Outboards

mikev · August 2016

Suzuki > Yamaha > Mercury.

Bruce S · August 2016

What's going on here

mikev · August 2016

Just a little bit of OT discussion.

Menzies · August 2016

Mods, please move this nonsense to the Boating forum.

TYIA

mikev · August 2016

Nonsense? According to whom?

gandrfab · August 2016

I'm a merc fan
I got some good reports about the e-tec's from a commie guy.
Suzuki has a good reputation.
Honda is slow if you don't over power the hull but they are work horses.

mikev · August 2016

Thanks Gandy. Forgot Honda.

Bruce S · August 2016

Boy, Gilead stock has been in the crapper lately.

mikev · August 2016

Haven't followed that one Bruce. What's the 52 week range?

coldair · August 2016

we can't discuss "black" motors here

Bruce S · August 2016

mikev wrote: »

Haven't followed that one Bruce. What's the 52 week range?

113.3 - 77.5
77.8 now

mikev · August 2016

Ouch. Might be a good time to buy some though. That's a decent range.

Menzies · August 2016

Popeye ---> mikev

mikev · August 2016

Menzies wrote: »

Popeye ---> mikev

LOL, you seriously think that Menzies? Wow. That's the funniest thing I've heard/read in a long time.

mikev · August 2016

And if you think I'm lying ask Rich (TTT) or Gary. They'll tell you it's me.

Polar · August 2016

hey mike!

mississippi mac · August 2016

Mike....
zuke....
I put 3000 hours on my df140 in 3 years (yes...3 years)...
never a problem, just did routine maintenance every 50 hours...
katrina killed it...

I bought a new boat with the very first batch of df150's in jan of 2006...
I haven't had the time to use it like I did my other boat but I still have close to 4000 hours...
just routine maintenance....
I don't know anyone running yams or mercs that has gotten that kind of use without water pumps, broken timing belts, etc on them...
I do know one guy that blew a df 250 up swallowing a valve at 4000+ hours...
some may dispute my running times, but I assure you those are the hours I had\have on my motors, and it is indeed a lot of time on the water...

mikev · August 2016

Thanks Tim! I've never heard anything bad about them really. ****, did we just agree on something?

Menzies · August 2016

mikev wrote: »

LOL, you seriously think that Menzies? Wow. That's the funniest thing I've heard/read in a long time.

So here you are saying that Suzuki is Yamaha is Mercury?

mikev wrote: »

Suzuki > Yamaha > Mercury.

mikev · August 2016

Greater than Menzies. I was wondering how you came to your conclusion. Now I know.

Soda Popinski · August 2016

mississippi mac wrote: »

Mike....
zuke....
I put 3000 hours on my df140 in 3 years (yes...3 years)...
never a problem, just did routine maintenance every 50 hours...
katrina killed it...

I bought a new boat with the very first batch of df150's in jan of 2006...
I haven't had the time to use it like I did my other boat but I still have close to 4000 hours...
just routine maintenance....
I don't know anyone running yams or mercs that has gotten that kind of use without water pumps, broken timing belts, etc on them...
I do know one guy that blew a df 250 up swallowing a valve at 4000+ hours...
some may dispute my running times, but I assure you those are the hours I had\have on my motors, and it is indeed a lot of time on the water...

I don't find the 4 strokes getting that kind of hours all that surprising. My truck has 60k miles on it and has 2100 hrs on it give or take. I know roads and water aren't the same thing but if you're not running WOT all the time 4k hours doesn't seem unreasonable with proper maintenance.

pottydoc · August 2016

coldair wrote: »

we can't discuss "black" motors here

Black Motors Matter.

gandrfab · August 2016

Running in the water is like pulling a heavy load all the time.

Soda Popinski · August 2016

gandrfab wrote: »

Running in the water is like pulling a heavy load all the time.

That makes sense too. Still we're seeing car engines getting 300k miles with proper maintenance so i can see these motors getting quite a few hours.

gandrfab · August 2016

Car drops down to 12hundred 2000 RPMS at speed?
Outboard does not have that option. They run hard.

Duckster · August 2016

I have a 1994 225 yamaha that I have been running hard for almost two years now with no problems. I still love my 115 Merc on my other boat so I'm a fan if they hold up under my abuse.