Originally Posted by
breeves2245
Got the 50hp and took it out the last two days for break-in. World of difference between the Merc 30hp and the Tohatsu 50hp. So much more torque and very quick to get on plane. I have some pretty serious porpoising going on, so hard to check top end speed. I touched 35 but had to back off due to porpoising. The 30 would hit 27mph. I'll experiment with the motor hole location and I just put a 35lb dumbbell in the bow. Another test drive scheduled for later today.
I am very satisfied with the increase in power. Not sure what a 60hp would feel like, but this 50hp has plenty of performance for my needs. The dealer used the same gauges and the tach was reading 2,900 at WOT. I called them while still on the lake and they said I needed to adjust the tach setting in back. I did not know how much to turn the screw, just experimented with it. At WOT now it reads 6,100. But heck, how do I know if that is accurate? Guess it doesn't really matter in the long run, just need to get the porpoising under control and I'm all good.