181 Setup

[belaclee11]

1997 181 with Mercury 150 EFI.. Here's what i got:

63.0 mph 23-24psi on water pressure @ 5950 rpms, me and full load

6" jackplate with prop to pad at 3.5"

Im running a Trophy 23.

I think my jackplate may need to be dropped just a tad, or move up to a Trophy 24. Any help would be greatly appreciated


Modified by belaclee11 at 5:59 PM 6/8/2010

[pmgoffjr]

Tempest will find you some mph. I'd start with a 23, and have it tweaked if needed.

[H2O_Fowl]

Sound like you have possible strong running rig. How is your hole shot now? Usually a 23 Tempest is what you want on that boat combo.

But if everything is accurate and you have that kind of H20 PSI and turning those kind of RPM's I wouldn't be afraid to try a 25 Tempest. Your hole shot will suffer some though.

[Gunnar]

Agree with the 23 tempest, but have it balanced & bluprinted with some cup added & it'll bite more like a 24-pitch... Your numbers are very strong already with a full load... Best my '96 150EFI can hit is 64.5 running light.... 3.75" below pad - 6" set-back... 23p Tempest worked by Mark Croxton...

[mikemac10]

Get you a 24 tempest and have it balanced and blueprinted, if you dont carry a ton of crap in your boat you'll be able to turn it just fine, propshaft between 3.5" and 3 1/4" below pad is where you need to be. Otherwise a 23 tempest is a better if you carry more weight

Ive been running a 23 during tournaments when I know I'll have full fuel, livewells full, another guy, etc... A 24 the rest of the time.

[belaclee11]

Hole shot is great! I get up front with the bigger boats and can usually hold them for about a mile or so until i get sucked up. You think a tempest would still outperform a trophy say?

[belaclee11]

What kind of RPMs should mine be running?? I've seen on a website for that specific motor it should be between 5000 and 5600. I know i've got a little too high rpms but i just wanna know what my target should be. Thanks for all the input so far guys!

[Lea]

<table width="90%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=center><tr><td>Quote, originally posted by belaclee11 &raquo;</td></tr><tr><td class="quote">Hole shot is great! I get up front with the bigger boats and can usually hold them for about a mile or so until i get sucked up. You think a tempest would still outperform a trophy say?
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Tempest will outperform a 4 blade unless you are on terrible water like Erie or LOZ! And then the 4 blade will shine till water calms again...

[mikemac10]

Yep Lea is right on here, the trophy is still a OK prop though, my uncle has a 181 and runs a 24 trophy, it runs 60 ish with no jackplate. Ive tried a couple different 4 blades and they dont compare with the tempest overall. I'm turning around 5700 with my worked 24 and between 57-5800 with the 23. I'm actually buying a A40 25 tempest to try and I'll post results if they are any good.

[H2O_Fowl]

<table width="90%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=center><tr><td>Quote, originally posted by Gunnar &raquo;</td></tr><tr><td class="quote">Agree with the 23 tempest, but have it balanced & bluprinted with some cup added & it'll bite more like a 24-pitch... Your numbers are very strong already with a full load... Best my '96 150EFI can hit is 64.5 running light.... 3.75" below pad - 6" set-back... 23p Tempest worked by Mark Croxton...</td></tr></table>

Good point.