pro team 170 bass tracker 20 hp mercury info please.

[phillipians 2:8]

can anyone with one of these boats w/ same motor tell me how thier boat performs. speed, plane time, what size prop. thank you

 

[Mi duckdown]

Re: pro team 170 bass tracker 20 hp mercury info please.

Tiller or console? tiller will be slow. Console will really be slow. .02
The plate on the boat transom should tell you alot.

 

[Silvertip]

Re: pro team 170 bass tracker 20 hp mercury info please.

20 HP on a 17 foot boat is going to be a slug unless this is a jon boat hull. Even then 20 HP is a little light for that type of hull. Tracker is noted for under powering boats just to achieve the low price point. A good share of those folks end up selling the boat or upgrading the engine for that reason.

 

[phillipians 2:8]

Re: pro team 170 bass tracker 20 hp mercury info please.

console

 

[rgmatt]

Re: pro team 170 bass tracker 20 hp mercury info please.

my buddy has a similar tracker w/ console and a 40hp and its a SLUG. So I can imagine how slow yours is. I know w/ jet drive outboards we use a ratio of 25pounds per hp (at the power head, jets lose 30% at the pump) to figure out what size motor would be best for a given hull (weight of hull,gear, passengers, and motor combined). Not sure if this ratio holds true for prop driven boats as well. if so a 20 hp will only effectively push around 500 pounds of boat, motor, people, and gear. In most situations, going w/ the boats max hp or 1 motor size down is the ticket.

like stated above tracker keeps the price down by putting too small a motor on their boats. I know a few guys that went through this.

 

[Maxz695]

Re: pro team 170 bass tracker 20 hp mercury info please.

so according to this My max motor is 150 HP 5 person capacity 1750 procraft bass boat. The 125 should be appropriate according to what you say. Man My 40 HP must be going through hell lol

 

[rgmatt]

Re: pro team 170 bass tracker 20 hp mercury info please.

like I said that's what seems to hold true for O/B jets not sure if it's the same to calculate prop driven boats. AND thats just a guideline anyway. If you're happy w/ a 40hp on that boat then that's really all that counts. right? I just know my buddy's 17' tracker is a DOOOOOG w/ a 40!