Re: Skanky Beast gets a windshield
Its runnin' perfect. I go down, prime the bulb, open the fast idle, crank her till she fires, and its fun time. I still need to bum a GPS off of a buddy to confirm true speed. The speedo says I am in the high 30s, but those things are not accurate (Pitot style). I pace cars along the bridge (They go 55), and they are not going much faster than me, they just creep ahead slowly. I feel like it is probably honestly going low to mid 40s, just based on other boats I have used. My last boat topped out at 32 mph on GPS, and this just feels faster than that. Whatever, its not that important because I almost always cruise at 3100 rpms, that give me good economy and good cruise speed (22 mph according to pitot speedo). Maybe somebody could whip up a speed guestimate. 125 horsepower, 17 inch prop, tops out at around 5000 rpms, 16.5 foot boat. I think I have more RPMs left. <br /><br />I am not sure if my throttle is opening up all the way. I had to cut a channel in the console for the lever to settle into when maxing it out, just due to the way I mounted the control box, and I think there is just a smidge more left. The next time I go out I will remove the lever and rotate it back one spline, that will allow me to test for complete throttle opening. If the rpms go up to 5100 or more, then I need to modify something.
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