Help with chopper props!

[Bsprout]

Any advice on chopper props? pros and cons.....

[Hydropromax]

Choppers give bow lift. And have a bad holeshot.

[RIVERRUMMER 70]

Work Best On Light To Med Weight Hulls With Motor Raised To Allow A Surfacing Attitude With The Prop, They Dont Like To Be Burried Deep Ie: Stock Engine Heights. What Hull And Engine We Talkin About?

[pyro]

A little bit of extra cupping in the tips and trailing edges helps holeshot a lot, a bit of leading edge roll near the hub helps holeshot additionally. All these various mods will slow it down on most setups unless you have some blade area removed to cut down on drag. Speaking of "drag", it's nice and cheap to buy a big-ear and have it cut down to an ET copy. :D

In other words

[Bsprout]

I have a 90' stratos 289fs with a 200 evinrude xp, i just put on a 12 inch manual jackplate. The motor being re-ringed and the heads shaved as we speak, the prop i was running before i sent the motor out was a four blade 25 pitch, was running 63 mph

[Bsprout]

Will a chopper prop be too much for this boat?

[MODXR6]

That stratos is a bit to heavy to run a chopper & you probably can't run it high enough anyway. My guess you got a torquemaster case.
But what da hell give it a try, all that could happen is losin a propshaft tryin ta get ya heavy hull ta get on plane ;-)

[150aintenuff]

use a raker, tempest, or any over/thru hub 4 blade....do not run an over hub on a bass boat...

[MODXR6]

150
I guess I better not try these out on my BASS BOTE

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2004-10/851217/P1010002.JPG

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v490/huntermerc/IMG_0495.jpg

[150aintenuff]

alisons arent bass boats... they are high performance boats with fishing decks.


rangers skeeters,stratos, javlin, triton those are bass boats...

allisons, bullet, stroker...different league

[Bsprout]

Gotta love an allison! Is that really a 150 or u messing with us slow "bass boats"? By the way the prop on the stratos is 13 1/4. Does that help or hurt it?

[MODXR6]

This helps it turn those over hub props a lil easier

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2004-10/851217/P1010001.JPG

Yeah I run thru hub props too

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v490/huntermerc/AllisonXB2003.jpg

It's an XB2003 Pro Sport Tournament. See the troll mota

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2004-10/851217/portXB03.jpg

And yeah it's a 150 and the nordskog GPS speedo has seen slightly over 90 once. Course all the moon & stars were lined up just right I guess. Slight chop for a lil air under the hull, balanced just right, right prop & I had just enuff balls that day

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2004-10/851217/XB03back.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v490/huntermerc/newdash.jpg

[150aintenuff]

still aint a bass bote... it may go bass fishing... it may have a troll motor.. but bass botes allisons arnt.... yo typical bubba and his buddies cant hop in to one and see 80+ like they can see 70-75 in any other bote.... ya actually have to know how to drive..... and 90 for a150 is nice fo sure...

[pyro]

but I though 150 ain't enuff?

[150aintenuff]

smarta$$......

[Bsprout]

Keep sending me pics of that beautiful boat and i might have to make an offer! My cousin just bought a 90' 2002 and built a merc 200....just broke it in so i dont know the mph. Im quite impressed with 90 from a 150!:eek:

[letnereat]

I run a mazco 29, chopper 28, Spinelli 30(Cleaver) and Perfomance prop 30(drg-4) on a 21XD Bullet with no problems all have great hole shots and do 80+ GPS'd

[john w]

what prop were you using when you hit 90 mph and how many rpms, thanks JOHN