I will say this about my gen 3 it has a lot more low end. With a fuel 13 gallon tank and 5 Ppl in the boat (850-900 lbs) I can get on step and run about 16. I don't think that's bad. Also from a dead stop in thick Lillys I will leave my brother and his gen 2. Best case is that the new prop ads a couple mph and I can change props a cording to load

I've been dead stop in an inch of water in my rig with a 4 man bow fishing load, 50 qt yeti loaded down, 120qt ice chest with fish and ice, 14 gals of fuel, bow fish rails, and 3 big batteries, and been able to get out with out outs problem (of course have to have softer mud than firm Sandy mud, not gunna lie and say that I can do that in freaking sand) lol

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Sounds like I shouldve saved the 400 bucks and got the gen 2 lower instead.

My personal opinion is that prodrive went so long without anything new a the computing caught up so they rushed out the Gen 3 and wasn't rdy yet. I will say this to anyone thinkin about buying one if u go into thinking torque and not speed u won't be disappointed. Also seriously think about auto reverse. That's the best 1000 I've spent on a mud motor ever

Well guys there is a 18/54 side console down here with 3 batteries troll motor fishing equipment and two people breaking 30 the boat is far from light the prop is the new 2 blade but it is pitched and 30/31 was held the jetting on carb was not correct so it will be rejetted soon and I'm sure Todd will post speeds after and this motor has heads cam and carb new two blade like I said of course adjusted by baggy

Dam that's impressive right there

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Yes this is an 18/54 gen 3 with briggs has mikuni ,heads,and cam contact toddc he can give you more details I wanna say prop was pitched to 17

Can someone explain to me the pros and cons of the different pitches. Is a certain pitch better in the mud and another pitch better for speed in open water. Just need to be educated on it

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Agreed Craig but this sight is designed to help each other out so we can all spend our money wisely hell I'm almost willing to go to the gen 3 myself now im not as interested in top speed anymore get load carring around 30/32 and you got an all around good package

All the top secret shit is for the birds

Do you know if it was 3/16 or 1/8 bottom? Just trying to get as much info as possible.

Can someone explain to me what is the advantage of the tapered shaft vs the straight shaft on the Gen 3 lowers? When I called to order a new prop they needed the serial # to determine which shaft I had.

The tapered shaft has a larger diameter than the straight shaft. I want to say that the tapered shafts were released right after thanksgiving last year.

Anyone run one yet????

Gotcha. Mine's 1948 3/16 bottom and full 1/8 floor, so probably still a little heavier, but fairly comparable. I just wonder what the Briggs EFI would do with a prop like that...

When I order my .125 1854 with a 37 EFI PD I am hoping it runs about 25 MPH with 2 people. That is about all I need out of it to do what I do.

^^^Cannot dissagree with that...

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It may have been more like 4400-4500 with me and the ole lady, but I can't remember exactly. Either way, I needs a prop with some more ass! If I trim it a little higher, it'll hit the rev limiter and lose speed...