Hi there, yet another noob I'm sure you guys are ecstatic. There is so much info on this site and I am having trouble piecing info together to apply it specifically to my newly purchased Apache 24. If anyone is knowlageable on the specific application in mods for this boat Iam all ears. Took it for it's maiden voyage today, it was fun but soon realized Iwant more speed. I've gathered the two obvious things to achieve higher speedsare bigger motor and the right prop.

Icame across a post that saida S-600 could slip in easily to replace the stock 550 without having to recoil a new water cooling system. As of right now I'm wondering can Igain moderate to significant speed with the stock set up by simplygetting the right prop?Would it be worth the roughly $15 to get slightly bigger motor, if Iupgrade the motor does this mean Ihave to pair a prop accordingly or can Iget the same size as stock (metal of course)with a better pitch.

Additionally what is a typical run time for the stock set up. Iran two batteries through it with about a 10-15 min break between the runs, and noticed the amp (or think is the ESC) was real hot. The motor seemed fine as it's water cooled. Is there an if than rule to mods, i.e. if Iupgrade X then Imust upgrade Y?

Thanks for your patients and inputwith this noob and sorry if this presents as a repeat,and Iattempting to search for my answers but there areyears of post on this threadand Ilack the time to go throughit all sonothing Ifound that adressed my specific questions. My appologies for also posting this in the General Boat Discussion, just hoping to get informed soon so Ican put it all together!