What kind of L/U is it?

[judge]

Its on a 1995 Super Mag 225 on my 1996 21XDC. Everyone has said I need to be running a torquemaster instead of the Sportmaster that was on it. Is this it? It does not have low water p/u on the 4 holes on the side. That is fewer than I have seen on others. How high can I run this motor. My latest run this afternoon is 71mph @ 5700 rpm water pressure @ 15-17lb with 27 Trophy Plus. Its my understanding that this motor is not reaching its potential until the mid 6000's. If I have to come up to get rpms with 27 or drop in pitch to 25 or 26 (I have both) or got to 25/26 pitch but bigger prop. Trying to grasp the concepts but just so many variables.

[Matt Wayne]

Yes that is a torquemaster Not sure what hieght you can run on your set up but Im sure somebody that has run that setup will chime in.

[P Nichols]

I wouldn't run that gearcase real high at all, it looks like the skeg has been welded on. The higher you go the more stress it'll put on the skeg so it could break and if it does that could be real bad at WOT.

Paul

[elm creek]

Judge, I have the same setup as you, I am 2" below the pad with a 25 Razor 3 blade. I am running 77.5 and have plenty of water pressure. I`m going to try and come up a little on my plate and see if I can pick up a little more speed.

[marty92xrd]

<table width="90%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=center><tr><td>Quote, originally posted by P Nichols &raquo;</td></tr><tr><td class="quote">I wouldn't run that gearcase real high at all, it looks like the skeg has been welded on. The higher you go the more stress it'll put on the skeg so it could break and if it does that could be real bad at WOT.

Paul</td></tr></table>

+1!!! If you havent bought that one yet I would hold out for another one that hasnt been welded on. That is a TorqueMaster, and what you should be running on your boat.

I sure wish you could have made it to the rally a few weeks ago!! We were looking for you!!

[judge]

<table width="90%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=center><tr><td>Quote, originally posted by marty92xrd &raquo;</td></tr><tr><td class="quote">

+1!!! If you havent bought that one yet I would hold out for another one that hasnt been welded on. That is a TorqueMaster, and what you should be running on your boat.

I sure wish you could have made it to the rally a few weeks ago!! We were looking for you!! </td></tr></table>
I wish I could have made it too. I had everything loaded and ready to go anticipating being out of court by no later than 5pm; the jury had other plans and deliberated until fairly late. Too tired to make the effort by then.

I checked with the prior owner who swears the skeg was never welded, that it was sanded, he does the edges of his props that way too (???). I grew up in an auto salvage yard until after I got out of law school and have welded my share fixes and seen some of the best; if it has been welded its the best I've ever seen. There is no indication of a weld seam or cover up after its been ground down. The edge you seen is not a seem its the sanding edge

Either way if I can't get this figured out soon it might require a trip to Ark. for some education.

[tmbullet]

I have a torque master on my 03 21XD and 04 225 EFI and I run it 1/2" below the pad with 20#'s of water pressure, with a 28 pitch Turbo TXP-OT4 I run 85.4 (gps) and haven't had any problems, no blow out, or any other problems...

[judge]

I did not put in the initial thread it is a 2.5L 225 EFI (Promax)