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Originally Posted by Gallagher
Oh, and the other weird thing is that the pictures of the Suzuki are apparently old. He says he replaced it with a Mercruiser 3.0 and that the Mer has less than 70 hours on it. Number one, the pictures don't show a Merc and number two I'm wondering if that 135 hp motor is underpower for this boat ... Then again, I only take the kids cruising, tubing and fishing not skiing so do I can get by without huge hp and think of the gas mileage ... :)
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NOT POSSIBLE!!!! A Mercruiser is an I/O engine/outdrive unit. Unless he cut thru the transom there's no way he put a Mercruiser on it. And if he put a Merc 3.0 outboard on it then it should fly!!!!!
As to the underpowered, I believe there is someone on this site that runs a 115 Merc. It doesn't go all that fast, but it gets up on plane and he goes 27mph normally. I'm thinking that a 135 should get you into the low 30's without any trouble. And 200HP+ should get you into the 50mph club without any real problems.
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1996 V21 w/1993 200HP Mercury on a Shoreline Trailer
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