I had a 2000 115 ficht evinrude--never missed a beat and was awesome on fuel, but I did not feel that it would push my V-20 loaded fast enough to put on a good plane without just running the piss out of it. So I put a 25" 200HO E-Tec--which is the Big Block model and it pushes me very nicely without working it at all. It cruises withotu even working at 35mph and gets around 4.4 mpg at this speed. It only weighs in at 496 fully rigged and is not a problem weight wise--we have 4 people and fishing gear,Cooler,ice, fish, bait etc right at the back of the boat and it is okay.
If you are looking for a great 115hp engine--look for a Evinrude ficht model--just not the 150 or 175 ficht as they had mapping issues and all melted down. The guy I sold my engine to had a looper 140 and he could not believe the performance difference that the 115 ficht gave him--He called to ell me how happy he was with the fuel burn and the power--he said I did not exagerat at all when I sold it to him, he was very impressed.
If I thought my 115 would push the V-20 to 35 mph loaded and ready to run I would have kept it(after all it was paid for).
MY .02 on this.
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