elcosito
02-13-2010, 11:13 AM
The local Yamaha Dealer offer to replace the stolen 2005 F150- 25" shaft with a 2009 F225 Yamaha for about the same price; the F225 is a 20" shaft so a shaft "extention" will be added to it; now the questions:
a) Is this shaft extention something desirable? Is it common practice? Will it make it harder to service the lower unit?
b) Are the 2009 - F225 Yamahas good motors? Have they improved the internal corrotion issues (If they where any as I read in this Forum?)
c) The Boat is a Polar 21.4 W/A; it ran just fine with the F150, a little under power but it got me where I want it to go at 32 + miles p/h with 3 people on board gear, fuel etc. The extra weight will be about 120lbs but I will get and extra 75HP; will I see a great improvement in performance? Anybody out there runing a Polar with a F225? I like to get some opinions from the THT experts. Thanks
a) Is this shaft extention something desirable? Is it common practice? Will it make it harder to service the lower unit?
b) Are the 2009 - F225 Yamahas good motors? Have they improved the internal corrotion issues (If they where any as I read in this Forum?)
c) The Boat is a Polar 21.4 W/A; it ran just fine with the F150, a little under power but it got me where I want it to go at 32 + miles p/h with 3 people on board gear, fuel etc. The extra weight will be about 120lbs but I will get and extra 75HP; will I see a great improvement in performance? Anybody out there runing a Polar with a F225? I like to get some opinions from the THT experts. Thanks