Wanaflatsfish Posted January 29, 2017 Report Share Posted January 29, 2017 Please provide your numbers on this if you have it? Also, what kind of fuel economy are you all seeing on the 115 ? DC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLDXT Posted January 30, 2017 Report Share Posted January 30, 2017 I'd pm Marcus, FunkeyMonkey....he had me lined out on a 4 blade for my df140, knocked it out of the park first time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanaflatsfish Posted January 30, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2017 1 hour ago, FLDXT said: I'd pm Marcus, FunkeyMonkey....he had me lined out on a 4 blade for my df140, knocked it out of the park first time. pm sent this a.m....tks dc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brooks V Posted February 4, 2017 Report Share Posted February 4, 2017 I'm using a PTR4R16PYM90 its perfect full trim 5700 rpm out of hole boat length mayabe a tad more . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanaflatsfish Posted February 5, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2017 7 hours ago, Brooks V said: I'm using a PTR4R16PYM90 its perfect full trim 5700 rpm out of hole boat length mayabe a tad more . tks... what kind of speed and fuel economy.....Ptr is what Marcus recommended... dc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brooks V Posted February 5, 2017 Report Share Posted February 5, 2017 The most ive seen is 42 mph at wot light load , not too sure on fuel economy . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flireman Posted February 5, 2017 Report Share Posted February 5, 2017 Hey Brooks V aren't you running a 130hp? He's asking about a 115hp, totally different performance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geeviam Posted February 5, 2017 Report Share Posted February 5, 2017 What is the weight of the 1995 MA 17 hull? NADA specs shows it at 675 #. If so, that's a light boat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geeviam Posted February 5, 2017 Report Share Posted February 5, 2017 NM, I found a 2008 brochure. The NADA numbers were way off. Looks like the hull is around 1,450 # which is a little more than my RF 16. That brings me to my recommendation: Mercury SpitFire X7 (13 X 17P) prop. Outstanding hole-shot, grip, gas mileage and top speed. With your 2.00 gear case, I'd almost bet money that you would get at least 45 MPH at 5600 RPM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lap it Up Posted February 6, 2017 Report Share Posted February 6, 2017 On January 29, 2017 at 4:42 PM, Wanaflatsfish said: Please provide your numbers on this if you have it? Also, what kind of fuel economy are you all seeing on the 115 ? DC Member Mitz did a lot of prop testing on a 17MA with 115 ProV. He liked Turbo props. Might want to reach out to him. He went contender now but maybe he still checks PM's. Turbo is normally cheaper than PT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurem Posted February 6, 2017 Report Share Posted February 6, 2017 Contact Buttapollock, He did massive testing before with his 2 stroke and then lots more prop testing with his 4 stroke when he blew up his 2 stroke. Maybe his 2 stroke was a 130 though, not a 115. It's been a long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanaflatsfish Posted February 6, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2017 Thanks guyz....will contact them via PM. dc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanaflatsfish Posted February 20, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2017 On 1/29/2017 at 4:42 PM, Wanaflatsfish said: Please provide your numbers on this if you have it? Also, what kind of fuel economy are you all seeing on the 115 ? DC Just back from the first trip..... 35 miles....9.5 gallons of fuel....so, we'll call it 3.5 MPG...not bad. Prop is not right..only getting 46 RPM Max....hole shot terrible - large ported 3 blade...but, does not jump up as expected. dc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitz Posted March 11, 2017 Report Share Posted March 11, 2017 On 2/6/2017 at 5:46 AM, Lap it Up said: Member Mitz did a lot of prop testing on a 17MA with 115 ProV. He liked Turbo props. Might want to reach out to him. He went contender now but maybe he still checks PM's. Turbo is normally cheaper than PT. Indeed so gents haha but will always love my MA's!! So DC, my 17 came w a standard yam 3 blade (turbo brand) 13.25x17 that would hit 5.6k rpm. well it was like riding on a wet noodle. hole shot wasn't bad actually but as soon as u gave any positive trim the prop would blow out. Also, even trimmed all the way down and going only at 22ish, it would lose grip in creeks. U should pull the prop and check the pitch. you really should be at least around 5.3k. Max rpm is 5.5k. either way, pull the prop and clean the back which should expose the stamp and the specs. I am a big fan of the turbo fx4 in 16 pitch, i believe the powertech ptr 4 is similar but .25 larger in dia, as mentioned above the read a lot of good things about the merc spitfire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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