Anyone out there with a 385 OS that can school me on getting more mileage for longer trips? I want to fish the Canyons and I'm wondering if other folks are doing it with this boat. Bladders? Props? What's everyone doing to make it work for them?
Thanks!!
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Long Range Fuel for 385 OS
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Tightline
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Long Range Fuel for 385 OS
What mileage are you trying to accomplish? I figure I can get 270 miles per Full tanks of gas. I have new Sharrow props ordered. They won't deliver til next year, but hoping for some big numbers with them.
I have also heard some talk of putting Merc. Inertia props make larger MPG gains.
Tightline
I have also heard some talk of putting Merc. Inertia props make larger MPG gains.
Tightline
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jtsherry
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I'm getting about 30 mph at 4200 rpm, 39.5 gph. Have talked to someone about props, will probably try that next season. For now, went with a 150 gal bladder. Just went to the Canyons, burned 384 gal for 9hrs of steam time (avg 37.7 gph) , 10 hours of troll (avg 4.5 gph). Even with all the extra weight in fuel/ice/gear, it didn't seem to affect the burn rate too much - 42.5 gph on the run out.
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Kismet
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Long Range Fuel for 385 OS
Tightline wrote:Source of the post What mileage are you trying to accomplish? I figure I can get 270 miles per Full tanks of gas. I have new Sharrow props ordered. They won't deliver til next year, but hoping for some big numbers with them.
I have also heard some talk of putting Merc. Inertia props make larger MPG gains.
Tightline
Just wondering how you made out with the Sharrow props. I have a neighbor who put them on his DC35 with twin 300's and loves them. i can't find any performance data for these on the OS385.
Thanks in advance
Len
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RogueCustomsMarine
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Long Range Fuel for 385 OS
There is a quick and easy answer. Nizpro tuning for the 4.2L and 5.3L motors. A guaranteed 15% increase in mpg at cruise speeds. We have done almost a dozen Pursuits with twin and triple 300s and twin and triple 5.3L 350s with amazing results. And the cost of the tune is paid off in 1 season for most customers (about 100-125hrs cruising) - Sharrow props do not deliver even a fraction of those mpg gains and cost 5x more than the tune. Email us at nizpro.us@gmail.com for more info. We can connect you with other Pursuit owners to hear from directly.
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