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    Top Speed Of Our Boat?

    Well, we did have the wrong size prop on the boat. Two things get changed when taking a boat from sea-level to 4,980 feet elevation: the drive anodes and the prop. Have discussed this with other boat owners and they completely agree on changing both, like we ended up doing. Not all DIY folks...
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    Top Speed Of Our Boat?

    Well, so far, we don't have a problem with the mechanic we have. Now, once we take the boat on local lake and see how well it operates, our feelings could change. But, for now, he's a good, even great, mechanic. I don't criticize anyone that knows more than I do............and he definitely does!
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    Top Speed Of Our Boat?

    My wife, aka "The Queen" of our household, definitely says "no". Actually, we've seen boats, both here in northern Colorado and in northeastern Florida/Jacksonville (where our boat was bought) that was older than ours.
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    Top Speed Of Our Boat?

    Now, your reply here, wife and I do NOT understand!
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    Top Speed Of Our Boat?

    Nope! Moving back to northeastern Florida (Jacksonville) is very much an absolute NO.
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    Top Speed Of Our Boat?

    Lake Mead is at 1,229 ft., whereas we are at 4,880 ft.. The mechanic told us that the boat should run the same if not better.
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    Top Speed Of Our Boat?

    Well, it's now running 45mph WOT, that mechanic had it up to. And, yes, new qjet installed. The one that was in it was a totally rebuilt one, not a new one. The old rebuilt one took the carb company a week to rebuild (one of theirs), but the new one was tested in one day and shipped to us the...
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    Top Speed Of Our Boat?

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    Top Speed Of Our Boat?

    Update (July 4th, 2023). Took the boat into marine service last month for "summerization". IOW, connecting disconnected clamps to hoses and running on muffs. He couldn't get the engine to run on idle, so, ended up having new spark plugs, plug wires, rotor/rotor cap, ignition parts and new...
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    Quadrajet Secondaries Problem

    Well, I've come to find out that, sometimes, asking about something on a forum isn't the best thing to do, unfortunately. There are those on boat forums that detest any marine mechanic, but that's their feelings, not everyone's. We believe, and trust, what this mechanic, and the service...
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    Quadrajet Secondaries Problem

    Actually, no he's not! He's been a multi-boat owner for years.
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    Quadrajet Secondaries Problem

    What about the gas still in it? The Service can't remove that. They have no way to dispose of it. We have to get the boat back so we can hire someone to transport to Nevada for us. We do plan on launching the boat one more time here, before having it transported. Anyway, he has already ran the...
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    Quadrajet Secondaries Problem

    We will be putting the boat out on local lake one more time, before having it transported to a Boat Storage in Henderson, Nevada. So, don't have to worry about the elevation anymore.
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    Quadrajet Secondaries Problem

    There is no way we can get the fuel out of the tank and have the tank cleaned. Please, please note the two words just said "no way". We can try to use up as much of the gas that's in it when we get the boat back, but draining the tank and cleaning it, just isn't going to happen. Every part on...
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    Quadrajet Secondaries Problem

    As far as the marine service we use now, they are a very respected one and service a lot of boats, and I do mean "a lot". They are the ONLY marine service, within miles and miles, that will service older boats. That's why we go to them. Not to get too off-topic, but, unfortunately, they have no...
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