Hello, I am new to this site and wanted to see what you guys think.
I bought a 1990 Z33 Crossbow this spring, it has 454 mags (365hp) with Bravo 1s @1.5:1 and 23p Mirage props. The boat only has 300 hrs on it and it’s in great shape. The motors feel very solid.
I wanted to get your opinions on the performance. Currently with the 23p props I can get 4900 rpms trimmed up, at a speed of 62 MPH (slip of .1285) on a Lowrance GPS. I wanted to try a bigger propeller so I got a set of 25p Mirages, my RPMs went down to 4550 @ at speed of 62.2. (slip of .1338) It would be nice to turn the bigger props however the 454s just don’t have the power to turn them. I thing a slip of 12-13% is good for this boat after all it has a wide beam.
Anyone else running a setup like this? What’s your setup, speed, slip, etc.