Like to hear some opinions and thoughts. I've never had a great hole shot, but load the boat and add summer heat and I just struggle. Had a chance to try a couple of different props yesterday, but none were successful. Here's what I got
2014 Charger 496, Merc 250 Proxs - gen 2 torquemaster, 8" manual jack plate, 2 - 12' talons, Motor height - 2.75" below pad
I've been running an unworked Tempest plus 25 since I've had boat about 7 months. Runs pretty good, but hole shot has never been good. Kind of expected with 12' talons, but in the summer my hole shot when boat is loaded is not even close to decent. Last week I bought a 24 Razor 4 (8 PVS holes) in excellent condition and a Bravo 1 with 4 - 1" holes. It looks to have been used pretty hard and has been reworked from a 26 to a 24.5. I bought it cheap so did not have high expectations.
Yesterday I had a chance to run all 3 and here are the results
Conditions were brutal
Air temp - 100
Water temp -98
Fully loaded for fishing with partner, 1/2 tank gas, both live wells full
25 Tempest Plus (prop blade tips do have some slight nicks) I got caught in some shallow water last month that had some small pebbles in it
Holeshot - 6 seconds
RPM's during holeshot - 3650 (1 plug out, 2 - med (1/2) plugs in. I haven't noticed hole shot suffering since I got the nicks (experimented with plugs and this is best)
WOT - Speed - 71.8
RPM's-5600
Mid range - 4500 rpms/53mph
24 Razor 4
Holeshot - 7-7.5 seconds (ran it with 6 plugs out, 2 in) It hesitated at first, but really struggled to get on plane
RPM's - 3700 (only at very end)
WOT - 70.1
RPM-5450
midrange - 4500 rpm / 57 mph
Bravo 1 - 24.5 (worked from original 26 by unknown shop)
Holeshot - 7 seconds (seemed to get going better than the razor, but no ability to finish)
RPM's - 3600
WOT - 68.5
RPM's -5900
Midrange - 4500 rpms / 45 mph
I need a better hole shot than 6 seconds, but don't want to give up too much on top end and hopefully nothing. LOL
Do ya'll think I should get one of these blue printed or try an entirely different prop? Might need a prop just for summer time. I also have a Bailey foil that should be arriving in about a week.