fletcho5
Member
- Dec 22, 2012
- 34
- Boat Info
- 1987 amberjack hardtop, 1 ton v10, garnim4210, autopilot, espar heating,
- Engines
- twin v6 550 hrs
We'll went out on test run with new motors and outdrives yesterday. Installed new 4,3's 225 hp and alpha outdrives one counter. The test run was flawless except for a little leak on a broken clamp. The engines were quieter than the old ones with less vibration. The power was way better to. Still on break-in so no speed figures. put 18 pitch 4 blade props on changed to 16's.thought I could pull the larger prop with the extra 35 hp nope. Got the boat on cruise at 29 mph and saw 2.1 mpg for a second probably wishful thinking but they'll do as well or better than my old motors with more hp. Also enlarged the trim tabs from 12x12 to 13 x 14.5 with 3" drop leg's and welded to old tabs, huge difference. Used to run full tabs for the 1.7 mpg now I wasn't even at half tab when I momentarily saw 2.1. also put the Bennett auto tab plus on verdict's still out on them not sure didn't have a enough time to play with them. Painted the whole bilge, rebuilt the trim motors, new bilge pumps, gas lines, battery cables and dual binnacle control and cables. Didn't have enough time to play in the marina to see what the difference is with the counter rotating drive just loaded on trailer. Love it !!! Life is good again. Look out tuna.
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