Prop to Pad for 2005 BassCat Cougar 225 Opti

Most of what I have read is 3 1/2 inches below pad. That is where I have mine set.John

The Fury likes to run a little deep but thinking 3″ is gonna be but right. Would try 3″. If its too high you will have excess steering torque and maybe high rooster tail. Ran my Fury @ 2 3/4 and Cat liked it.

I like Tempest props and I run one on my boat but everything that I have read for the last few years has been run a Fury. I have a good friend that is a Mercury Service Dealer and he has all of his worked Tempest sitting on a shelf and he is running a Fury. My Pantera 2 has a 150 on it so dont have enough horsepower to turn a 24 pitch Fury or I would be running one. I would try what you have before moving to a Tempest personally.Mike

I recently just did a bunch of research on the Fury props I ordered one today and my current prop is a Tempest. I cant give you first hand experience but from what reviews and info I found the fury will perform better from hole shot to WOT Mercurys claim is that holeshot will be 15% quicker and top end you should see an average of 1.5 mph faster with a Fury compared to the Tempest. Im replacing my Tempest with the Fury because I need more grunt out of the hole when heavily loaded. So from what everyone says about Fury compared to Tempest is the Tempest is old technology compared to the Fury. Like I said I cant tell you that from a first hand experience but thats what the verdict is in comparing the two. So if what everyone is saying is true your performance would decrease in all areas by switching to a Tempest.