engine height testing 2

[@smannee]

Based on the test it looks like your engine height is good but you should avoid running your outboard in root beer.

[@mrsillystrings4075]

Mmmm! Yum yum!😂

[@jashaejoseph3752]

Looks great! Transom water pickup would absolutely perfect this setup. Height is dialed in!

[@ZoneTelevision]

What motor is this? Shaft length? Thanks

[@gbass7328]

Insane how the prop works @ half in the water. What is that top speed?

[@alanglen5902]

Where is the water intake located??? Looks like it may be drawing in lots of air instead of water?? Alan in London

[@mikerakes3153]

It's on the bottom in the front by the point. Google mercury sportmaster lower or "low water pick up"

[@jemerruiz7766]

Where you by this gearbox and how much for 150hp etec?

[@mikerakes3153]

It is a mercury sportmaster lower adapter to the evinrude

[@pirate7119]

Any chance of a side shot further back to give a better perspective of outboard height next to boat

[@mikerakes3153]

The prop shaft was 2.5" above the bottom of the boat. It had a 10" jackplate/setback. I no longer have the boat

[@cmoikahk4505]

What kind of boat and prop?

[@johnpike5836]

at # 2 test; nose cone lower unit shake rattle and vibrate. THAT, is eventually gonna transfer up the d train. I never use my hydraulics (up/down) once I was swinging a Cleaver prop. Merc customized my 270 ModVP, water intake at the nosecone tip. A Free swinging prop, no matter how well balanced is in trouble without substantial preload. (certainly not one blade in the lake)? U can figure; that each time one of those blades hits resistance water the prop is gonna torque. (u saw that lower unit rattle!) if u need more speed, buy a faster boat. My 26 donzi @ 90mph+ airborn and doin' the walk

[@mikerakes3153]

Boat ran 107 mph. This is very common on tunnel boats to run the engine this high. The prop is a 15x32 pitch

[@johnpike5836]

@@mikerakes3153 I Liked you reply, 107 is awesome. I simple noted the shimmy, was aware she was a tunnel. Mine baby will perform best in a 2 foot chop on a cool spring morning. Aviation fuel/Ams Oil.

[@mikerakes3153]

@@johnpike5836 after getting home I saw the motor shake in the video. I checked and the solid motor mount bolts had loosened up....I tightened everything up and it did not shake like that anymore

[@johnpike5836]

@@mikerakes3153 well then yer welcome Mike. In my limited understanding, a shake or shimmy Like That can be Hard On the DT and transom fasteners. Im surprised the vibration didnt travel through the hull or steering. Do u have Mechanical or Dual Ride Guide? just asking? I found with; single RG my baby wobbled when trimmed out. swapped it for dual. big difference. A Cleaver will pick up the back end as it is designed for heavy inboards and sterns. a gas pedal kept my hands at the wheel. trim switch on the helm. Water pressure gauge front and center, tack then speedo

[@robertjackson7590]

I cringe every time I hear you change Forward to Reverse and back.,,,,, 32 pitch, ouch. I read a thread of a LU rebuilder and he said 90% of gear/dog failure is from changing gears. Bypass Neutral Safety. Great video, Great setup, 107 feels like 207 on the water, until you get use to it. I Love everything with too big of an engine. He's in R when he comes off the trailer and kills the engine to change gears about 3:44. kzbin.info/www/bejne/a2imiX6FeLypjKs

[@mikerakes3153]

Neutral safety is bypassed. This motor idles at 600 rpms. Less damage is done by shifting when running than cranking in gear.

[@mitseraffej5812]

Engine doesn’t look to be getting any cooling water.

[@sdvten]

Piss hole is straight out the back on etecs. You can see it in the beginning of the video.

[@mitseraffej5812]

sdvten . But not when it’s up and going.

[@sdvten]

@@mitseraffej5812 Yes it is. The splash from the cooling water stream can be seen when the boat is going at slower speeds throughout the video. It shoots out a long way behind the motor. Besides the motor would have overheated, alarmed and shut down with no water flow with how long it was ran.

[@mitseraffej5812]

sdvten. Half the gearbox is out of the water. I can’t see where the water intake is. Can you identify it for me?

[@sdvten]

@@mitseraffej5812 I can't see right if it has a low water pick up holes on the nose cone anywhere. I am not seeing the hose that usually accompanies the LW pickup. He probably has a water pickup mounted on the hull that feeds the outboard cooling water.

[@albertrodriguez6539]

lots of HP and nasty water

[@crispychevychris]

Disgusting looking water

[@mikerakes3153]

Lol....Florida lakes

[@bullbars1822]

Almost all of the lakes in the Canadian Shield are tannic like this and have all kinds of fish types. At least the water isn't full of floating blue/green algae pads that stink like rotting vegetables.

[@glenholmgren1218]

@@bullbars1822 Perhaps - I grew up in NW Ontario (on the Western edge of the shield) and we have a LOT aid Clean, Clear, Deep, Spring-fed lakes with a lot of sand and gravel and peat moss around them which filters the runoff

[@bullbars1822]

@@glenholmgren1218 That's the kind of picture I dream of for my retirement.

[@cbensch]

Ha! I was thinking, “Is he boating in a sea of Coca Cola?!”

[@carbonflinger1]

You water pick up on the cone is out of the water need to lower about a inch!!!

[@mikerakes3153]

I had plenty of water pressure motor did not over hear. Boat ran 107mph in this video.

[@michielderuyter6011]

Echnie.