Re: Hole shot sucks!!!
These conversations always make me confused. When we are talking about "hole Shot" and conceding, and accepting, that "holes" are OK. They are just a fact of nature in boat performance, and should be accepted as that. Therefore we need a two speed transmission at the least. One low gear (prop) to climb out of the "hole" and the second higher gear (prop) to attain the top speed and economy. Sound a bit nuts? <br /><br />DHadley suggested that you look at the entire set up first, and that included the WOT RPMs and Speed. LubeDude suggested that it could be a white knuckle ride as the boat will most likely run over 70 MPH, and carefully watching the Tach at that speed is chancy. If the engine is too low the "Hole" would be deeper, and if the prop was not correct, then the performance would suffer. However, let's not accept the hole as unavoidable!<br /><br />What Lubedude did not tell you here is that he went up in pitch after eliminating the "Hole". The acceleration to plane time was about half, even with the higher pitch prop (23 up to 25). <br /><br />Look at the entire set up - even the boat attitude. Why choose a gear (prop) to climb the hill when you can run on a level road? Not to mention smoothing the road out in the process. Sometimes solutions are so simple we do not want to accept them. Gas is not getting cheaper so why not look at a more efficient set up. <br /><br />Placement of Trim Tabs can be flexible..
). I played around with trimming the motor all the way down and then trimming it up, and that got me out alittle faster but still not impressed.
