Taking the Verado plunge...300's vs. 350's
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03-31-2021, 10:23 AM
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How beefy is the gear case on the V-8 300 vs the 350 (and optional case on I6 300)? Given the size of boat here I’d want the sturdiest gear case I could get.
03-31-2021, 11:23 AM
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03-31-2021, 04:22 PM
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Regardless of the power choice that Cafe Open is just a killer boat. Doing a full acrobatic pull-up over the side of my tiger this weekend while it was on the trailer 40 freaking times made me realize a day will come when that's not possible. Hopefully it's still 20+ years away, but it makes you realize how cool this boat is!
Good luck on the power choice....
Good luck on the power choice....
03-31-2021, 07:41 PM
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New 300s all the way unless you have the $ to buy the extended warranty for the 350s. If a supercharger breaks it’s a $5500 part. I had twin 2014 300 Verados (inline six) and had to replace a supercharger, thankfully under warranty. Verados are the way to go all the way regardless of your decision. I’m in the process of buying a new boat and will only go with the new 300 even though 350s are an option. I’ll sacrifice a few ticks on the Speedo for piece of mind with reliability. Good luck.
04-05-2021, 11:08 AM
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Man there’s a lot of mis-information in this thread.
That said, I love my 400r and the 350 is mechanically nearly the same. However, in this case if it were mine I would go with the 300 v8. Make sure you get the 296 hp version not the 276 hp version.... The 350 has a small torque advantage but the 300 will achieve max performance on 87 octane, weighs less, and will operate under lower cylinder pressure/stress at almost all times. The 300 would sacrifice 15% power and 2% torque but coming from 250 2-strokes I don’t think you’ll miss it.
That said, I love my 400r and the 350 is mechanically nearly the same. However, in this case if it were mine I would go with the 300 v8. Make sure you get the 296 hp version not the 276 hp version.... The 350 has a small torque advantage but the 300 will achieve max performance on 87 octane, weighs less, and will operate under lower cylinder pressure/stress at almost all times. The 300 would sacrifice 15% power and 2% torque but coming from 250 2-strokes I don’t think you’ll miss it.
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