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Old 08-14-2012, 12:31 PM   #12
Marin
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We have had our two FL120s to WOT (meaning throttles all the way up, transmissions in gear) exactly one time in the fourteen years we've owned the boat. (The engine surveyor did it, too, out of gear, but this was before we'd committed to buying the boat.)

We did it to get the WOT rpm for the prop shop that we were going to be getting new props from but who subsequently discovered our current props had been horribly set up prior to our purchasing the boat but were physically in fine condition and just needed a complete reworking.

The FL120 is rated at 120hp @ 2500 rpm. Whether that is their limited rpm, load or no load, or if they will turn faster at no load and full throttle is something I will never find out unless someone who already knows tells me. We don't take our engines higher than 1800 rpm and our normal cruise power is 1650 rpm.
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