Tuning a prop

[watered down]

I was on another forum (shhhhhh, don't tell anyone) and they were discussing having their prop tuned. Apparently they believe that the props performance can be enhanced, even brand new ones from the factory. The cost was in the neighborhood of $500!!!!!<br /><br />This is the first that I have heard of this. I can't imagine that I need to have my prop tuned that came with the boat. Is this necessary for an I/O?<br /><br />I am still looking at getting a 4 blade, would this mean I should have it scanned and tuned first? Sounds like a lot of money for very little gain....what am I missing here?

 

[WillyBWright]

Re: Tuning a prop

There's this retired Merc Prop guy in my neck of the woods that does that all the time. Blades come with tolerances. None are blue-printed. That's basically what he does. But mostly he tweaks racing props and such. For consumer motor powered rigs, there are a lot more productive ways to get more speed. They're fine out of the box for 99.9% of us.

 

[watered down]

Re: Tuning a prop

That's what I always thought. I can understand high performance boats, etc, but I can't imagine there is enough variance in performance for me to spend $500.

 

[Ron G]

Re: Tuning a prop

Like willy said most people dont need a prop tuned and could'nt tell the difference probably if they did.now racing is a different story.

 

[Dhadley]

Re: Tuning a prop

I'll third the motion for hi-perf only. And that's still a bunch. As for most of the rigs out there for 500 you can buy another box prop.

 

[gatorred]

Re: Tuning a prop

I had a prop balanced they didn't even put center in strait so how can i say it was done right,then it still slipping i though they tested it for week's and it slowed down 1 to 2 mph from what it was now i hope it's fixed I would have been better buying a box prop i did get an alum one as spare i need ss i will get mine monday by ups 22 dollor cod see what was done, the cup was added,and tip's were reformed to ok where the digg's come from the ups store's packing,ok like the computer i packed it got smashed it was my fault ok boy's who did this not me. I paided for balance to and hole's relocated too ok try it.