2021 or 22 ZX150 performance

[hammerdog]

Friend of mine new to fishing went and looked at a new ZX 150. What kind of top speed and low end performance should he expect... real nice looking combo for under $40K.

[mknj671]

Looking at the former TZX190 and ZX190 with Yamaha SHO 150's likely high 50's, that would include fuel/tackle/2 people and live wells full. 150 has the 2.0 gearcase so if holeshot is good you may be able to pitch up slightly and get a couple more MPHs if you can reach max RPM with stock prop and normal load but that is about it outside of tweaking jackplate.

[pastorjamiewatson]

58 fully loaded. Very impressed in rough water.

[bentzboatwhisperer]

Pastor Jamie sounds like you guys made the move way to go! 58mph is about right with a load and 2 people. The zx150 has been coming 2.25” (8-9dots) up on the slidemaster jackplate and we found moving it down to 1”3/4-1”7/8 (6-7dots) helped keep water pressure when full trim, improve holeshot being a little more submerged and improved handling without cavitation. As well brought the rpms down slightly to 5800-6000. Last model year zx190 hydraulic plate 1 person light load 24P tempest 64.1mph 6200rpms. Much better holeshot as well. The zx150 is a very capable machine good luck and enjoy.

[pastorjamiewatson]

[QUOTE=bentzboatwhisperer;12264661]Pastor Jamie sounds like you guys made the move way to go! 58mph is about right with a load and 2 people. The zx150 has been coming 2.25” (8-9dots) up on the slidemaster jackplate and we found moving it down to 1”3/4-1”7/8 (6-7dots) helped keep water pressure when full trim, improve holeshot being a little more submerged and improved handling without cavitation. As well brought the rpms down slightly to 5800-6000. Last model year zx190 hydraulic plate 1 person light load 24P tempest 64.1mph 6200rpms. Much better holeshot as well. The zx150 is a very capable machine good luck and enjoy.[/QUOTE

awesome I’m pretty happy with it. I was having issues at low speeds it cavitation some. I just figured out leave it trimmed down when going around 25-35 in rough water. I’m pretty sure mine came form the dealer at 7 dots but I’m definitely gonna go double check. Any more sped would be awesome. I do think the weight limit of the boat is garbage lol. 4 people 570. (I think) I don’t know four people who weight that combined unless there under 12 lol

[Madmax0818]

I’ve seen 60 with perfect condition but honestly run mine low 50’s normal use. The boat handles rough water well for its size. I had my heart set on a 20’ but it would not fit in my garage. I have no regrets and used the same xtra money I would have spent on a larger boat to upgrade electronics and trolling motor