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View Poll Results: What outboard would you buy......
My first new motor was an '86 Yamaha 90. I was living in Englewood, Fl and living on Lemon Bay. That boat and motor were fished hard for about ten years. Other than plugs, impellers and oil it never needed any work...
My last two before the twin 4 strokes were both Yamaha and still no letdowns.
While looking for my present rig, a Yamaha was my one demand. Got lucky and got a boat with two! These have been stellar for the past six months I have owned them.
I'm surprised the E-TEC motors are so low on the charts. I rode in a 20 bass boat the other day with a 250 E-TEC on a power jack plate and let me tell you, that thing had some fricking power out the hole, We took the boat up to 60mph and then backed of to around 35mph.The E-TEC's are very under-rated motors.
Yamaha! Based on experience with every outboard listed except Honda. Suzuki would be second in that size range!
__________________ 2004 Fountain 38 TE twin Yamaha 350's "For Sale"
2001 340i Sea Vee SOLD
1995 33 Blackfin Combi SOLD
2007 28 McKee Craft SOLD
2005 24 McKee Craft SOLD
1998 23 Contender SOLD
Own a Honda but gotta vote for Zuke. Owned one for three years and it was the sweetest, smoothest, most reliable engine I've owned (have previously owned Johnsons). More refined than my Honda.
__________________ Maycraft 2300 Pilothouse with Honda 225 4-stroke
They are all good, pro and cons to all depends on the boat/application.
For example the Merc:
pro: It is relativity light weight thank to the fact it is super charged
con: The super charger is one more item that likely to fail over the life of the engine.
If you are looking for a boat with max speed the light weight is a good one to consider.
Supercharger will last 1K+ hrs with no problems. You will have the same chance of losing a powerhead/crank in a Yami. They are all good motors but each have their weak points.
They are all good, pro and cons to all depends on the boat/application.
For example the Merc:
pro: It is relativity light weight thank to the fact it is super charged
con: The super charger is one more item that likely to fail over the life of the engine.
If you are looking for a boat with max speed the light weight is a good one to consider.
At least at 150 hp, the supercharged Verado is by far the heaviest engine in it's class at a whopping 510 lbs. Even the supposedly tubby Honda is much less at 478 lbs
At least at 150 hp, the supercharged Verado is by far the heaviest engine in it's class at a whopping 510 lbs. Even the supposedly tubby Honda is much less at 478 lbs
If you would have asked me 6 months ago......hands down Yamaha. I've had very good service from them for years. However, I now run a set of Suzuki DF175's and I couldn't be happier with them so far. Good performance and fuel economy. Deep down I'd still pick the Yamahas but I wouldn't hesitate to buy a Suzuki.
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