Help! Need advise!

Jehirsh

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Hello all! New to the forum and looking for some advise. I recently bought a 16 ft mod v boat and a new Mercury motor and the boat motor combo don’t seem to be performing as well as it should. I was wondering if there is anyone out there that I can PM or that can point me in the right direction?
Thank You in advance
 

Bondo

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Ayuh,...... Welcome Aboard,...... What's it doin', or not doin' for ya,..??
 

roscoe

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we don't PM.
We keep it here to investigate, ask questions, and provide opportunity for everyone to contribute.

Make model year of boat?
Photo?
weight?
Weight of all gear and people?
 

Jehirsh

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Ayuh,...... Welcome Aboard,...... What's it doin', or not doin' for ya,..??
The motor is at 3600-3700 rpm at full throttle and runs at about 7mph. The stock prop is 8.5 pitch and I got a 7.5 pitch tried it and was getting 3800-3900 rpm not sure what the speed was as I forgot to turn on my gps. The boat of course won’t plain at that speed and I have tried playing with the tilt and nothing. I have taken the carb apart just to make sure nothing freakishly got plugged at the factory and using fresh gas. I also have adjusted to mixture screw and still doesn’t get better. I do have some ideas of what could possible be done but they would be a bit pricey and wondering if there is something else that could be done at a lower cost.
 

Jehirsh

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we don't PM.
We keep it here to investigate, ask questions, and provide opportunity for everyone to contribute.

Make model year of boat?
Photo?
weight?
Weight of all gear and people?
The boat is a G3 1654vbw 16ft v mod total weight is around 850 with motor, fuel, gear and people I will have to get photos at a later time
 

JimS123

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Simple answer. Your boat should be running more or less a 40HP motor. With a 9.9 you are not under powered, you are Grossly under powered.
 

Scott Danforth

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You need about 20hp to get your boat on plane at that weight
 
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