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  • grumpy
    Iowa, Clinton
    Posts: 489
    August 8, 2011 at 1:18 am #1273371

    benefit going from a 15 pitch to 17? on etec 50hp

    85lund
    Menomonie, WI
    Posts: 2317
    August 8, 2011 at 1:48 am #986820

    More speed and less hole shot/power. You could get a vented stainless prop and you might see a similar hole shot with more top end.

    jon_jordan
    St. Paul, Mn
    Posts: 10908
    August 8, 2011 at 12:53 pm #986845

    What RPM are you running at wide open now? The pitch change will drop your RPM’s by about 200.

    -J.

    grumpy
    Iowa, Clinton
    Posts: 489
    August 8, 2011 at 9:11 pm #987000

    I’ll have to check the RPM @ full throttle with the 15, I just installed a hydrofoil and love it..

    drakesdemise
    Residing in St. Paul, MN doing weekly travel throughout the five state Upper Midwest
    Posts: 976
    August 9, 2011 at 2:37 am #987096

    Wow, I just went through the same debate.
    My Etec 50 is a tiller without a tach.
    I damaged the factory prop, which was a 13-3/4 x 13 aluminum.
    I went to a 13-3/4 x 15 aluminum.
    I would have loved to go higher, but without a tach I chickened out.
    Like the guys said, I gained 4-5 MPH on the top end and lost hole shot.
    Good luck.
    cheers

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