The Flo Meter Is In
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Category: Head for the Hills!
Forum Name: Transportation in the Outdoors
Forum Description: Trucks, ATVs, Boats, Snowmobiles....Getting there is half the fun!
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Topic: The Flo Meter Is In
Posted By: d4570
Subject: The Flo Meter Is In
Date Posted: 23 March 2009 at 02:01
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Basically I just took out the "Gas gage" and replaced it with the Flow Meter gage. Cut the fuel line after the filter and spliced it in. Hope it works... under the hood
I had lots of room to work in back . ------------- Remember: Four boxes keep us free ,the soap box, the ballot box, the jury box, AND the cartridge box |
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 23 March 2009 at 02:17
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My brother has a 30 foot Grady white with twin 250 yamahas. they both have flow and tank fuel gages. Last year we took a 1200 mile trip in his boat and I spend a few days at the helm. I did find the digital fuel consumption guages interesting. But I don't think I'd have swapped out that tank fuel guage??? Can you get a second guage (or take your old tank fuel guage) and mount it near the motor? I sort of like to know how much gas is left in the tank, if only to know when I have half and can make it back to my starting point? BEAR |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 23 March 2009 at 02:21
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Actually his meters work on the tach output and calculate miles/gallon. Does the Northstar give you the gallons/minute? BEAR |
Posted By: d4570
Date Posted: 23 March 2009 at 02:26
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Thats why I took out the old gage, it would tell you if you had gas a indicator light will do the same. You could never know how much is left, the attitude of the boat will give you a false reading. The flow meter keeps track of how much have taken out of the tank, how mush your using at any RPM,how much you have left in the tank ( if you program how much you started with )and has a memory and will keep track if you ad more gas on your trip up to 999 gallons. ------------- Remember: Four boxes keep us free ,the soap box, the ballot box, the jury box, AND the cartridge box |
Posted By: d4570
Date Posted: 23 March 2009 at 02:28
Gallons per hour, the GPS can give me GPM if I put the info in. I get 2,6 mpg at 4800 rpm thats about 36 mph or 13.8 GPH ------------- Remember: Four boxes keep us free ,the soap box, the ballot box, the jury box, AND the cartridge box |
BEAR wrote:Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 23 March 2009 at 03:23
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Sounds great. Those tank guages are really pretty poor. I like knowing how much is left, by it sutracting the use from the full amount. Like car guages the second half always seems to go faster? And as you say the guage shows a different amount when you come off plane.
Sounds like you will be ready for spring. BEAr |
Posted By: d4570
Date Posted: 24 March 2009 at 01:51
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As soon as the morning ice comes off the boat ramp I'm going to dunk the boat in and try to set the system. I have to set the units to US Gallons and punch in how many gallons I start with then give it a try . I will then go and refill to check how accurate it is . ------------- Remember: Four boxes keep us free ,the soap box, the ballot box, the jury box, AND the cartridge box |
Posted By: d4570
Date Posted: 24 March 2009 at 06:05
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Test resualts, It said I used 4.3 gal and I could only put in 4.1 gal. Pics at 1500 rpm idel 2.1 gph  at 4000 30 mph 5.2 gph  at 4500 35 mph 7.8 gph  at 5000 38 mph 10.2 gph  at 5500 44 mph 11.5 gph  at 6000 still 44 mph on my GPS and using 12.1 gph  ------------- Remember: Four boxes keep us free ,the soap box, the ballot box, the jury box, AND the cartridge box |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 24 March 2009 at 15:31
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Looking at it and doing some quick math: 30 mph= .17 gal per mile = 5.9 miles per gallon 35 mph= .22 " ; = 4.5 38 mph= .27 " ; = 3.7 44 mph= .26 " ;= 3.8
All of these are pretty respectable. but clearly the 30 mph is your best. Wonder what it wouldbe if you got it up on plane and then backed it off a little (called "on the step") it will still be on plane? This is usually the best mpg position on bots. Mine is a 200 hp v-6 4 stroke and the boat is about 5200# 23 foot, with a 8.8 foot beam. My best mileage is right at 3100 rpm, unless it is real choppy then it needs 3300 rpm to hold a steady speed on the bounce. Looks like you got your self a fun toy for this season. Remember the GPS is and average speed/distance and is made up of a series of straight lines not the curve you travel.
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Posted By: d4570
Date Posted: 25 March 2009 at 01:45
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On my big boat run last year we ran at 38 mph for many hours and I figured it coast me $.01 per second of running. It takes 21 mph to get it to plain and it will come off at 18 mph. I didn't take a pic of it at this speed, I was by my self and just the movement of my fat A$$ will make it come down of plain in that range. I like to run it at around 30/32 mph , that is where it's the quietest and smoothest. At 5500 to 6000 it roars and sucks gas but it's fun to blow by all the Malabo's and Mamba's. ------------- Remember: Four boxes keep us free ,the soap box, the ballot box, the jury box, AND the cartridge box |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 25 March 2009 at 02:25
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Can you get that jet to rooster tail as you pass the pontoon boats?
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Posted By: d4570
Date Posted: 25 March 2009 at 03:02
I wish I could, there is no trim. I would use it on some of the outfitters that throw eggs at me when I'm in "THERE" waters!! ------------- Remember: Four boxes keep us free ,the soap box, the ballot box, the jury box, AND the cartridge box |
