Max RPMs

[jjdeal]

What is the max RPM I might expect from my Universal 25 HP engine?  It is newly rebuilt (2 years ago) and is installed in our 1986 C34 (hull #12).

[Stu Jackson]

As the owner of a new good old boat, many of us recommend that you review the previous almost 20 years of information on the main website soon, if you haven't already.  Much of that material was gathered during the first ten years of the production runs and includes invaluable information you WILL want and NEED to know about your boat.

On our 1986, we get 3,000 in neutral, 2,700 in forward pushed to the limit and cruise at 2,100 at 6 kts with a clean bottom.  The tach runs off the alternator.

The FAQ section is a good place to start:  http://http://www.c34ia.org/faq-pages/faq.html

The FAQ section on this website is NOT about how to use the website, it's about how to use the boat!  

Also, let us get to know you by name, see: http://www.c34.org/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=2023&highlight=identification

Also, when you join as a member of the C34IA, you will receive a FREE CD-ROM with ALL of the Tech Tips AND the entire original website Projects and FAQs (up to 2001) as well as access to the Tech Notes Online.  Almost all of this material is already available to you right here.  Many of us with PO boats did a lot of reading here on the searchable Message Board and the main website, and many of us have actually printed out the entire set of Tech Tips.  We've found that it saves many hours of hard on-the-boat work since others have usually experienced the issues you will be facing.  That's why we keep all this stuff around.  

There's always something new to learn and share and we're here for that, too.

Welcome aboard,

[Ron Hill]

jj : Look in your owner engine manual - if you don't have one order it from Westerbeake/Universal dealer.
Any RPM listed in manuals is actual ENGINE RPM, not alternator rpm sent to the tac!!  Those numbers can be QUITE different.