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Palmetto Duck
A stock 2 stroke or had work? I've seen 37 with my 16 xpress and 50 yam 2 stroke. No jack plate. Never fooled with props or set up much. Bought a Power Tech prop and then left it alone. It's a huge jump to 49 on a foot shorter boat with only 10 less horsepower. Just curious. I've started down this road before on my boat but never pursued other than what I've mentioned.
Hydro dynamic, or hyperlift? Reeds won't do much for performance but it will idle smoother and throttle response will be crisper. Plus if a reed petal ever breaks off the OEM ones are metal and will ruin your head. The performance ones, ie Chris Carson, Boyesen, are typically made of synthetic material and should disintegrate if one breaks off and gets sucked in the block. It's very unlikely that either will actually break, but it's possible and over a long enough timeline I guess it could happen. You can go messing with props and may get another mph or so, may get 4 more mph, don't know til you go down rabbit hole. I have the HD16DDP with a Yamaha 60 and fastest I've seen is 45, and that's fast enough! But I run a 4 blade now and top out at 42-43, which is plenty fast for me. The boat turns a ton better with a 4 blade. I'll never go back to a 3 blade. Unless I just want to go fast for a little while.
Last edited by willyworm; 01-17-2018 at 01:06 PM.
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