Sabre FTD w/Merc 175 Pro XS prop question….

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February 13, 2017 at 5:02 am #389523

bassn5150
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Do any of you guys have any experience with this setup and a Tempest prop? It seems when the Fury was introduced that the Tempest fell out of favor somewhat. On my previous boat, which was a different brand, it had a Fury on it, and it didnt do anyhting for that boat. I broke my old faithful Tempest out of the closet and put it on that boat, the whole attitude of the boat changed for the better. Although top end speed is one aspect, Im also hunting for the best overall setup prop wise. Lift, top end, load carrying, etc. Thanks in advance.

February 13, 2017 at 11:03 am #389525

Bass Cat Boats
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Do a search on here. I believe there is a Sabre owner from Monroe, La. that has a 25 Tempest. Says it works better than the Trophy or Fury on his boat. The Fury may be slightly faster, but he said the Tempest was better in everyway!

February 13, 2017 at 2:29 pm #389528

Bass Cat Boats
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Welcome to the forum and there is a plethora of information and opinion here on the topic. From our experience the Fury is a nice propeller, though Sabres will run with any of three variations. Those are all dependent on your rig and weights. Fury, Tempest or Trophy?

February 13, 2017 at 2:55 pm #389531

muddywaters
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I run a stock 24 tempest on my sabre with a 175 proxs, Best top end I have seen so far is 68.5 at 5900 rpm, the hole shot is awesome and the acceleration is good as well, I ran a 24 fury and I did not like how it ran on my sabre, I just could not get lift with the fury 24, Bad Prop? Maybe so. A buddy of mine run a 25 fury this past weekend on his sabre, He said the hole shoot was good lifted good and he exceeded 70 mph at 6000 rpm. I am gonna try a 25 fury or 25 tempest on my rig as soon as I get it back from the Basscat factory. Which I hope wont be much longer. The fish are fixing to go bizerk and eat with these warm temps.

February 13, 2017 at 3:09 pm #389534

sabreski
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I have 175proxs-Sabre-non ftd. I have tried 25 Tempest, a worked 24 Tempest balanced blue printed & extra cup added & a 25 Fury. The Fury is the best all around for my rig. They all came out of the hole great-top end Fury, since the proxs does not have low water pickups you will run out of w/p with the tempest as it likes to be higher on the plate (3″below pad compared to 3 1/2″) & speed will keep rising until you run out of w/p. The speed was about 1.5-to not quite 2 mph slower than the fury (70.96). There are variables of course 6″plate compared to 8″plate, ftd compared to regular Sabre, load & placement etc. The midrange & punch of this rig is amazing with any of the props Ive tried, it leaps out of the hole & is very quick to 68 with last few mph a bit of work to get-longer stretch & some driver input. Good Luck!

February 14, 2017 at 9:15 pm #389536

Cajunhunter67
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I hope to try a 24 or 25 Fury 4 when I can afford it. I believe it will be the happy medium between the Tempest and the Fury 3.

February 15, 2017 at 3:18 am #389539

Fishingwithfewell
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I have a 22017 sabre ftd with 175 pro xs with hydraulic jackplate .1st prop I ran was a fury 24 pitch which performed awesome with 68.5 top speed with full gas in tank but only myself in boat 67.4 with 2 people. Next prop I tried was a 25 pitch fury 70.2 with only me. Trying a tempest next hope it does better.
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