New motor hell of an upgrade.175 PRO XS

[swamprat]

Bought New motor mid December,175 4s.ProSX. 24" Tempest Plus,ser.#3B008638.It's on a 1990 mod.18' HydraSport DVTSX.This boat advertized weight is 1300lbs.This thing is awake now,The old Johnson GT175 was tired.I have the motor set at about 2" below pad at this time,18"from the setback.Just me 30gallons of gas,64.2 at tach reading 5500rpms. Holeshot is very impressive,Don't know if anything is left ,but we gona look some moreboat2020.jpg

[1Holeshot]

That is a good looking rig!

[EuropeanAM]

Definitely have some room to drop prop pitch. Nice rig!

[swamprat]

Definitely have some room to drop prop pitch. Nice rig!

If I was to drop pitch an inch or two,I know my RPMs will move up some and holes hot should improve. Do you think I would pick up more speed, or am I about maxed out? Thanks for the compliment,

[swamprat]

That is a good looking rig!

Thanks

[crappielabrador]

Bought New motor mid December,175 4s.ProSX. 24" Tempest Plus,ser.#3B008638.It's on a 1990 mod.18' HydraSport DVTSX.This boat advertized weight is 1300lbs.This thing is awake now,The old Johnson GT175 was tired.I have the motor set at about 2" below pad at this time,18"from the setback.Just me 30gallons of gas,64.2 at tach reading 5500rpms. Holeshot is very impressive,Don't know if anything is left ,but we gona look some moreboat2020.jpg

Is that the same hull as the old javelin 389 / 379? I remember those hulls being crazy fast with a 150. I always liked those Hydra Sports OMC boats and yours has a great color combo. Weren’t some of those Kevlar infused?

[EuropeanAM]

That engine likes to be up in the 5800-6000 RPM range. Get it propped to that range, with the lowest possible slip you can find and it should be quite impressive!

[swamprat]

Is that the same hull as the old javelin 389 / 379? I remember those hulls being crazy fast with a 150. I always liked those Hydra Sports OMC boats and yours has a great color combo. Weren’t some of those Kevlar infused?

These hulls were a bit different(I think) these were the only flat stern boats HydraSport built that Im aware of,With a wide pad also.50 gallon fuel tanks. Yes Kevlar was an option on earlier boats,Late 70s,thru mid 80s,,,I think!!!

[swamprat]

That engine likes to be up in the 5800-6000 RPM range. Get it propped to that range, with the lowest possible slip you can find and it should be quite impressive!

Thanks Don.I may talk to my selling dealer a bit, He is a good drive down the road. I wish I had the money to play with props,I don't.LOL anymore Retired life does that. Im fixing to order a vessel view mobile module and see what happens. What prop would you suggest I try?

[EuropeanAM]

22P if you normally run "heavily loaded". 23P (Tempest Plus) if you run really light most of the time.

[fly by night]

Nice boat and good luck finding the right prop.

[swamprat]

22P if you normally run "heavily loaded". 23P (Tempest Plus) if you run really light most of the time.

Thanks again Don

[swamprat]

Nice boat and good luck finding the right prop.

thanks