HI All,
I apologize first off for posting about something that I am sure has been posted about several timhttp://forums.iboats.com/images/smilies/confused.gifes, but I was unable to get the search feature to work this morning.
The question... took my 16' 1979 Bass Tracker III out for the first time yesterday. It has a 1989 Evinrude 48SPL with an Outboard Jet on it. I installed a new tach and a host of other things and took it to the lake. On board was my 70 black lab and myself (165 lbs). The motor was spinning at 4400-4500 rpm at WOT. I have seen several posts prior stating that the engine should spin to approx 5400-5500. I have the tach set at 6P which is what the instructions say for that particular model.
Could the jet be causing more resistance, limiting it to 4400 rpm. Oh ya, that was about 95% throttle. If I would push it all the way down it sounded like it was running too rich and if I backed off a bit it sounded like it was running much healthier.
Any help is appreciated!
Rob
I apologize first off for posting about something that I am sure has been posted about several timhttp://forums.iboats.com/images/smilies/confused.gifes, but I was unable to get the search feature to work this morning.
The question... took my 16' 1979 Bass Tracker III out for the first time yesterday. It has a 1989 Evinrude 48SPL with an Outboard Jet on it. I installed a new tach and a host of other things and took it to the lake. On board was my 70 black lab and myself (165 lbs). The motor was spinning at 4400-4500 rpm at WOT. I have seen several posts prior stating that the engine should spin to approx 5400-5500. I have the tach set at 6P which is what the instructions say for that particular model.
Could the jet be causing more resistance, limiting it to 4400 rpm. Oh ya, that was about 95% throttle. If I would push it all the way down it sounded like it was running too rich and if I backed off a bit it sounded like it was running much healthier.
Any help is appreciated!
Rob