What prop should I get?

[Bthepenny]

At the end of last season I banged my stainless prop on some rocks and chewed up my lower unit. The new lower will be here next week and need to get the prop on order to get this thing back in the water. I want to change to an aluminum prop case I feel like kissing rocks in the lake again and I want to increase my acceleration. When I have a few people on board it takes getting everyone to move around to get it up on a plane.

The prop that it had is 993044-14 1/8X19
The boat is a 2002 tahoe 222 deck boat with a 5.0 mercruiser and alpha one gen 2 lower.
I don't remember my rpms before this happened.

If anyone knows what we should change prop wise to get to plane quicker, that is aluminum, and hopefully budget friendly let me know.

 

[Scott06]

try a michigan vortex 4 blade 18” pitch. Will definitely get you on plane quicker and give better stern lift. i used them on my old boat which was a 3.0 and underpowered for water sports. I ran a 18” for tubing and cruising, 16” for water skiing. I was about 260 lbs then and it would pull me up very well.

 

[Bthepenny]

try a michigan vortex 4 blade 18” pitch. Will definitely get you on plane quicker and give better stern lift. i used them on my old boat which was a 3.0 and underpowered for water sports. I ran a 18” for tubing and cruising, 16” for water skiing. I was about 260 lbs then and it would pull me up very well.

would that still be a 14 inch?

 

[Scott06]

would that still be a 14 inch?

Dont know the diameter let the prop manufacturer handle that pitch is lower than what you are currently using which is typical when going from 3 to 4 blade . 4 blade will typically drop WOT rpm so you drop pitch a tad to keep the wot rpm up