[THEFERMANATOR]

All of them are pretty good really, and they all have weakness's. When it all boils down though, you can't beat the carbed 200/225 JOHNSON and EVINRUDES for reliability, milage, and cost of repairs. Anybody can argue this all you want, but with as much of a spread of parts interchange that there is on them. Getting parts is pretty easy, and used parts are plentiful. The 150/175 YAMAHA is one SWEET engine as well, and tough as nails. One repair though and you could be cryin the blues for awhile. MERCURY is also good, but I always felt there 150-200 2.5L engines were REALLY thirsty as I had a 150 EFI and it burned as much fuel as my 225 does at cruise, and close to it at WOT. Also MERC's parts do run a bit higher in some cases. SUZUKI made a good engine as well, but the 150-225 were all based off of the same engine, and there castings are more so prone to corrosion problems. They do get good milage for a 2 stroke, but parts are harder to come by and more money.