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Would a 15 HP upgrade help my situation?
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<blockquote data-quote="dsuden" data-source="post: 356297" data-attributes="member: 11842"><p>A year ago here on TinBoats, I "blogged" the entire process of modding of my bare bones Mirrocraft 14' mod vee, and a year later I can tell you I love the setup...it's been great.</p><p></p><p>If there's one slight wrinkle, it's probably the Nissan 9.8 outboard. It runs like butter, starts second pull after being stored all winter, no gripes about the motor itself, it's picture-perfect. But it doesn't have *quite* enough zing to get the boat up on plane. Top speed with one person is about 16 MPH. With two people, it's more like 12. I'd love to have just enough extra oomph to level her out at full speed rather than dragging tail.</p><p></p><p>My question, would upgrading to a 15 HP give me enough added kick to do the job? I don't think I could go bigger than a 15 because of my back (having tried manually tilting a 20HP out of the water, I know it's more than I'd want to do).</p><p></p><p>To put it another way, if I'm close to planing with the 9.8, but no cigar, is a 15 likely to get me there?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dsuden, post: 356297, member: 11842"] A year ago here on TinBoats, I "blogged" the entire process of modding of my bare bones Mirrocraft 14' mod vee, and a year later I can tell you I love the setup...it's been great. If there's one slight wrinkle, it's probably the Nissan 9.8 outboard. It runs like butter, starts second pull after being stored all winter, no gripes about the motor itself, it's picture-perfect. But it doesn't have *quite* enough zing to get the boat up on plane. Top speed with one person is about 16 MPH. With two people, it's more like 12. I'd love to have just enough extra oomph to level her out at full speed rather than dragging tail. My question, would upgrading to a 15 HP give me enough added kick to do the job? I don't think I could go bigger than a 15 because of my back (having tried manually tilting a 20HP out of the water, I know it's more than I'd want to do). To put it another way, if I'm close to planing with the 9.8, but no cigar, is a 15 likely to get me there? [/QUOTE]
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