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I'm surpised on that 240hp rating too. My '86 is rated max at 235. I don't recall a 240 hp outboard ever being produced! Maybe your looking at I/O max rating? But I would say, the 235 hp of '86 (or '79 for that matter) definately weighs more than a 225 hp today. Probably on the order of a modern 250 hp. That said, I'd second the notion of limiting the beating you are willing to give your 25 year old hull. But what do I know, I've got a piddling 110 hp 1.6L Sea Drive?!