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    ideas on where to start with prop for 55hp Evinrude on 16.75 ft Alumacraft

    Hi all, I was wondering if anyone might be able to help me with a "where to start" question... The motor has never been on this boat before so I don't have any RPM/Speed data for you at this point. It came off a pontoon boat, but the guy who sold it to me said he didn't think that was the prop...
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    1979 Evinrude 55 hp - Do I need to change the location of tell tale?

    Hi, I have a new to me '79 Evinrude 55hp that has the tell tale indicator outlet on the lower left (port) side of the engine block. I'm working on figure out what all gauges I need to get for it other than a better tach than my knock off tinytach and started looking at temp gauges. Then I...
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    How to reduce power on '79 Evinrude 55hp.

    Not trying to make duplicate posts, but wanted to ask in a different way in this specific J/E outboard part of the forum. I have a 1979 55hp Evinrude that I want to put on a 1994 16.75 ft aluminum boat rated for 45hp on Coastguard plate. Currently boat is set up as manufactured as a tiller...
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    Re-power help: Do I need to limit horse/reduce horse power to be within specs?

    OK, I need some advice on a pending repower - I'm not sure if this forum is only for hulls, but this seems like a building/design/restoration thing so if it needs to be moved I can do that. I ended up with a good deal for a 1979 55hp Evinrude (titled with good compression and an old set of...
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    Learning experiment with a ProPulse Prop... How to change blade shape for higher RPM

    Background: I have a '94 16.5 ft alumicraft V-16 Lunker with a '94 25hp Evinrude boat runs right at 5000rpm (about 23mph by GPS) with just me with an 11x11 (modified from 11x9 Johnson/Evinrude prop) by my local prop shop. I was going to have them lower the pitch just a bit so that I can run...
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    Fiberglass canoe - unknown year/make keel repair and foam replacement.

    So, I picked up this old fiberglass canoe pretty cheap thinking it just had one major issue where the aft area behind the keel was worn through. But as murphy's law probably predicts somewhere - it's always a bigger repair once you get into it.... Issue 1: the keel at the stern is worn through...
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    please help sort out options... prop, hydrofoil, trim tabs, or other? (15hp Evinrude)

    I'm pretty new to boats - other than going with others to fish/ski/tube etc... but now that i have a little fishing boat - 14ft texas maid with 1992 15hp Evinrude I'm trying to learn what options might give best performance increase for lowest cost and least amount of "hole drilling", time, or...
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    Possible mod for Texas Maid drain plug to make it more "standard" - good/bad idea???

    Possible mod for Texas Maid drain plug to make it more "standard" - good/bad idea??? in response to the issues brought up in a previous thread about Texas Maid boats and their odd size drain plug (like a 7/8 inch diameter by about 3/8-1/2 long), I thought I'd post a potential solution that I...
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