I'm hoping I can get some suggestions for a new prop for my 97' Johnson 200 venom. When I bought the boat it had an old OMC shooter prop that had been "altered" shaved,trimmed and the motor sounded great in the 5500-5800 rpm range but could only get 50 mph out of it so I bought a Solas 14x25p and it has an awesome hole shot, gets right up out of the water and moves but tops out less than 5o mph and rpm's it can only hit about 4500-4800 tops. I put the old prop back on, was afraid the solas would tear up my motor.The recommended rpm range for my motor is 5000-6000 and it sounds really happy around 5600-5800 with the old shooter prop. Any suggestions for a prop that can get me over 60 mph without tearing up my motor? Any suggestions as to what is going on?
Thanks!