What motors to go with ???
 

H P 500 s or 496 s which motors for a 33 Powerplay ?

no question 500 HP. Bigger,better,faster. Will help the resale someday also. You'll always wish that you "HAD".Otto

525's ITS XR's with two inch shorter lowers, but the 500's out of those 2.

Between those two go with the 500efi, I had to make that decision 2 years ago, and I am soooo glad I went with the 500efi. Runs great sounds awsome and reliable, plus for resale they will hold their value much better.;)

what about warranties,,transferable,ect.,and i thought the 496 s were the new? motors?

Newer but not better.Otto

They are just the replacement for the 502 mpi ( black motor )

without question go with the 500s...reliebility is a non-issue when comparing the two, so resale should be your biggest concern...and you'll get more out of it in the end with the 500s...not to mention the boat will be faster :)

depends on what plans you have. If you go with 496 with five year warranty so you can pull and put in big power. you wont have $30000 sitting on the floor in the back of the garage. If you going to run them, than get the 500's. 500s have a great looking whipple upgrade. if you run until warranty is finished, then add upgrade. You have to ask yourself were are you going to be in two to five years to make the smartest decsion.

does anybody have the GM HP3 525 s if so I would like to hear about them. Sounds like a good choice .

I think the 525efi is about the same cost as the hp3 and they have closed cooling also. If I was to rank the motors the way I feel they are it would go 500efi, hp3, 525efi, and the 525efi is going to be easyer and cheaper to hop up later.

you bring up a good point unlike some out there cost and resale are a consideration. does everyone still like the 525 EFI s ? and are they 502 or 496 blocks ?

Excuse my ignorance, but aren't the HP500 and 500EFI 2 diff. motors. I thought the HP was a carb motor.

HP500 is carb, same block and internals as HP500EFI, which is just EFI. Both based on 502 block.

I would go with HP525EFI from merc.

The BLUE one's

I was in the situation a few years back,
I'm glad I did what I did

I have the 496HO, I couldn't afford the upgrade for the 500, but I'm not happy with the 496HO from a power standpoint. If I had it to do over again, I'd get neither, rather have a 540 built for less money than the 500. Go with the 500 if price is not an issue.

500 EFIs, though the Vortechs or the 525 EFIs with the ITS system makes a compelling combination.

I don't think they are available to the public yet.

The closed cooling system and SmartCraft are pretty cool.

And as far as resale, remember the 500EFI cost about twice as much for 75hp ;) Will you really re-coop the difference :cool:

When I ordered my 33 Outlaw, I went through the same question. The upgrade was a substancial amt. of $ so I went w/ the 496HO's and through in some extra $ for custom paint.

CHIEF 950's, if the drives won't take it...... get a different boat.

chit dat funny

so let me get this straight everyone seems to be in agreement go with the 500 EFI s or for how much $$$ more go with 525 EFI s ?

The 525EFI would be the Bomb :cool: Exspensive, but closed cooling and SmartCraft .... nice

Blue and warranty, close cooling and SmartCraft. They tell me that new 496HO has great throttle the last 70 to 90%. cb

YES paint the boat white, get white seats and get the 525 ITS XR drives speed master lower's good prop's. Then next year put some color on it, it is a lot easyer to get the wife/girl to want to make it look better than to make it faster.

The setup I want for you should go low to mid 90's in that boat. 496's and B1's high 70's low 80's max.

Hawk HP-600's. EFI, Merlin 3 tall deck, merlin heads, MEFI 3 injection, Prelubber, sonic water flush, Stainless exhaust, custom colors std., and.... 3 year warrantee. As featured in May's powerboat Mag. $23,455

the Hawk HP-600 dynos between 625 and 630 hp with 690 of torque.

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I faced the same decision with our 37 Active Thunder. I would have gone with the 500s if I had the dough, instead went with the HOs.

Yeah, that rhymes :)

I did upgrade to the Bravo XZ drives to be ready for upgrades later. There are a lot of upgrades coming out for the 496HO that will give you more power for less than the upgrade to the 500s.

what about Smartcraft ?