Cris Ratzlaff
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I have a 2000 200hp EFI Mercury Motor serial number OT149061 and I had a few questions... What should my WOT rpm be? The book calls for anything between 5000 and 5600. Also my water pressure runs about 15 at 5000 rpm's. Is that alright? We do some trolling where we run the motor at low rmp's (around 1,000) and the water pressure sits around 5 lbs. at 1,000 rpm's. Is this ok to run it like this for extended periods of time? And last but not least, I have an older Trophy prop (48-825908A45) with a 23 pitch. I was looking to get another prop, one with the new PVS system on it. Should I stay with the 23 pitch, or is that overpitched or underpitched for this motor? My boat is a 20 ft. targa (fiberglass). Sorry for ALL the questions, but I'm new to this boat and motor and just wondered if you or someone else could help me out. Thanks alot, I really appreciated all the time you take to answer all the questions.
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