Prop Help

[Gerry_Finney]

I am trying to prop my boat and I need a little help. There is not much to go on here because what is going on, so I am taking good guesses at this point. I have a 21.5 foot bayliner ciera with a cuddy cabin. The old engine was a volvo 125 with a 270 outdrive and 14X 17 prop. I replaced the engine with a merc 260, and geared the outdrive to a 1.6 ratio. With my current (17) pitch, I got to about 25 miles an hour at 4000 RPM and could have pushed it a lot more but in an effort to save my engine I couldn't get WOT. According to http://www.a1discountprop.com/volvo-michigan.htm <br />I need a 14X23 which isn't made or available anymore. The only thing they use is boat length and HP to calculate it though. If anyone has any good guesses or running something similar, please respond<br />-Gerry

 

[MGuckin]

Re: Prop Help

Don't know the motor or the boat but somebody probably will answer, in the meen time, Have you tried the Michigan Wheel site yet? Email support is available. I did find the 21" prop but not the 23". Give em a shout might help. http://www.miwheel.com/MIWheel/contact/main.htm

 

[rolmops]

Re: Prop Help

You should hit "Propit right"on the afore mentioned website and you will get more help and info than you need.

 

[roy w. shakun]

Re: Prop Help

The place for props is Ace Propellers. their prices are great and if they don't have it, they will find a match, they carry solas, as well as power tech. you'll be glad you called.<br /><br />1.800.567.7767<br /><br />They taught me more about props in one phone call than,,,,,,,,,,,,,!