Help 200efi no hole shot ( not prop problem )

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April 8, 2009 at 1:32 am #419855

basscat1004
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I have a p111 with a 200efi and have owned it for 8 years. when I bought boat off of bass cat pro the boat did 68-70 mph and had decent hole shot loaded, with a 25p 3 blade prop, started losing power and had to prop down to 23p to get out of the hole. Had power head replaced last year and still has no power but am now running a 25p high five and now have ok hole shot but am only running 60mph. I am running about 5800 rpm trimmed all the way out. Friend had cougar with 225 and had same problem and they replaced the injectors on his and now it runs good could this be the same problem? Help

April 8, 2009 at 1:42 am #419858

Bass Cat Boats
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Hard to say what the issue is. If the engine is the issue a good wrench should be able to diagnose it. How much gear do you carry? Have you weighed your gear? Have you run your empty rig across scales and weighed it? Just some input.Last edited by Bass Cat Boats on April 8th, 2009, 2:22 am, edited 1 time in total.

April 8, 2009 at 1:44 am #419860

DOUGMCGEEP3
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I think i would have a leak down test done first. I had a 200 efi that showed 128 on all 6 cylinders but when we ran a leak down 2 cylinders were leaking down 15-20%. You could send your injectors to bracato and have them cleaned, flowed and all brought back in to spec. they do excellent work and quick service.Might check throttle position sensor. I fought this myself after i ran a compression test but before the leak down test. spent a lot of time and money that i could have saved with the leak down first. Hope this helps some.

April 8, 2009 at 5:02 am #419862

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Thanks for the info I havent weighed the boat in a while, BCB where would I be getting the extra weight from? I did ad a 4th battery which is about 70pds but I have ran the boat empty with no gear and three batterys and it runs pretty good but still wont come out of the hole without a lower pitch prop. I fish a lot of tourneys so I am always running loaded and I burn a average of 20 gallon of gas per tourney so I almost always running full tanks and with partner and gear almost all the time. What would a leakdown test tell me. Motor has new reeds exhaust manifold, new head from merc. Was told it is injector problem possibly. I had boat to sherm he couldnt figure it out, nothing against sherm had motor to two other techs. My friend had his merc to 3 techs, and it was under warranty and the merc rep looked at his motor 3 times before they figured it out and the tech at norton marine figured it out with some sort of injection test. His merc is a 225 efi so i am not sure if it is the same. I would like to know what kind of test they did? Thanks for all the help!! BASSCAT IS A AWSOME BOAT AND I LOVE TO FISH FOR THEM AND WILL NEVER OWN ANOTHER RIG OTHER THAN CAT

April 8, 2009 at 12:21 pm #419865

Bass Cat Boats
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TPI settings are an issue on EFI engines, though not often on DI motors. The battery definitely would not help this and always running full fuel does not either. EFI motors have not bottom end torque, and most we ran a 24 or 23 Tempest on. The rigs that were used at the Classic were all set with 24 Tempests. Most of this would be nature of the beasts from our perspective, and we doubt if it were loaded that hole shot was ever much different. That little motor was a L O N G hole shot on 181 series Cs, and forever and a day on a T models. Really double digits on a T series. Which was a prompting for the 3. ltr. big block 200 EFI you all know about. That engine was short lived due to EPA regs, though this is why it was built. We really dont think there is much up with your rig, other than you need a different wheel to spin.
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