Rootsy
05-28-2003, 05:54 PM
On the subject of prop testing, and props in general for performance boating...
i've only ever run 4 props without flare rings - the 25 cleaver i had, both Quad IV O/T's i've tested and cliff's 24 quad IV (which i freakin loved)...
My 25 quad IV arrived today and after a conversation with hydromotive yesterday they did not have a prop in stock without a flare ring and the machinist had gone home for the day... therefore i was left with a prop with a partial flare ring (they offer a full, partial and none)... SO... that is what i took since i REALLY REALLY REALLY need a prop to get from point A to point B and back in Kentucky this weekend eh... wink
hydromotive's feeling is that a flare ring costs you 2 - 3 mph so don't run one unless you really need to... With straight thru-hull exhaust i honestly do not really need one (no exhaust thru prop) and i have no out of the hole issues with the 24 quad IV. Therefore is this no flare ring opinion totally factual on our hulls at our speeds? Will removal actually result in a significant, measurable difference in top end performance?
if the 25 puts me where i need to, and want to be for rpm, i am gonna keep it.. otherwise she'll go back for a 26 at which time i will have the flare removed (costs nothing). If i do keep the 25 is it worth modifying or should i just leave well enough alone? :confused:
there, I think that's all folks! :rolleyes:
feel free to exbound all knowledge and opinions, please :D
Jamie
i've only ever run 4 props without flare rings - the 25 cleaver i had, both Quad IV O/T's i've tested and cliff's 24 quad IV (which i freakin loved)...
My 25 quad IV arrived today and after a conversation with hydromotive yesterday they did not have a prop in stock without a flare ring and the machinist had gone home for the day... therefore i was left with a prop with a partial flare ring (they offer a full, partial and none)... SO... that is what i took since i REALLY REALLY REALLY need a prop to get from point A to point B and back in Kentucky this weekend eh... wink
hydromotive's feeling is that a flare ring costs you 2 - 3 mph so don't run one unless you really need to... With straight thru-hull exhaust i honestly do not really need one (no exhaust thru prop) and i have no out of the hole issues with the 24 quad IV. Therefore is this no flare ring opinion totally factual on our hulls at our speeds? Will removal actually result in a significant, measurable difference in top end performance?
if the 25 puts me where i need to, and want to be for rpm, i am gonna keep it.. otherwise she'll go back for a 26 at which time i will have the flare removed (costs nothing). If i do keep the 25 is it worth modifying or should i just leave well enough alone? :confused:
there, I think that's all folks! :rolleyes:
feel free to exbound all knowledge and opinions, please :D
Jamie