I looked hard at the Suzuki 175's, but couldn't bring myself to experiment with $25,000+.....
You gotta figure Grady has been doing this for a while, if lower HP options would have been good for that hull, we would have seen it already.
There's nothing wrong with thinking out of the box.....I'd love to get awesome 2.5mpg on my boat.....but running 52mph this past Monday out at the lake testing my new ETECs.....going from 0-40+ mph and on plane in a matter of 2 - 3 seconds.......provided an un-removable smile on my face for the rest of the afternoon.