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New Boat, need help

I use shutterfly. Going to run my cables like the other post you are in. Drilling in at a angle with hole just big enough to allow cable to move back and forth with jack plate going up and down. What length cables did you get ?
 
I ordered 16' and I think after I route them the same as they are in the other post they will be just about perfect. I would consider the 14' option. I painted my bracket red in hoping I gain about 10hp.
 
Most chine walk is due to the driver! Yes setup is key but I've saw more boats chine walk from over driving the boat. I have a 16ft enticer with a worked 150 xr2. And before I learned how to control the boat it was a nightmare. Now running at speeds of 71mph Gps! And above it never even starts to chine! So in my own opinion nothing can help more than seat time!!
 
I think I will make all the setup adjustments I can to get it handling properly so
I can set back relax and fly it down the lake. Don't need to be all the up on the pad.
 
Boat made it in the water! And what a difference in ride! Walks right past 60mph steady as can be and any walking that starts is easy to drive through. Its really pretty crazy how when you get the jack plate and trim dialed in the boat feels like it clicks into the pad and takes off.

So in total I have done the hydraulic jack plate, dual cable steering, relocated the battery to bow (helped with coming off plane), ran trim controls for motor and plate to my feet (recommended), and a lot of engine work to make it run right. Ill GPS it on my ride home from work, I took the boat in today, and give you guys some numbers. My prop has become pretty useless on the boat because it is only a 22" pitch off brand stainless and I can turn to 6000rpm easily. Trying to find a 24-26 chopper or cleaver to try. Still needs a nosecone and some clean-up with the rigging, I just wanted to go for a ride so bad.
 
Like to see how you ran your cables and were you cav plated is in relation to pad. I am running a 13.5 x 24 laser to 61 at 5800 also have a yamaha 22 but can hit rev limeter at 6100 58 mph
 
That's not bad!! You should be able to get a solid 70mph out of it with some tweaking!! The hull of my boat is the same hull you have. My prop shaft is even with pad of boat. With a low water pickup gear case it handles great. Just trying to share my set up and maybe it will help you!
 
I seem to be in the low 60's using the GPS on my buddies phone, but I cant hold full throttle to long or I really start to over rev it. I'm also having a pretty major fuel vacuum issue. Boats gunna be out of the water for about a week again so I get get everything buttoned up. I'll post pics of this second tear down and show you guys how I'm rigging it all.
 
Sorry for the lack of photos, but the boat is getting dialed in thanks to the info I found on this forum. Cant seem to break out of the high 50's on gps, but I'm sure its because I am wayyyyy under propped. Only running a 22" Quicksilver of unknown model that came with the boat, hoping to get my hands on a chopper of at least 24". I used a slip calculator for my set-up and I seem to have about 19-23% slip. NOT FAST
 
DS280 just put this 150 on his predictor, he has tried a couple of props and the boat, this past Saturday ran 65 with two aboard and was very stable. He was running a small hub chopper 26 pitch I think. We had this engine on a Vmate I and with a Ron Hill 26 chopper ran 75 MPH. Both boats have a manual 5-1/2 jackplate. I would think a predictor would run similar to the Vmate I with the right prop. Anyway,good luck and the boat looks nice!!
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Just thought this would be interesting to share. Yesterday I ran a 15 1/4" Bravo One in a 26p on my boat (had to take the zinc off to fit) and I was able to turn it to about 5600-5700 rpm trimmed out all the way. No issues popping the boat up on plane either and I achieved a new top speed of 62mph over my previous 56mph, but it had the worst chine walk issue. I tried everything to settle it down but It just wouldn't behave and it felt like it had more to give. Im think this is an issue with diameter and running a prop that generates to much lift. I got it off a 38' Fountain with triple 275 Verados. One thing it did do that I really liked was give the boat tons of mid-range capability it didn't have before. Could let it cruise above and below 30 with zero porpoising. This has made me think I want to run a Mercury Promax prop in a 26p.
 
Bought a 28" small ear chopper for my boat and ran it this morning. Could turn 5600rpm but I couldn't get it past 60mph. Short of slamming a 200 on the back, what is the recipe for 70mph? I am going to try a 1.87 lower tonight.
 
The mercury prop slip calculator says you're at 19% slip at 60 mph assuming you have a 2:1 lower. You may want to look for a 26p laser2 or a trophy plus. Even a big ear chopper would probably help get the slip down some.
 
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