newbie with ?'s about the 23 savage

[BigLew]

It seems that the performance should be about that of the Scepter. Check the photo section and there is a guy in Scituate, MA that has one and pop him an email or PM. If you have any problems let me know. He can probably be as objective as any and I'd be happy to hunt him down.

I have a Scepter I/O with 260 HP pushing it. I get about 23 Kt. Cruise and top out about 32+. I plan to go to 315 plus. Not so much for speed, but just to "loosen" it up a bit. I cruise it about 3200 rpm and want to turn a higher pitch prop so I can get it up a bit shallower in the rear and take more advantage of the hull design. It just runs great as far as ride, but I believe even at 23' it should be a bit loser up on plan and going.

PS - I burn about 5-6 GPH. Am I running it too conservatively?