Brent Doornenbal
Member
I purchased my Kingfisher 2025 Discovery as a hold over boat so picking the power was not an option for me. If I was able to chose I would have put the max on for sure.
The motor that’s on the boat is a F175, I have a kicker and then an 84 gallon fuel tank.
I’ve tried 3 different props.
14 1/4 x 18 pitch - 3 blade stainless
14 5/8 x 16 pitch - 4 blade stainless
15 x 15 pitch - 4 blade stainless
None of which put me up at my max RPM when I’m full of fuel and livewell full so I’m still on a mission to find a different prop..... I feel like I’m going to end with a 14 1/4 x 15 pitch 3 blade when I’m all said and done. With an empty livewell and 1/2 a tank of fuel the boat does great !
In the meantime I was just want to start exploring some tuning options if there are any.
In my reading the F175 and the F200 are speced nearly the same with the exception of fuel grade (F175 =87 octane and F200 = 89 octane) so I wonder if there is just a couple degrees of timing difference between the two ??
Either way if you guys know some performance people please let me know, I’m not looking for 100hp but another little bit might be nice !
Thanks
The motor that’s on the boat is a F175, I have a kicker and then an 84 gallon fuel tank.
I’ve tried 3 different props.
14 1/4 x 18 pitch - 3 blade stainless
14 5/8 x 16 pitch - 4 blade stainless
15 x 15 pitch - 4 blade stainless
None of which put me up at my max RPM when I’m full of fuel and livewell full so I’m still on a mission to find a different prop..... I feel like I’m going to end with a 14 1/4 x 15 pitch 3 blade when I’m all said and done. With an empty livewell and 1/2 a tank of fuel the boat does great !
In the meantime I was just want to start exploring some tuning options if there are any.
In my reading the F175 and the F200 are speced nearly the same with the exception of fuel grade (F175 =87 octane and F200 = 89 octane) so I wonder if there is just a couple degrees of timing difference between the two ??
Either way if you guys know some performance people please let me know, I’m not looking for 100hp but another little bit might be nice !
Thanks