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    What engine to run on 850lb. Skeeter wrangler 120hp. 15,1/2ft.

    I have skeeter wrangler120hp. I currently have a 1990,225hp, rude on it now but am having fuel feed issues. I also have a 1980 Johnson 150 crossflow (runs good). When on skeeter only ran 68mph. W/13.5in. 25 pitch 4 blade shooter. Ran 70mph w/ 21p raker, not fast enough. Lastly I have a 1985 Johnson 140,v4,looper. What engine can I put on boat to get around 90mph. With not much more than polishing,exhaust widening,maybe mild porting,jets. Or am I just wishing. Know it will handle best w v-4 on it. Just don’t think I can get 85-90mph out of it, though rpm’s are rpm’s. Am running 14inches of setback.

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    So I thought I was bad , was runnin a modded 200 on a 15ft , to b perfectly honest, I think u could use any of the 3 motors and still not reach ur goal, I think bote gonna b way to hard to handle , mine was very stupid over 65 , mite wanna try less set back for short bote? , the 150 will do fine , the 200 will get there quicker but not real sure u can make it much faster on top unless u can really control it , maybe ur hull is diff enough it will handle it but if it does , I think 80 would damn near kill u. But they r really really fun to drive up to that point

    I took mota off pit on 18.5 and runs around ur goal so far without much setup time,

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    Quote Originally Posted by HaulNbass View Post
    I have skeeter wrangler120hp. I currently have a 1990,225hp, rude on it now but am having fuel feed issues. I also have a 1980 Johnson 150 crossflow (runs good). When on skeeter only ran 68mph. W/13.5in. 25 pitch 4 blade shooter. Ran 70mph w/ 21p raker, not fast enough. Lastly I have a 1985 Johnson 140,v4,looper. What engine can I put on boat to get around 90mph. With not much more than polishing,exhaust widening,maybe mild porting,jets. Or am I just wishing. Know it will handle best w v-4 on it. Just don’t think I can get 85-90mph out of it, though rpm’s are rpm’s. Am running 14inches of setback.
    What is mph with 225 now?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Merc 2.5 View Post
    What is mph with 225 now?
    Before it went on a weird fuel feed prob 78 w/ 28 chopper but was not running right ran for bout hour went to crap then ran 8mph went dead and back washed boat, been driving fast boats at 13 yrs old

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    Quote Originally Posted by Merc 2.5 View Post
    So I thought I was bad , was runnin a modded 200 on a 15ft , to b perfectly honest, I think u could use any of the 3 motors and still not reach ur goal, I think bote gonna b way to hard to handle , mine was very stupid over 65 , mite wanna try less set back for short bote? , the 150 will do fine , the 200 will get there quicker but not real sure u can make it much faster on top unless u can really control it , maybe ur hull is diff enough it will handle it but if it does , I think 80 would damn near kill u. But they r really really fun to drive up to that point

    I took mota off pit on 18.5 and runs around ur goal so far without much setup time,
    Just want boat to stop following me to my holes in tournaments it is not right I got to ride around till they leave going to put electric fuel pump on 225 ride see if that works thank you all for your help much appreciated happy boating. Oh yea I put a fuel tank in bow to fill w water from one of my livewell pumps for ballast rides pretty OK in choppy water round 77
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    Do u got a pic of ur bote u can post?

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    be careful with the 4 blade props, that have too much transom lift. i used a 4 bl turbo prop on a 16' vamp w 175 omc. i lost steering when the boat was fully out of the water.

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    Quote Originally Posted by hsbob View Post
    be careful with the 4 blade props, that have too much transom lift. i used a 4 bl turbo prop on a 16' vamp w 175 omc. i lost steering when the boat was fully out of the water.
    I had this prob runnin a slightly modded fury 3 prop , had way way to much lift, bow and stern

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    Thanks all for the input think y’all convinced me to put 1981 150 crossflow on I have a 79,mid off a 235,and bubble back inner and outer might just try to find a big bore 235 Powerhead put it on and still on it have 395lbs.of engine on the back, the 225,looper on it now is around 450lbs. Plus cheaper parts I think. Thanks again everyone safe boating!!!!

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    Can anyone tell me how to post a picture? I want to post a pic. Of my boat to get advice on how I have engine setback.

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    Theres a icon in bar above where u type , looks like a window with tree in it , I'm also using phone but should b there

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    Or go to the "Go Advanced" tab, and click the paperclip for attachments.

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    I found it interesting you were only turning a 25” with the 150 xf. Your also at the speed you need a pointy nose lower, what’s the current set up. Propshaft to pad height ( if it has it or last strake),Gearing, ect. 14” is a bit far back for 70’s.

    Without a pointy lower it it looks like the 25 was slipping massively on the 150.

    Might also check for hooks in the hull.

    The v4 will give you the best stock running as the 120 was a v4. But hot rodded v4 are light quick brusiers won’t see 90 though without turning a few thousand over stock.

    Im probably wrong but some numbers just did not add up for me so asking.

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    Just found that the “grey fuel lines” I bought was told were the best, come to find out they have a liner in them that collapsed but never came apart, and restricted fuel supplie greatly so every engine I put on were leaned out fuel starved. Pray not hurt!? Engines seem to like 2,3/4-3,1/2 below concave speed pad, went from 14 inches of setback to 6, boat running good now but porpoises at low speed. Engine is stock except for boysenberry reeds,polished intake, bobs big foot nose cone, and 2x bigger high speed jets & hot plugs. 14:26 gear. Waiting till tomorrow to ream it out w 26 chopper prop. Thank everyone very much happy safe boating. Have blessed day amen.
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    A drag foil of sumkind will stop low speed porpoiseing, it helped on mine when I ran one , did u try post a pic yet?

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