"Congradulations" Looks Great.

hah, was just going to ask if that was the boat ramp at buckeye on the west end.... Then I read the post. I spent many weekends there as a kid. Boats looking Great!!

You're right! west end of buckeye.
who knows of a mercury outboard hi performance dealer that theyd reccommend for me to go to for my mercury 280's? I'm looking for someone who knows what they're doing in the ohio indiana, kentucky area, that could do diagnostic tuning on my 280's installed on my skater, Help!

What seems to be the issue? Spend-a-day marina here at indian lake has a pretty good service department but like many marinas I don't think they have much experience with the high performance 2 strokes. One of the 28 skaters here with 300x motors had issues several years ago and between my dad and spend-a-day they ended up getting it figured out.

What is it doing David?

David,
Bring that thing down to FLA to test and you can hook up with Marty at Diamond Marine. They are the best!!

I've got one engine that wants to idle at 2100 rpm, and one that is hard to start, I'm in the process of buying a scanner so that I can have a go at fixing myself

A few things I would check are, obviously, cable settings, motor linkages and the TPI's....

Just out or curiosity, and I don't think it would affect idling, but how do the 2.5's handle fuel now days with the 10% ethanol blend? Do they need to be richened up?

I'm planning on running non ethanol fuel in the skater. Good question though