpg; I really feel like it I should be fast with being more efficient. So hopefully y'all can help me solve this situation.
Also I LOVE!!! The front backrest. It's awesome offshore when anchoring and chasing birds.
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10-18-2013, 01:05 PM
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