Recent content by Fixit

pairing up a deep cycle and starting battery is dumb. best way to kill a battery is to expect deep cycle duties from a starting battery and starting current from a deep cycle. it takes very little extra work to have a dedicated start and house. I have a bluesea 5511e dual pole switch to turn...

The victron argo FET charge battery isolators are great. no voltage drop like the old diode block. BUT, with the solar charging the house bank, the two start batteries get nothing from the solar. My batteries are wired different then the idiotic Grady battery layout of: start and start+ house...

my charge controller is the size of my wallet. lots of places to mount that IMO.

I currently have 100W of flexible solar on the roof of my islander. All Renogy stuff. It goes through a charge controller and to the house bank (3x group 31 deep cycles) Keeps the batteries charged, fridge running , pumps, electronics and lights on etc while at anchor. currently my...

I have no issues with airlock on my 270. runs fine. rule 1100gph pump. also has forward clamshell .

if you claim to replicate the top speed of a "performance report" with a 20 year old boat with a smaller motor then id call you a liar. those reports are usually BS to some degree. sounds like your properly pitched and your boat is fine the way it is....your boat is not a 50mph boat, sorry

have you powered the Hydraulic unit directly? could be a bad switch contact

there seem to be lots of gen 2 etecs around with low hours... usually cheap. gear cases and steering seem to be problematic but if you can get some spares they would be a good match for your hull. I think a lot of people are panicking and dumping otherwise good motors. twin f200's were ample...

a rebuilt 350 is likely around 3-4000. id put in a new block

oh man that looks like a mess. id love to have that as decking but doesn't sound very durable. how much use does the boat get? edit: OH MAN thats a lot of blisters!!!!!!!

what prop did you end up running? those are pretty good MPG #'s. I get 1.7mpg with 17" inertia ecos with twin 250 verados

you need a finer pitch prop. assuming you are trimmed up, no tabs, WOT etc..... general rule is 200rpm/1" of pitch. so if you have a 19" pitch, get a 17" pitch of the same make/model.

if your not getting enough RPM's you need a finer pitch prop. the standard rule is 200rpm increase every 1" of pitch you go down

Thankyou! those are the picts I needed

much appreciated