Baller JC1975 Posted March 29, 2011 Baller Share Posted March 29, 2011 I need to replace the prop on my 2003 Nautique 206 with the 330 excal, can anyone recommend which size and make works best with this hull? Mainly course skiing at 34 mph. I have heard different props can affect the wakes at certain line lengths, is this true? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boarditup Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 Assuming a 1" bore, the Acme 422. 12.5X15.5 RH .105 cup seems to work the best overall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
east tx skier Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 Acme 422 is hard to beat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ Jody_Seal Posted March 30, 2011 Baller_ Share Posted March 30, 2011 Need a little more information. Does you 206 run with tower and bimini? what is the length of your lake as in is your run in to the course quick or longer? As far as the 2003 is concerned it does not have a hydrogate so trying to make wake changes thru the prop is negiable. I have a customer that rus a 2007 206 and we installed a OJ 13X15.5 with .90cup. This boat has a tower and is used mainly for top speed free skiing and about 30% course skiing. With the OJ the boat picked up almost 2 mph on top speed and droped the rpm's at slalom speeds 20RPM's. We did do a back to back comparasion with the stock 422 and the customer prefered the OJ overall. The 422 will work fine on your 206 however most all (not everyone) Nautique owners that We have installed Oj's on have prefered the OJ's over the Acme products. If you are trying to get some minor performance gains and looking for overall better fuel economy the OJ may be a better choice. The ACME is very good right out of the box but My prefrences are the OJ products. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller ForrestGump Posted March 30, 2011 Baller Share Posted March 30, 2011 On my 05 I used an Acme 470 3 blade. It turned about 100 rpm more, but all the skiers loved it, and it picked up 2mph top end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller JC1975 Posted March 30, 2011 Author Baller Share Posted March 30, 2011 Thanks guy's! Jody, it does have the flight control tower and bimini, but we ski on a public lake with lots of set up time. More top end with better fuel economy would be nice. What is the model number of the OJ you recommend? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ Jody_Seal Posted March 30, 2011 Baller_ Share Posted March 30, 2011 JC the prop designation from OJ will be a 428. 13X15.5 with .90 cup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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