She got new power this weekend!!

[Troutkiller2006]

REALLY!!! why wasnt i told? i live in ms but la waters are 8 miles south of my house

[Troutkiller2006]

the guy i am getting my boat from (88 dually) has pretty much the same motor. 2014, i think, with 130 hours on it. he texted me some pics of his motor a little while ago, all screwed up. seems that mercury felt like his boat didnt need a head gasket! almost the same boat, almost the same motor and he lives in houma. lets hope that the similarities end there!

[captMarty]

WOW, they shipped the motor without a head gasket??? I hope they have improved their quality control. Was looking at the paperwork on mine and noticed the manufacture day was April 1, 2016, sure hope I'm not the butt of a cruel April Fool's joke! Yes red snapper year round in Louisiana waters, but don't go past the line, the feds are waiting.

[Troutkiller2006]

yea id call it a pretty big mistake! but pretty impressive that it ran that long though. thats a very well matched mating surface! and mercury is installing him a brand new powerhead

do you know that mississippi waters dont touch international waters? state line is mouth of the pearl and just about due east all the way to alabama. launch in long beach, go about 7 miles south, just past cat island, and you in louisiana!

[garbubba]

How's it sit in the water & what were you running before? My 200 merc has my boats a$$ sitting pretty low & all the 4 strokes are heavier,but this one is close.

[captMarty]

Originally Posted by garbubba

How's it sit in the water & what were you running before? My 200 merc has my boats a$$ sitting pretty low & all the 4 strokes are heavier,but this one is close.

She sits about an inch lower in the water than before. The scuppers are just above the water line. I plan to move the batteries from the back to under the passenger console to compensate for adding weight to the back.

[captMarty]

I tried the 14.25 X 18 Power Tech prop this weekend and did not like it, I'll be going back to the 15.25 X 19. At 4,000 rpm she did 27 mph and to get 30 mph took 4,400 rpm. I never got to WOT because it would have exceeded 6,000 rpm. This was with 2 adults, 2 kids, full fuel and ice. I got better speed and economy with the bigger prop.