prop 1988 Ski Nautique

Looking for some help I am a new member we have a 1988 2001 all original my brother has had it for past 11 years I am getting it back next week I am told from him that the prop was refinished and he had cup put in it now it moves to fast at idle and may not turn up the right rpms. I need to know if the prop can be fixed or do I need to buy a new one and if I need a new one what size should I get and where also what is the right rpms for that boat I think it turned up 4200.

Thanks the boat is all original my parents purchased it new in 1988 my brother has had it in Florida for the past 11 yrs it is still in like new condition. It just needs some minor things like a prop. I would like to get it going again an take it to a reunion where do I find a list of events.

It depends on what you want to do with the boat. If you're goona ski then a Acme 540 is the way to go and if you're gonna load the boat down with weight to wakeboard then you are gonna want to go with the Acme 542.

I upgraded mine 2 years ago to the 540 and love it!

Alan, here's the link to a blog here on the site a couple of years ago that I posted of the performance results of the 540 on my boat. Hope this helps you get a general idea.




'Miss Scarletts' performance #'s with a ACME 540

Airgrabber wrote: What tranny is in the 88 SN? Thanks

Good question, the 88 should still have the 1 to 1, which means that the 540 prop that Tim mentions should be good.

In 89, they switched to the 1.23 to 1, so if you have that trans, you would want a different prop.

Tim

How about the 208 four blade.

summer36 wrote: Tim How about the 208 four blade.

I actually have a 1:1 tranny on my boat. It came with the ACME 208 and it's a pretty good all around prop. Although, I think most people here would recommend the ACME 540 (it's 3 bladed brother) because it should give more top end speed.

The 208 seems to perform very well, and if the deal is way better than what you could get on a 540, it's probably a good improvement over stock.

summer36 wrote: I am told from him that the prop was refinished and he had cup put in it now it moves to fast at idle .

Alan,
Just backtracking here some - what's the idle RPM? It should be around 600.

summer36 wrote: Tim How about the 208 four blade.

Never tried a four bladed prop on mine but I did drive swatkinz 88 @ reids guys weekend a couple years ago. I believe it was a OJ four blade prop. I drove it a bit before he tried a 540 on it and after. He wanted to see if there was a difference enough to constitute the purchase of a 540. IMHO I saw a little difference for the better in the 540 over the 4 bladed OJ but not enough to constitute buying it. I wanna say the hole shot was a little better but then again that was 2 years and many beers ago!

Yes the 88's came with a 1:1 BW tranny and the 89's went to 1:23 and a single exhaust.

rtsuggs wrote: I bought a 208 off eBay new in the box for $200. Hope I like it.

For that price, I think you'll be pretty satisfied.

Let me know how it compares to your stock one. The PO of my boat had already installed the 208, so I don't have baseline.