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What is the WOT range for your engine? If you are currently above the range, more pitch might give you a small increase(between 1/2mph and 1 1/2mph) in speed, along with lower rpms and slower Hole Shot. That is assuming you were putting higher pitched Viper. Changing to a...
A boat in that size range, will respond much better with the Larger Displacement, and get on plane and be a 1/4 mile down the Lake, while the SB is still raising the Bow.
Some, but not all Nozzles, may have what is an Emulsion Tube in them. Since both of your carbs are the Same, either they are supposed to be like they are, or someone has messed with both. I think it is the Former.
I can't find it as a Service Part.
That would be the Thermal Switch for the Overheat Horn. It is not cheap, about $170. Lower down on the Head there is another Thermal Switch, with 2 wires, that one is for the Thermo Electric Choke
I suspect that having a 4 Stroke with the Crankshaft Vertical creates some problems regarding having the Oil being flung around in the crankcase, especially in the lower part of the Case.
At 5 mph, there isn't even any water being Disturbed by the Boat. Even at 10mph, the bow isn't going to rise much, it at all on a 22 footer. If the engine is tilted up for Shallow water, I guess the Bow might rise a bit, when power is applied
I am one who Swore at them and still do. If they really did something, the Engine manufacturers would be equipping their motors with AV Plates that size and shape
Your Strap across the Clamp Screws is placing a Rotational Force on the Transom, and the block of Wood is the Bearing-Pivot Point. Set the Lock/Release Lever to Lock, Grab the Gearcase, and Yank away from the boat and see if it remains on the transom
I wouldn't trust it at Trolling Speeds, let...
The Rotating Assembly of a 2 Stroke, will always be much simpler than any 4 Stroke. Once the Emissions Thing was applied to Outboards, the complexity of things added to the Engine became complex, for both designs of Engine. Newer engines run very nicely, and require little attention from the...
I miss the sound and sweet smell of all the 2 Strokes in the early hours of the Day, actually I miss them all hours of the Day when I am at the Lake. I do find a serious decrease in Hole Shot with the 4 Strokes for any given Horsepower, when compared to the 2 Strokes of the past. To me, an...
