Speed
My 1977 had a 1977 evin. 140 when I towed it home from Florida early Dec. which we checked out and they said it could run but the compression and condition were such we'd never get max performance out of it, it likely had been overheated as well and it wasn't worth putting money into rebuilds...technology. So, I looked around, found a 2008 Evinrude etec 175 with 300 hours and careful maint. history from a dealer and repowered. It had been running a 21' bass boat with stainless prop so they needed to re prop it for a deep v hull and started with an approx 14" or slightly less x21" pitch. Popped it in the river and ran it wot to 45 mph on gps. However the rpms were down so they re propped it with a 19" which it has now and the rpms should get to the max range of 5500 to 6,000. Not sure what the wot speed will be but it should cruise pretty well. If I had kept the 1977 140 I bet it would not have gotten more than 120 hp which is not enough for a big deep v hull in my view. The 175 pops it right out of the water they told me. I couldn't be there the day they did the prop work on the river but am eager to get it out when weather breaks now. It's ready and functional.
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03-08-2017, 07:30 PM
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