Thanks for the info Denny! I'm going to pick up that brand new Vortex for $40 today and order the hub thereafter. I'll figure out the tach problem... didn't get to it last night. If anything this will become my backup prop if I find I need a different size/pitch, but price is right. Inevitably, I will likely need a stainless prop... The original SS is pretty worn down without major damage, whereas the aluminum resulted in a dent just by looking at it crooked!
Funny you mention the SS PowerTech props... I was in contact with another local who has a new-condition 14-1/2 x 17p SS prop for sale (RAS3R17PMS275)... The blades look narrower, and it was on a 225hp Mercury... so I believe I'd need to buy a new hub to even try it on my Johnson, at a significantly higher asking price for the prop.
I also read good things about the BRP Rebel, but that it acts like a prop two-pitches-higher, so go down in pitch... Any experience with that?
The Marine Consignment shop around the block also has a 14-1/2 x 17p SS Mercury Vengeance prop I'm considering. I might go take a second look at. I'd need to source the 835265Q02 hub.
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