My bad fellers.

Had pixs of it But already deleted them so went on line to see what I saw down in Fla and it was the V-8 425 Yammi.
Which I still like the looks of.

My comments on the V-6 300 Suzi remain true though.

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The test facility in Tampa is now open .

And a really good sign for the US.

Honda already has one on the east coast of Fla.

No one on this forum talks about them because most of us are into performance boating...

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I believe Suzuki is not competing in the high performance space...they're more for pleasure and fishing competitions like this...

Suzuki isn't as technology advanced (per say) as what Merc and Yamaha are driving/selling to the market. But, Suzuki isn't priced as high either. I have always thought Suzuki was 3-5 years behind in the technology race against Merc/ Yam and Evinrude and they obviously do not have the same parts supply as the network is minute compared to the Merc dealership network

.. and face it, if it runs good, start's reliably, meets your needs and doesn't puke parts... it's a good motor. If it reaches a point where any motor from any mfg. can't check all of those criteria - its a fast slide to becoming an anchor at any price point and with any branding paint colour

To me that's a good thing. There's a point where technology becomes cumbersome and we've passed that point.

Thats a good point. Maybe they will get into the performance market. Maybe give Mercury a little competition.

I run 2 of the largest Sea Tow Franchise's and am located on the NC coast, I'm currently opperatting 18 Suzuki's most of them 150hp.
We just pulled our oldest pair off one of the boats for repower, the motors had a little over 4,700 hrs. each...
Have to say they work great for my type work.

I’ve run them for 6 years now. First 2007 250s up to about 1200hrs. Now on a set of 2016 DF300s that just hit 330hrs.

Early ones had an issue with the shaft sticking and not letting the lower drop. That has been rectified with an additional seal and grease zerk. They can’t handle an overheat, likely to pop a head gasket if so. And they aren’t rebuildable like a small block Chevy, at least cost effectively, I believe this is basically true for all new outboards.

So I plan to replace impellers and anodes frequently, and flush every use.

reliability wise I’d say yamahas are still favorite (ex 350) followed closely by Suzuki, then Merc. But they are all acceptably reliable now IMO. I don’t think Suzuki’s have any less tech, the 350 has a sophisticated fuel system.

Speed wise verados are king due to the rpm range they can run. I don’t love the noise these make at higher RPM.

price wise:
suzuki
merc
yamaha

I was interested in the merc 300 V8, I’d like to see what reputation they get first though. But they look good from a price and performance perspective.

If single engine is your intent, the Suzuki 350 is the only duo prop, which would be nice.