boaters choice on engines

[xr100racer]

may the force be with you!

[garym]

I got a mid 80's bayliner for sale with galv trailer for $700. 

[jpease]

no honda users?  last year I spent a week on a lake up NE Tennessee just about every pontoon boat which was abut 90% of them had honda or yamaha.

Would that be Wautauga lake?

We spent some time there too but we rented the lake house on South Holston lake near Laurel Marina

[Da_Mtg_Man]

no honda users?  last year I spent a week on a lake up NE Tennessee just about every pontoon boat which was abut 90% of them had honda or yamaha.

Would that be Wautauga lake?

We spent some time there too but we rented the lake house on South Holston lake near Laurel Marina

Great place.I have family in Elizabethton ( outside of Johnson City) and we have spent a lot of time on Wautauga lake and then tubing Wautauga river. Beautiful area up there.

[GENERAL-Z]

finely somone knows

[#13_LT-R450]

my uncle has trip e-tecs and they suck. no power to get on plane, decent top end though.

yeah, save money by not changing oil as often? but you buy 10x as much and burn it all


not a big fan of the verados (yet) couple little defects the first year they had them but they seem alright. everyone talks about the damn electronic throttle control but you can get that with any motor. but there supposably the fastest motor out on the water right now, yes even faster than the new 300s from what i hear

Merc still makes some 2 stroke 300s that will smoke the Verado. And to get 275hp out of a 275 verado you have to use 91 octane. Otherwise it won't put out more than 250hp.

Yes merc does make some very fast 2-strokers.....My veradoes run OK with the 89 octane from the marina.....When we 1st bought are boat in '05 it was 1/2 tank of pure 93 octane fuel.  We opened the motors to WOT and hit 62 mph.  But their is hardly any were to buy 93 octane on the water.  My top speed is around 56 mph with 89 octane fuel.  Oh yea I just pumped fuel in our boat last week and gas was $2.78 for middle grade fuel..Talking about a rip off

[GENERAL-Z]

gas is gettin expensive

[Alba450]

my uncle has trip e-tecs and they suck. no power to get on plane, decent top end though.

yeah, save money by not changing oil as often? but you buy 10x as much and burn it all


not a big fan of the verados (yet) couple little defects the first year they had them but they seem alright. everyone talks about the damn electronic throttle control but you can get that with any motor. but there supposably the fastest motor out on the water right now, yes even faster than the new 300s from what i hear

Merc still makes some 2 stroke 300s that will smoke the Verado. And to get 275hp out of a 275 verado you have to use 91 octane. Otherwise it won't put out more than 250hp.

Yes merc does make some very fast 2-strokers.....My veradoes run OK with the 89 octane from the marina.....When we 1st bought are boat in '05 it was 1/2 tank of pure 93 octane fuel.  We opened the motors to WOT and hit 62 mph.  But their is hardly any were to buy 93 octane on the water.  My top speed is around 56 mph with 89 octane fuel.  Oh yea I just pumped fuel in our boat last week and gas was $2.78 for middle grade fuel..Talking about a rip off

LOL...I didn't notic I was on my cousin's profile.......

[garym]

gas is gettin expensive

especially at 20 gallons/hour cruise!!

[GENERAL-Z]

gas is at 283 at the pump in naples what is it like every were else?

[GENERAL-Z]

mercury all the way is all i got to say

[jpease]

no honda users?  last year I spent a week on a lake up NE Tennessee just about every pontoon boat which was abut 90% of them had honda or yamaha.

Would that be Wautauga lake?

We spent some time there too but we rented the lake house on South Holston lake near Laurel Marina

Great place.I have family in Elizabethton ( outside of Johnson City) and we have spent a lot of time on Wautauga lake and then tubing Wautauga river. Beautiful area up there.

yes indeed.  There is a really good restaurant on the Lake that serves the best catfish.    We are going back up there in July for a week.