let me know if i am as alone as i feel

getting ready to fish the series at clark hill and dont feel good about dragging the piece of crap down the highway.

I hope you get it dialled in with jacking plate height and prop tweaks and I think if you are using the amount of oil claimed in another post that would be a good place to start.

Cheers,

Huey.

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I have tried a 26 Raker II, 28 Raker, 27 tempest, 27 Fury, 27 Hydromotive, and a Mark Croxton 26 prototype.

The Rakers suck out the hole period (and the 28 had PVS holes).

With the Tempest and the Fury, I have to run the plate all the way up, hammer the initial throttle hit and start down with the plate, all with the trim tucked. The Fury is acceptable to good and the Tempest is a little worse, just fair.

The Hydromotive was a rocket out of the hole, no matter where the plate was set ( of course it was worked, tweeked, balanced, with 8 pvs holes) $1000 investment.

The Croxton was also fantastic out the hole at any plate setting, rivals the Hydromotive.

I currently fun the Fury mostly, best hole shot, I sold the Hydromotive, was to thinned bladed and I was worried about its durability in these stump infest lakes of East Texas. The 28 Raker would scream on top when I could get it there (it was B&Bed). The Tempest is my backup. The 26 rakerII I just didn't like, to soft.

The Croxton prop is my favorite I plan on having a 26" for summer and a 27" for cooler months, when they become available.
I have a 26 Fury on the way anxious to try it, especially for the heat.

Below is a link to my post on some testing, these are real numbers not skewed or exagerated, logged just the other day.

http://bbcboards.zeroforum.com...mpest

At the end of the day, all E-TEC whether sold to the authorities on Lake Bodensee or to the ski race guy here in Sydney or a bass fisherman in California they are the same.

Cheers,

Huey.

To all of you who had issue and resolved it with a prop, jackplate, mapping,etc , we thank you for your input. every little bit of info will help. keep it comming.

Could it be in the hull of the boat?I would think that a hook in the hull could cause the problems you mentioned.

Kind of thought if you were going to the Hill via I-85 you'd go right by it. If you're going via I-20 then Lincolnton marine maybe able to check your motor out too.

Munchie,

Yeah it is difficult to prop for holeshot, and probably always will be for the heavy bass hulls, but it is acceptable with a few of the props I tried. Not the best, and as
I see, it can be worse, but man yours is a freakin' "LEMON". I never talk crap about another mans rig, but I would have the same "piece of crap" feeling if I had sunk $45K into a turd.

I will help in anyway as far as setup and proping, just let me know if and what you need. But it sounds to me that you have tried everything. I could see where Etec's would be at the bottom of your list and totally understandable I'd feel the same way.
Is there a "LEMON LAW" for boats? Trade that sucker in, and get something else. I know you'll take a hit on it, but piece of mind is worth a lot to me.

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Stratos 201XLE

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Tournament Director
Warriors on the Water

The phone would never rest until it was fixed or replaced. I would have BRP's tech number on speed dial.

The Bullet and Labsport ski race boats here in aus are very light hulls and run big props very well but i know of two 250H.O's on big bass boats that are struggling with set up, they are only running 24" rakers with big vent holes and average around 74mph on freshwater with tourny load.

Cheers Damien