Freestyle Which is a better prop for freestyle

[mademan9]

I have a 9/15 hooker, but was thinking of getting a 12/17 skat trak. I was told this a better prop for my setup. So what does everyone think about this swap????

 

[MADMAT]

I can kinda let you know my opinion tomorrow. My 13/16-3 is at impros getting fixed so tomorrow I am trying a hooker 10/16 cutback for the first time.

I don't know man....I LOVE my 13/16! LOOOVE it!

 

[mademan9]

Im really thinking hard about this skat

 

[Don 79 TA]

all i can say is... for me props are personal preference, best tried by trial and error
hooker 9-15 works great for me

 

[chriselmore_1]

it is impossible to answer that without knowing your pump/motor setup and riding style.

 

[SUPERJET-113]

I have a 12/17 SKat swirl cutback and it works well, but have never tried a hooker(impeller) before..lol
So i cant really say if its better for you or not and like Chris says, whats your set up?

I can tell you that my Skat swirl was better for me than any Solas I tried(regular/Concord).

 

[mademan9]

ok i have a 701 62t top and bottom for now. But i mit be trading it for a 61x top and bottom.
mod list
-lmt factory pipe
-96 bored nozzle on stock 144 pump
-msd enhancer
-ada heads 35mm domes
-stubby pump cone
-jetworks fcv
-9/15 hooker
-single 44 mikuni carb 145 high 120 low
-blowsion flame arrestor
-dual cooling
-carbon tech reeds
- lightened stock flywheel
All of my riding is flatwater freestyle/freeride

 

[SUPERJET-113]

What cyl. bore size and what compression you getting?

 

[mademan9]

stock 62t cyl no bore. comp 160. never did a test with the ada heads

 

[Big Kahuna]

http://www.x-h2o.com/threads/54548-My-experience-with-a-Hooker&highlight=


Here is my review.

With your motor setup, I would try and keep the pitch as low as possible to try and get the best Bottom end hit since you want to do flatwater.

 

[Waternut]

I believe it was Matt_E that had a 13-18 skat swirl and swapped to a 9-15 hooker but didn't notice any difference. Maybe he can chime in on this if I remember correctly.

 

[Big Kahuna]

between the two there is not much difference. Application to Application. The Hooker to me was better but not by much. Like I posted in my review. If you had an old style prop then yeah, they are worth it. In this case he is wanting to go from a Hooker to a Swirl. Not going to be much difference. Going from a Hooker to an old style prop, would be a huge negative difference.

 

[mademan9]

ok so it seems like they arent much different.

 

[Big Kahuna]

I would stick with your Hooker.

 

[SUPERJET-113]

I noticed you say that you have a bored pump nozzle and a stubby cone. Sometimes that is too much flow and you are loosing needed pump pressure.

I had a pump nozzle that LPW bored out to 85m and the Wetwolf cone and was talking to Art@Jetworks one day and he suggested I try and go back and try the OEM cone w/ the bored nozzle. I tried this and it really helped.. Just a suggestion...
All you can do is try different combos.
But Im betting on the hooker also...

 

[mademan9]

i may try without cone this weekend

 

[Pablo]

I'm running a 9/15 hooker with a bored nozzle. I was told to stick with the stock cone as well...on more than one occasion.

 

[MADMAT]

I couldn't do a short cone with 85mm nozzle....and I left my stock cone on my pump when I sent it to Impros.

So with this 10/16 hooker I went back to a stock 80mm nozzle and I a short cone I had laying around.

Its all ready for our 5-7 footers tomorrow! I will know right away whats up because my 13/16-3 ripped perfect....so the same or better would be cool..