richie rich said:
CJ, make up your mind.....are you bias towards Etec's or bias towards Yamy's? Tough to tell. If you had to put twins on your boat, would you buy one of each?
LOL. Yeah, that's the ticket!
As we've discovered, there are a lot of pros and cons. :twisted:
My etec was a 75hp, it was great. I don't have experience with the big motors, but the guys that have them seem to like them. I did get a quote for a 175 with install on mine. It's the same block as the 200, you get the 25 more ponies on top, so it made sense to save the grand or so and just go for the 175. Was still going to cost me about 4 grand to make the trade though.
I have no issues with the motor, but I do with the potential loss of resale, and with the shakey future of the company. If Bombardier sells it off, then what happens?
The Yam 200 is a real dog...ask Bama96 :roll: It's the same block as the 225-250, so it's heavy. I think that's why the 150 is so popular, it's 4 cyl and a hundred pounds lighter. Too bad they don't set it up to be 175-185 or something - the block would handle it fine. Just tune the exhaust, change the cam timing, remap the computer, and voila - you've got more power.
I suppose a OPTI 200 would be a good motor? I don't know much about mercs. What bugs me about them is Brunswick - all the cheap boats run them. Everyone I've ever seen is noisy. Maybe those are just the old ones. Hmmm...there's my bias. :wink:
BTW, for zrob - the problem with repowering an older boat is you can't buy them cheap enough to warrant spending the money on a new motor. When you get done it's still worth less than what you've got in it. But it is a way to get into a reliable vessel for less. It's a real quandry. That's why I just chucked it in and bought a new one (almost :wink: ) No matter how you do it there's some depreciation on them. Boats are a great investment for enjoyment and recreation purposes only.