How fast should I be going? 240 EFI

[ptyspeedster]

Hello everyone. How fast should my boat be going? I have the 240 EFI Mercury in the 2000 speedster. No engine mods. I feel like it should have more potential. I bought it used, so I never felt the power from day 1.

 

[johnhibbs]

At 6000 rpm on smooth water you can do over 50 mph with just one or two people in the boat. Usually poor acceleration or poor performance is a sign the impeller or wear ring needs replacing. There is a measurement you can take to see if it is in tolerance. I think the distance from the tip of the impeller to the inside of the wear ring is suppose to be no more than .010 inch.

 

[El Toro 33809]

Our Challenger 2000 goes right at 50 per my GPS. It has the 240EFI.

 

[Racereddie]

Hello everyone. How fast should my boat be going? I have the 240 EFI Mercury in the 2000 speedster. No engine mods. I feel like it should have more potential. I bought it used, so I never felt the power from day 1.

Here is what you need to know about engine speed and mph from boattest.com for the 2000 Speedster

Eddie

 

[ptyspeedster]

Thank you everyone for your replies. the last I checked, my speedometer was only getting to 35. the water was a little choppy. Im going to try it out in glassy water and see what it reads.