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    accurate RPM measurement?

    If I am worried about a high RPM reading at WOT how can I verify that I am getting an accurate reading on my gauges? Does anyone know where the rev-limiter is set for a Mercruiser 4.3 MPI?
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    prop help

    I'm looking for some suggestions...<br />I just got back from a test run with my current prop and I recorded a speed of 50MPH on the GPS. One person 1/2 tank of gas.<br /><br />Sounds good enough right? <br />But that was with no trim adjustments because I was already bouncing off of the...
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    Physics of a prop?

    Being a novice please forgive my lack of boating knowledge....<br />I am just wondering why a prop with a lower pitch gets a boat out of the hole quicker? <br />If a higher pitch relates to a longer travel distance of one prop rotation then doesn't that mean a higher pitch will push more...
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    Buying a new boat. 90 hp force.

    First let me start by saying that I don't know a thing about motors. Now that my ignorance of the topic is clear let me get to the point. <br />I looked at a 2000 bayliner 1600 with a 90 hp force as a possible first boat for my family. It looks like the force motors stopped in 99'. What...
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    Buying a new boat. 90 hp force.

    First let me start by saying that I don't know a thing about motors. Now that my ignorance of the topic is clear let me get to the point. <br />I looked at a 2000 bayliner 1600 with a 90 hp force as a possible first boat for my family. It looks like the force motors stopped in 99'. What...
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