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Burning the prop

I was talking to a friend about the stevens and we were talking about the prop that came with the boat how close it would be.He said if it burns (slips) when I accelerate hard it might be to small it was very rough out today but it did seem to slip and I had to feather the throttle to get it to hook up.I'm so new to v drives dose it sound like I might need more gear or different prop or is it like stern drives where it's more top end rpm any help would be appreciated

Originally Posted by Mouzer

I forget did we put a 2 blade on that...should have a 3 my 2 cents

It dose have a 3 blade the boat idles fast just seems to slip when you step on it

think of the prop as a hi stall torque converter, then tell us what it does....

Originally Posted by bart@nordicboats

It dose have a 3 blade the boat idles fast just seems to slip when you step on it

I just went thru the same thing with the boat i bought this year i tried about 3 differant styles of props before i foujd one that would hook up i even went to 22% gears from 15% with no change in speed or traction i even moved the engine placment in an effort to get a change, i tried a three blade menkins 10.5 x 15 with agood amount of back rake the boat was quick and would jump out of the hole but ran out real quick then went to a two blade 11.25x16 with almost no backset and had no traction at all would spin 6k with the big gear and go nowhere then tried a 11.5x15 with no back set but had bigger ears on it i picked up a little hole shot but still no speed finally i found a similar boat with a 11.25x15 menkins with a good amount of back set and a cup and it turned it into a totaly new boat picked up speed and holeshot now its what it should be just needmore engine to spin it faster it took alot of trying to find one that worked im no pro at all but strut angle seems t have a big effect on what type of back set you need on your prop just from hat i have found in my own explorations Hope i have said something helpfull