181 Hole Shot

[CoosaFlipper]

I went from a 24 Trophy to a 25 Tempest Plus and the hole shot is dramatically better with no over rev....a buddy of mine swears that his 25 Renegade will give me more stern lift at hole shot...any ideas? its a 150 EFI on a 181 DC...the boat runs great with the Tempest, so I don't really want to mess with it but thought I would get some feed back from some of you guys.

[pmgoffjr]

Thank your buddy for his well meaning advice, but you are running the right prop.

[iron banks]

<table width="90%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=center><tr><td>Quote, originally posted by pmgoffjr &raquo;</td></tr><tr><td class="quote">Thank your buddy for his well meaning advice, but you are running the right prop. </td></tr></table>
+1

[Lea]

Welcome, Jeff...Glad you joined us!!!

As said, you are running the right prop!!!!

[xpressman al]

I dare you to try my renegade. I bet acase of heavys its even better.

[ssbassman]

23 or 25 which one is guys?

[Gunnar]

I run a 23p Tempest+ on my 150EFI and get zero - 30mph in less than 6-seconds loaded to fish.... 'Course a guy named Mark worked the prop for me...

[Lea]

<table width="90%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=center><tr><td>Quote, originally posted by xpressman al &raquo;</td></tr><tr><td class="quote">I dare you to try my renegade. I bet acase of heavys its even better. </td></tr></table>

I'd like to see the results of that bet. I know a lot of folks use Merc props on other brands of motor, but am not familiar with using an OMC/BRP prop on a Merc.

[mikemac10]

As far as holeshot goes, I'd be suprised to see much improvment over a 23 tempest.

[CoosaFlipper]

im running a 25 Tempest Plus...

[pmgoffjr]

If your rpms are right at WFO, get all over it.

And as far as a four blade omc running with a tempest/M/T1/RBX high rake three blade on a champ hull? I'll take that wager and gladly pay if I lose, but it will be the first time ever I saw it happen.

[Lea]

My thoughts, too...

[WaYoop]

<table width="90%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=center><tr><td>Quote, originally posted by Gunnar &raquo;</td></tr><tr><td class="quote">I run a 23p Tempest+ on my 150EFI .... 'Course a guy named Mark worked the prop for me... </td></tr></table>

Same here Turn a 24p Trophy darn near the same rmps as my Tempest.

[WaYoop]

<table width="90%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=center><tr><td>Quote, originally posted by pmgoffjr &raquo;</td></tr><tr><td class="quote">And as far as a four blade omc running with a tempest/M/T1/RBX high rake three blade on a champ hull? I'll take that wager and gladly pay if I lose</td></tr></table>

You can borrow my boat Pat, if it takes place in the Pacific Northwest, and I will pay if you lose




Modified by WaYoop at 8:03 PM 7/7/2010

[pmgoffjr]

Pretty sure your money would be safe....

[kris_tx]

Renegade runs horrible on a champ. I tried a 25 once on my 202 and it was the worst prop I ever tested.

[Ed R]

Ran a worked (DAH) 25 Renegade on a '97 186 with a 150 FastStrike. Was a rocket out of the hole and would turn 5600-5700rpm @ 65mph 2 people, and 67-68mph GPS 1 person all day every day. Sea level in the Northeast, Just Sayin, never did run a Tempest on it.

[xpressman al]

Thank you Ed R. It wont cost Coosa Flipper anything to try my prop. It would be worth trying before spending money on a tempest just to be sure.

[Lea]

<table width="90%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=center><tr><td>Quote, originally posted by xpressman al &raquo;</td></tr><tr><td class="quote">Thank you Ed R. It wont cost Coosa Flipper anything to try my prop. It would be worth trying before spending money on a tempest just to be sure.</td></tr></table>

That's very true. Ed R was running the renegade on an OMC motor. Wonder if that will make a diff when it is on a Merc...

[ChampioNman]

He better have a hub kit for it.