I thought I would post my results with the Gecker mods. I have added Gecker's Stage 2 stock carb, heads, cam, stainless valves (stock size), air filter/adapter and intake. Total invested just under 2 grand. Merry Xmas to me!
Total gains are around 6-7 MPH. Hole shot is night and day, 0-28 in a heart beat. I added the Hopkins Cleaver today and I picked up another 1 MPH, and this pushed my boat at 30.6 MPH deep water down wind.
Into the wind it was running 29.2 MPH. My light load is still pretty heavy though, 1person, two batteries, 9 gallons of gas, mud buddy shaggy blind, 4 panels of fast grass in storage, socket set, tool chest, gun box, center console, hydro turf throughout, fire extinguisher etc. I was surprised though that with the Hopkins Prop, my RPM's went from 4050-4150 to 4250-4370. I would like to run at 4100 RPM's or less. I am thinking of adding another degree of pitch to the Hopkins prop to make it a 14. I ma surprised thought hat I am slinging the Hopkins at a higher RPM than the stock prop? ANY THOUGHTS?
I know a lot of people have been pretty hard on Sheldon, but I can tell you that he is stand up guy. As an example, I went down to his shop on Thursday, and we worked on the motor from 9-5, and he replaced the cam he put in free of charge, all of the gaskets, tweaked the throttle linkage, etc. b/c he wasn't happy with the gains! He still thinks that there is another 2 mph hidden in the engine, but I am thrilled. He is working on his customer service, and has added another person to help him out. Overall, I am very happy with the work that he does, and I like staying with with the stock parts, just modding them a little...LOL. I would definitely recommend. I bought the BPS Mikuni kit, but I will be returning it and sticking with the Gecker stage 2 carb.
I hope this helps.
