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Thank you for the replies, it is an 18 foot cc with a moderate v and around 2,000 lbs dry. The current prop is aluminum and I will try to pick up an aluminum 19 pitch with the same diameter to try out today.
There were two people on board, about 100 lbs of fishing and other gear, pretty normal load that I will have most days. The max rpm range is 5800-6200 rpms.
I recently purchased a new Suzuki df140A which currently has a 21 pitch three blade, but is slow to plane and I can only get about 5200-5400 max rpms out of it. Would going to a 19 pitch get it up to the recommended rpm range with a faster plane time too?
I have a 1998 mercury 115 elpto that I recently took off my boat and wanted to run on a stand before selling. I've run into an issue with slow cranking when jumping the starter solenoid. It cranks fine with the plugs out, but has no chance of starting with the plugs in. Could it need a new...
