Prop recommendations
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Topic: Prop recommendations
Posted By: my4sons
Subject: Prop recommendations
Date Posted: July-23-2007 at 1:45am
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New to the site, I have a 94 closed bow Ski Nautique that we love, unfortunately my son hit a bouy tonight and we need a new prop. They are into wakeboarding/skating but I still love to ski. Looking for recommendations on a good prop and where to buy it. Thanks!
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Posted By: SkiBum
Date Posted: July-23-2007 at 9:54am
www.deltaprop.com - Delta Prop
These people are site sponsors. There is a page on their site where you can input the information about your boat and your boating preferences then a tech guy will email you back with his recommendations, usually next day.
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Posted By: 8122pbrainard
Date Posted: July-23-2007 at 11:03am
My4sons, From the sound of your screen name, you may want to consider buying 4 props!! You could then assign a prop to each of your sons to be responsible for!! I was a kid at one time too and did go through a few. In fact, one of them on a bouy. I hid the anchor of the bouy and knocked 1 whole blade off. Nope the prop shop couln'd repair that one!
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Posted By: TRBenj
Date Posted: July-23-2007 at 11:20am
Which motor and transmission do you have? Most likely its a 285hp Proboss with the 1.23, but there were other powertrains available...
If thats the case, the best prop Ive tried so far is the Acme 470. It gives you a little more RPM due to the decreased pitch, but it outperformed everything else Ive run on the boat so far (both holeshot and top end). If you have a spare prop to use for a few weeks, Ill be doing a big comparison test that will showcase just about all the props available for our hull. If you cant wait, the 470 is a safe bet. Ive had great luck buying from Delta.
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Posted By: my4sons
Date Posted: July-23-2007 at 1:52pm
Need a little more help, thanks! The boat has a Pleasure Craft Marine Engine Model
PLP-PR-R12PT, trying to figure out the transmission. Stamping on the current/original prop doesn't tell me whether the shaft is 1 or 1 1/8, it's an OJ 93 Legend 14 16, also stamped T1993.
Going to borrow a neighbors puller to take it off, but any additional help will be awesome!
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Posted By: TRBenj
Date Posted: July-23-2007 at 2:35pm
Youve got the 1.23 tranny and 285/300hp motor. The L means you have a LH (standard) rotation motor, and I believe the 2nd P is the code for the upgraded heads (D would be the standard 240/255 hp motor).
The 14x16 prop is also a giveaway for the 1.23. My recommendation stands- the 470 would work great for you. If you can wait a few weeks, we'll find out if the 1442 or the OJ XMP works better- but I can tell you for sure that the 470 blows away the stock Federal and 4-blade OJ Legend.
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Posted By: my4sons
Date Posted: July-23-2007 at 6:38pm
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Thanks a million, boys will be back at school in a couple weeks, will take your suggestion and get the 470.
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Posted By: my4sons
Date Posted: July-23-2007 at 6:46pm
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Just to double check, the L indicates the left hand engine rotation, and according to the manual the R in the last set of numbers before the 12PT means right hand propeller shaft rotation, therefore I need an RH propeller?
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Posted By: TRBenj
Date Posted: July-23-2007 at 6:56pm
Yup, all direct drive Correct Crafts turn a RH prop. The 1.23 reverses the direction of rotation, allowing the use of a standard (LH) rotation motor.
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