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I've acquired a cheap 1995 Tyee Grand Sport 1850 in good shape. It has a cracked block 4.3 gen 2 mercruiser. Long story short, I stumbled upon a 1989 maxum with a bad outdrive but a good 305 gen 1 engine. The wife is happy about the 2 boats in the backyard.
I want to get the Tyee going. What...
My boat is a 1985 bayliner 16 foot with an inboard aq125b (125 horse) and a volvo 270 outdrive. I have a 3 blade 14 x 21 r prop on it and I can't get to its full RPM's. At WOT I get to 4200 RPM and its max RPM is 5000. I am looking at getting a 14x19 prop but am stuck on if I should get a 4...
