[THEFERMANATOR]

For a V-20 my first choice would coincide BIGSHRIMPIN's, and that would be a 2.0L MERCURY 150HP. They were light weight at around 385 pounds, made EXCELLENT RELIABLE power, fairly easy to work, and probably the best on fuel economy of any of the old school 2 strokers. The 2.4L and 2.5L MERCS are still reliable and TORQUE out of this world, but they are also THIRSTY! YAMAHA makes a good outboard as well with the exception of the steel shift shaft. There are also alot of parts avaiable for them as they are pretty reliable and don't need many. I'm personally not a big YAMAHA fan as they never impressed me power wise in the ones I seen. I really like the SUZUKI, but in the size range your looking I would avoid them as all of ther V-6's weigh in from 450-470 pounds. And if you wanna go with a JOHNNY-RUDE, my reccomendation would actually be a 140 from 85-94. They don't have the low RPM grunt of a V6, but once they hit there power band hang on. There also pretty good on fuel and very reliable. Downfall being weight as they weigh in close to 400 pounds. If you want a V-6 JOHNNY-RUDE, I would go early looper in a 200/225 configuration. They actually use about the same amount of fuel at cruise as the 150/175's did. They weigh in in the mid to upper 400 pound range though, and I would avoid them for the same reason as the SUZUKI.

These would be my choices and why I would consider each, and I would also seriously consider the weight issue as it says you have a fisherman model which should be a center console. The center consoles don't make the bracket conversion as easily as the cuddy did due to center of blance in the hull.