Suzuki 140 hp Outboard In Action!!! (the oddball outboard with 4 blade prop and jack plate)
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Running the river in my brand new Suzuki 140 hp outboard on my Excel Bay Pro 203!
In this video I am showing my Excel Bay Pro's Suzuki outboard in action! I am still in the break in period of the outboard although I am in the phase of being able to use any RPM. It is a very smooth and quiet outboard for its size. Hopefully this will last me a very long time on this new boat! My dealership added a 4 blade prop to the boat which makes it cruise around 35 mph at 5000 RPM. It does get a little wild at top end however I have been able to hit 42 mph whenever I get the porpoising under control. The Excel Bay Pro 203 is an excellent match for this outboard!
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Is it just me or is watching an outboard push a boat along with the wash behind just mesmorising and hypnotic.
Your not alone. Soon this will be my most popular video! I will be doing this with my new outboard at some point too.
Usually 4 blade will give you more bite while taking off and also will help low speed planning. It will slow you down at top speed. Also in reverse the 4 blade will suck compared to a 3 blade.
Nah my uncle on his yamaha 150 running a 19p 4 blade and i on my merc 150 3 blade 21p running them in reverse he had more power in reverse he also has a bigger boat!
First thing first A 3 bladed prop will be festher. Personally myself. I would drop down to 12-21-3 ,check full Throttle r p m . If your r p m is too high go to 12-23-3. Raise your jackplate until you're. Cavitational plate is above water when you are on plane and trimmed out. My setup is 150 e-tech with 12-23-3 hitting 58 mph. My boat could be lighter than your boat. But I think there's more left as far as speed in your boat. Hope this helps
Hi Billy, very nice boat and motor. I find to get the most accurate MPH I use my phone it works great. Being a boat owner for a while I find the speedometer on boats are useless im not sure why they put them on boats. Anyway good luck fishing and tight lines.
Thanks! My speedometer is completely useless now too. It stoped working. I have not looked to see if the hole for it is clogged. If there is one on a Suzuki.
What do you use to see the mph
I see around 41 MPH max at 6000 RPM's if trimmed right.
@@TNRVG that’s what my boat does and I have the exact same motor any ideas to get more speed out of them?
Someone once said they got 45mph out of this boat and motor. I don’t know how they did it.
Curious why you refer to it as the oddball outboard? Nice motor btw!! I just had my 91 Johnson 120 looper out for a cruise tonight and I was definitely fogging 💨 for mosquitoes at idle 😆
Just because it's not a 60, 90, 115, 150 lol
@@TNRVG ah gotcha 👌 I was maybe kinda thinking that's what it was
Hey everyone just got to 20 hours on this same motor !! Very impressed sure puts my 40 year old 150 evinrude to shame and so good on fuel!!!
Hi Billy,
to make the outboard last change the internal zincs on the head. Suzuki makes it easy to change.
We have a 140 Suzuki on our excel catfish pro been a solid motor
The higher u raise the jack plate the more speed u will get but down side to that you could porpoise quite a bit more
Would be better to have a hydraulic jack plate.
I agree. Need some gauges too. Gauges would gelp get everything dialed in perfectly.
That 140 Suzuki is damn near one of the most bulletproof. So don't poo poo it that bad. How many boats have you gone through in the last few years??
I have a 150 Suzuki on my new boat. I've had quite a few boats over the past years and have access to a few more. Just look at the playlist of "outboards in action" to see a couple.
Might need to raise jack plate around 1/2 to 1 inch you should be above 45 + with that motor
I will have to try that. I have yet to see anyone else say it will go that fast. Excel says lower 40's.
Bought a new Suzuki a few years ago. The dealer forgot to tell me about the alarm and when it went off I panicked. The alarm is to alert you to change the oil.
I’ve had 3 or 4 Merc’s, a Johnson and a couple of Evinrudes. I think the Suzuki is the best.
That is cool. Wish they had added a direct Bluetooth connection to get engine data. All modern outboards should do that IMO.
looks like a good crappie boat. You don't have much draft. My boat gets blown around from the wind too easy. I've been thinking of getting a low profile boat but everything is so crazy right now. Ideally i would buy a crappie boat but not sell this one, and keep it for catfish and carp fishing and dirty waters, and keep a crappie boat for lakes only. But thats my dreams : )
My boat seems to be a good all around boat. I do need to catch some crappie in it!
You should see if Sharrow props have one for you motor. More economical with a Sharrow prop!
You see how much those sharrow props are! They are expensive and they don’t make it for a Suzuki 140hp.
Sharrow is an open water prop. Not for shallow water fishing boats. It's k
6k for the prop. Lol
that is no oddball! nice. some times you need more than a 115! ha,,ha. remember all the HP ranges with 2 strokes. awsome! ha.
Dam looks like she Flys my sea ark 2072 mv has a little 30 Suzuki but its quite and easy on gas I can't go fast but it gits me to all the good fishing spots
I would think you want a tempest prop on that.
Mercury prop on a Suzuki? I don't have this boat anymore however I was thinking about putting a 4 blade on my Catfish Pro 21. It has a Suzuki 150 on it. Which is featured in another video similar to this one on my channel and in the outboard in action playlist.
@@TNRVG I believe they make a hub kit. That's a dog prop. Merc does props well. Racing heritage and testing.
Very nice Billy. You should really enjoy it. What a fishing boat.
Owned 2 , first one lasted approximately 10 years, second one lasted 15. Regular maintenance performed on both. Planned obsolescence?
How many hours? 10 years sounds really good to me for an outboard.
I am currently running a 2015 Bay Pro 203 w/150 Mercury Pro XS DFI 2 stroke with SS 3 blade prop. It tops out at 46mph with 2 fat guys and half a tank of gas. What I don't know is the RPM's I'm turning.
Very nice! The Mercury 150 is a really good outboard!
I have the same boat with a Mercury 115 pro xs with a 21pitch 3 Blade and run WOT 5800 rpm at 42 mph
Does your 115 have the CT lower unit. What prop are you running.
I like your slowzuki there bud! That will be my next motor+
Ha! Yeah my new 150 Suzuki does not push my new Excel Catfish Pro as fast as my 150 Mercury pushed my SeaArk ProCat I had in the past. I have a whole playlist of outboards in action here: th-cam.com/play/PLpxT3d4CcdqDs5V_gf3vnqBFoef6ap37o.html
Center consoles are the best way to go.
@@Jkur2009 I like them too. I rather have a full forward windshield to keep the cold air off everyone.
What do you think now 1 year later ?
I traded it for a bigger boat. It was a good outboard while I had it! I have a 150 Suzuki now. Video here: th-cam.com/video/3FeqODQbVzo/w-d-xo.htmlsi=fp1ekXrj9bVrW970
How many knee braces does the transom have?
I really don’t know?
How are your clients enjoying the new boat?
Every one that has been in it say they like it!
what does your boat weigh ? I have just ordered this motor to replace my 2004 mercury 2 stroke optimax, im hoping to notice a BIG difference in speed and performance
I don't know how much the bay boat weighed. It was a 2023 Excel Bay Pro 203. Its only 68 inches wide and 20 foot long but has a very thick hull in comparison to others of its size. The best I can say it was lighter than a Sea Ark ProCat 200.
Your optimax is probably faster what motor hp? Mercury always have good top end speed. I had a 2003 optimax200. Great motor. Never had the problems other guys had but I'm not Wide open throttle everywhere I go either
What size is the boat?
Its a 20 foot Excel Bay Pro 203.
I will blow by that pretty quick. My buddy has 2000 hours on his outboard in 2 years.
Nice outboard and boat ❤
Thanks!
You had the motor too low in the water. You need to raise it some with the jack plate and add some trim to the motor to lift the front some. 4 Blade is a good prop to use has better lift and bite. I have run them on all my aluminum boats. Just work with the trim and jack plate or have someone run it that has used that type of set up to show you.
I will look into that. I don’t know anyone with this boat. I did post this video on the Excel boat owners group for feedback too. Thanks
@@TNRVG Motor height and Trim is a general thing. You do not want to lug the motor, if the MFG calls for 6000rpm you need to be able to hit that. That is where the top HP curve is for the motor. Say 5800 to 6000 rpm. If not able to run that you are lugging the motor if the Max RPM is 5500 or less.
You can use a yard stick and place that on the bottom of the plate on the motor it should be about even to 1" up from the bottom of the boat. Trim also helps if you trim up some and it will lift the front more. You only want the back 25% or 40% in the water when full speed. If the front is cutting then it will Plow and slow the boat also changing the top speed.