if you ever look over the option sheet on a new IB or I/O, you wonder why they don't order the correct options for its intended use. If I were to order a new I/O for use in Salt Water, it would have to be a combination of manufactures parts, as no one offers what I consider the best set up. I would use the Volvo XDP composite outdrive, nothing to corrode. I would have to go with Crusader engines, they are the only engine manufacture to offer closed cooled manifold and risers to go along with the block, they also are using the new LS series engines from GM. The mercury DTS(electric shift and throttle) combined with Smart Craft Vessel view display for the controlls. Each one has their own short comings, some miss the whole target, some don't even care. Any way you look at it, they are all expensive.
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