New engine - maiden voyage and ...

KENO wrote: I was thinking that if you left the boat and the keys, I could drive out and pick up a few other CCF'ers along the way and we could do a slam bang job of finishing breaking that thing in for ya'

Hmmm...   For some reason I'm envisioning .....

KENO wrote: We could bring a few assorted colors of spray paint and really make that thing pretty too

Update -
   Got back home early this week just in time for yet another 60 hour week followed by a bachelor party (of sorts) this morning.   However, I did get the chance to head to the lake for a few hours this afternoon to put some more hours on the engine and of course check out the tach adjustments. Tach checked out perfect so I took some mental notes on RPM vs MPH and it does indeed appear I'm right in there with the norm for what I have - 30mph was consistently reading 2850-2900 while closer to 40mph was pretty much 4000.
I still think the reman prop I was given after the accident isn't quite right - seems to vibrate just a little in the upper rpm ranges. But I'm curious if I may need/ want slightly more prop anyway. As it sits she has considerably more hole shot than before the rebuild. At half throttle I'm afraid I'd dislocate some shoulders! I haven't yet tried for WOT, but the way it climbs to the upper rpm's I wouldn't be surprised if it went well into the 5000's, which I'd rather not do.   

I ran my GT-40 up to 5200 all the time.

Sorry for being so quiet -- didn't realize my voice would be missed that much

Anyway, rather disappointing past 30 days or so .... at least from a lake-time standpoint. We've been absolutely swamped with work. Between heading to the Colorado project every 3 weeks or so and trying to stay on top of things on the home front we haven't had a single day to make it to the lake.   Then there's all the paperwork ... which is one of a few reasons I haven't frequented the site lately either.   Not really an end in near future so it's looking more and more like I'll be winterizing the ol' girl before a free day arises

BTW, I like the filter - did you make that just for me??