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props, prop height, speed, all that stuff

I know that this subject has been up here many times before, in fact I had a previous post regarding the 2017 Cougar AE that I have with the 25P fury on it. The prop was reworked by Ronnie Gilbert, and now I have another question for everyone. My previous boat was 2014 Cougar FTD, no poles with a 250 Merc on it as well. Both of these boats are pretty much loaded out with the same amount of tackle, etc., the big difference is the 2017 has poles on it while the 14 did not have them on it. Also the 14 was a FTD and the 17 is a AE hull. The 14 had a 26P fury on it that was not worked on. Now I went out this evening, water temp about 83 degrees, and prior to doing any runs, I lifted the motor about 3/4 of an inch versus where it was previously. All I can say is wow, I figured that I would lose holeshot, in fact the opposite happened, boat is quicker out of the hole, very stable until right around 66-67 mph. At that speed I am about 5500 rpm, have 20 psi of water pressure and it begins to chinewalk on me. Now the 14 did not walk, and the fastest I had that one was about 77-78 in March of this year (I know water temp has bearing on mph) but here's the question, does the combination of poles, and water temp actually contribute to that much of a difference between one boat to the other. Or is it on me to continue to lift the motor, watch the water psi and see how much more is in it? I am not a light weight by any means and I do load the boat down. But if this is the case, where the poles will cost me some top end (I could see 5 mph) ok. But I do see where others are pushing 80 in either Cougars, or Pumas with 250s and poles. Any and all thoughts are appreciated.

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