max revs on a 90hp yam 2stroke

 hello

 

iv just bought a penguin phantom with a centre console conversion

 

it has a 90hp yammy 2stroke

 

porblem is that i am not getting maximum operating revs out of it. it slowley gets to 25kn and peaks out at 4100rpm

the prop it has is a 13 1/4 - 17 stainless prop (im pretty sure that is just the factory recommended prop)

should get to 5.5k based on the yamaha web page

 

before i go spending money on props is there anything i should be checking first? motor sounds great and is not missing so isnt fuel related i think

i would also like to know if anyone who has had a penguin phantom how it went, top speed etc

 

cheers

travis

 

 

 


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Mon, 2018-03-05 22:24

 Same boat same donk lives in my backyard . 5500 rpm is bang on the money 

33 kts is the best I’ve ever got out of her , really really flat water 

Sounds like a linkage problem to me . Enjoy , they’re an awesome little bus I love mine to bits 

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 interesting... could you

Tue, 2018-03-06 19:09

 interesting... could you tell me what prop you have on yours?

 

 

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I recently had a fuel pump

Tue, 2018-03-06 15:32

I recently had a fuel pump fail on my 2 Stroke HPDI. After replacing the 2 fuel pumps and the 5 million fuel filters I was stuck on about 4000rpm also when I could normally reach 5500, it still ran and sounded fine albiet a bit sluggish. Realising the plugs were probably fouled after copping a dose of oil through the fuel lines I then changed the spark plugs and got my 5500 rpm back.

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Prop

Wed, 2018-03-07 07:13

 Bog standard Yammie prop same pitch and sizes as yours yet in peasant alloy....:). You’re not carrying an extra ton of water by any chance ?

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 Interesting. All the things

Thu, 2018-03-08 06:08

 Interesting. All the bungs are out

It does seem fairly heavy. I'm not sure how the hulls are designed

Surely water can make it's way out through the bottom bung?

 

Thanks