big boat big block
big boat big block
i have a 20 foot boat estimated wight around 5000 a three blade 82" whirlwind super wide on a century drive 2;1 and a 572 bbc stock can any one tell me the pitch to rpm i should be running to get up on pad with 2000 lbs of fish in the hull after tournament? i can only get it up to 4000 rpm now and it has a hard time getting up the blades are pitched a ways past setting C in the A B C options after 100 fish she just plows and dosnt get planed out
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Re: big boat big block
You need to take some pitch out of the prop and let it turn 4,500 at the motor. you will notice a substantial increase in top end thrust
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Re: big boat big block
Just curious, what kind of fish are you catching??
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Re: big boat big block
is this your boat?pipedog wrote:Just curious, what kind of fish are you catching??
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