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    How much slip does your prop have ?

    Yawn Slip is extremely important for getting all 95 % of your horsepower converted to the prop doing WOT performance from a stop to Rev Limiter top speed. Been there. Power Prop Tech support made a fantastic boat out of a 51 mph GPS boat. Problem was complete blowouts if floored at any lower...
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    How much slip does your prop have ?

    Mercury Racing has a Prop Slip calculator. If you are unlucky with your present UNDAMAGED prop ? You could be wasting 25% of your engine power. Go to Mercury Racing site and find out.
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    1983 Mercury 50 HP 4 cylinder Electric Start Wiring Diagram

    Buy a Factory Manual with the color codes of the wires ? How else can you possibly avoid destroying things ? I would want the wiring diagram.
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    Help me choose a new prop for my Ski Ray inboard tournament boat

    You will need a accurate GPS speedometer and a accurate engine reading tachometer. To know what this prop is doing at about 3200 rpms and WOT rpms.
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    Time to replace tires?

    Trailer & light truck tires are made the cheapest way. Highest profit tires in the world. Replace EVERY 3 to 4 years.......... Not on worn out tread ? Like auto tires ? A 70 mph blow out on those tires. Is just as safe as a car blowout ?
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    2006 Johnson 15 HP 4 Stroke bogs when snapping throttle

    Why do you have to SNAP the throttle open ? Is that a normal way to accelerate a normal motor ? Have you checked the operation and condition of the Reed Valves ?
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    Time to replace tires?

    And people with light boats ?
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    Serpentine Belt

    Take pictures of how the belt is wrapped around the pullies. Before removing it
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    Time to replace tires?

    Passenger tires MUST PASS ...DOT safety standards. None passenger tires have very few standards.
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    2006 Johnson 15 HP 4 Stroke bogs when snapping throttle

    The SLOW opening of throttle to WOT. Could be a fuel flow pumping problem. Replace that mushy fuel bulb. See if that affects a quicker response while being squeezed.
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    350 Magnum Tournament Ski spark plugs

    You stated this is a reoccurring same cylinder problem ? A cylinder valve is in trouble.
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    Required Safety Course

    As of January 1 2025 EVERYONE operating a motorized boat in N Y state MUST have a Safety Course that is from another state or a federal safety course.............. EXCEPT If you are driving a rental boat. No course card is required. EDit.........If you sign up for a course this summer ? You...
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    Regal 2100 take long time to get on plane

    I vote for a 40 minutes to cause electrical or injector malfunction. Or even a partially blocked up water cooled fuel system.
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    Regal 2100 take long time to get on plane

    When the engine heats up to normal hot temperature. what is the idle temperature ? What is the temperature with the throttle lever pushed all the way open and the motor struggling ? If you push the motor trim to all the way down ? Some drives can actually go past straight down. And actually...
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    propeller doubt

    Propgods does free phone calls. Maybe also do a EMAIL ?
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    Flushing out cooling system after sucking in mud

    Definitely... POSITIVILY ...rod out the Water Cooled Fuel and steering coolers.
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    Is this boat deck with trying to save?

    That black rubber... Life Ring... does not meet USCG safety requirements .
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    Bravo 3 turns hard starboard underway

    Some hydraulic steering systems do have a adjustment for ...balancing or centering the system.
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    Bunk slides

    Pressure treated wood left bare ?? Wet wood and chemicals in it can attack Aluminum bottoms. Cover the wood surface with something.
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