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I am new to this site and a friend and I each recently purchased hydroplanes and 25SS motors. We are both very experienced driving larger boats very fast (we have 3 hydrostreams between us), but we have little to no experience with these smaller rigs. At this point we plan to just use these for fun. We are both approx 225 pounds and realize we wouldnt be competitive as racers. My boat is an older Hedlund I am told. It is 10' 3" and has a stock Merc 25ss. I also have a real nice older 10'3" runabout. My friends boat is a 25ssh which was purchased today from this site. His motor is a 25SS mod. We have several questions for which any answers and advise would be greatly appreciated:
What would be an all around good prop to use for top end? I have about 5 nice 2 bladeprops for a KG7H type motor and one nice 3 blade marked 25SSR.
I was told a cleaver type would be good.
What would be a the proper height to run the motor?
My motor has electronic ignition. My friends has a Phelon? ignition. What is the difference? Which is better?
Where can we get parts for these? We need fuel pump gaskets, hoses etc. since the motors have been sitting around for a while.
Where can I get a Kill switch?
What kind of water pressure should it have? How hard should the water spray out of the bleed off fitting on top?
What kind of speed should we expect?
Many other misc. advise
Thanks for your time
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I am new to this site and a friend and I each recently purchased hydroplanes and 25SS motors. We are both very experienced driving larger boats very fast (we have 3 hydrostreams between us), but we have little to no experience with these smaller rigs. At this point we plan to just use these for fun. We are both approx 225 pounds and realize we wouldnt be competitive as racers. My boat is an older Hedlund I am told. It is 10' 3" and has a stock Merc 25ss. I also have a real nice older 10'3" runabout. My friends boat is a 25ssh which was purchased today from this site. His motor is a 25SS mod. We have several questions for which any answers and advise would be greatly appreciated:
What would be an all around good prop to use for top end? I have about 5 nice 2 bladeprops for a KG7H type motor and one nice 3 blade marked 25SSR.
I was told a cleaver type would be good.
What would be a the proper height to run the motor?
My motor has electronic ignition. My friends has a Phelon? ignition. What is the difference? Which is better?
Where can we get parts for these? We need fuel pump gaskets, hoses etc. since the motors have been sitting around for a while.
Where can I get a Kill switch?
What kind of water pressure should it have? How hard should the water spray out of the bleed off fitting on top?
What kind of speed should we expect?
Many other misc. advise
Thanks for your time
Upstream
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