Pro's and CON's of NEW model outboards compared to inboards.
09-12-2006 | 09:00 PM
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Re: Pro's and CON's of NEW model outboards compared to inboards.
I just put my first Merc 300xs Optimax on a new 21ft Liberator cat. It only had 1 hour on it when I gave it to the customer and it still ran 99.5 mph. He told me the other day that he ran 190 miles on 33 gallons of gas. I'm rigging a new 30ft Liberator with twin 300xs motors now. I think it will get 3 mpg. Not bad for a 100 mph boat.
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09-12-2006 | 09:43 PM
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Re: Pro's and CON's of NEW model outboards compared to inboards.
Originally Posted by SLOWOUTBOARD
I've Had My Yam 250 Efi For 6 Years. Never Let Me Down Once.
Yamaha...dont they make stereos?? Jack it up, trim it out.....6,000 r's.....now we can break it!!
09-12-2006 | 11:51 PM
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Re: Pro's and CON's of NEW model outboards compared to inboards.
[QUOTE=dkwestern]
LOL!!! Dude -- I am so far from being an F-1 mechanic, I am flattered you even mention it. I can pick up a screwdriver and begin to bleed immediately!!!
Originally Posted by X-Rated30
1. Cost of repairs compared to inboards.
-- Labor is cheaper and easier to find. Can change a powerhead with help from a friend in 3 or 4 hours. Try that with a big block.
I've seen powerheads changed in 20 minutes in the pits at Formula 1 races
I have changed with little experience in 1-2 hours!!
-- Labor is cheaper and easier to find. Can change a powerhead with help from a friend in 3 or 4 hours. Try that with a big block.
I've seen powerheads changed in 20 minutes in the pits at Formula 1 races
I have changed with little experience in 1-2 hours!! LOL!!! Dude -- I am so far from being an F-1 mechanic, I am flattered you even mention it. I can pick up a screwdriver and begin to bleed immediately!!!
09-13-2006 | 05:27 AM
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Re: Pro's and CON's of NEW model outboards compared to inboards.
I have had both, the maint on the ob is almost non existent if you keep the water out of your fuel.
No tuneups etc, just change your water pump and gear oil yearly.
I think merc will be coming out with a 300+ HP verado next year, also the verado has power steering.
CM
No tuneups etc, just change your water pump and gear oil yearly.
I think merc will be coming out with a 300+ HP verado next year, also the verado has power steering.
CM
09-13-2006 | 09:42 AM
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Re: Pro's and CON's of NEW model outboards compared to inboards.
Originally Posted by X-Rated30
LOL!!! Dude -- I am so far from being an F-1 mechanic, I am flattered you even mention it. I can pick up a screwdriver and begin to bleed immediately!!!
09-13-2006 | 12:15 PM
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Re: Pro's and CON's of NEW model outboards compared to inboards.
Originally Posted by iamfaster
Yamaha...dont they make stereos?? Jack it up, trim it out.....6,000 r's.....now we can break it!!
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09-13-2006 | 12:58 PM
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Re: Pro's and CON's of NEW model outboards compared to inboards.
I had both. The only thing I didn't like about outboards was if you are a gear-head always wanting to tweak and modify there isn't much you can do to the outboard and there isn't much in the way of aftermarket parts. With a sterndrive the sky's the limit! and you can always look forward to increasing HP with various modifications...
There IS one modification for outboards that I found and fell in love with on my Talon, and that was NITROUS OXIDE!!
There IS one modification for outboards that I found and fell in love with on my Talon, and that was NITROUS OXIDE!!
09-13-2006 | 01:15 PM
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Re: Pro's and CON's of NEW model outboards compared to inboards.
I had a pair of Evinrude outboards on a C.C. for 12 years and they were great. The only issue was the lack of parts and mechanics to work on them if you couldn't do your own work. It seemed all the outboard mechanics only wanted to work on the smaller horsepower engines.
Are parts more available these daays ?
Also for the two-strokes don't foget oil costs.
I'd love to go back to a pair of beaters on a C.C.
ed
Are parts more available these daays ?
Also for the two-strokes don't foget oil costs.
I'd love to go back to a pair of beaters on a C.C.
ed
09-13-2006 | 03:00 PM
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Re: Pro's and CON's of NEW model outboards compared to inboards.
Originally Posted by yahoo
I think merc will be coming out with a 300+ HP verado next year, also the verado has power steering.
CM
http://www.epa.gov/oms/regs/nonroad/.../420f06057.htm
In 2001, the California Air Resources Board adopted emission standards for new sterndrive and inboard marine engines that are expected to require use of catalytic converters, beginning in 2007.
