and I am going to have the first...HA HA HA HA

just kidding, I have been looking at the Mercruiser/Cummins combo packs and it sure looks sweet, I will try to put some numbers down here in an understandable format. Popular Mechanics took 3 identical boats, a 21 Trophy I think, put a 135hp Optimax on one, a 3.0 liter mercruiser I/O on the second and a MERCRUISER/CUMMINS120 hp on the 3rd

here are the basic results

1. (optimax) range 261 miles, top speed 42.5mph, price with bracket, $12,415.00

2. (3.0 liter I/O) range 274 miles, top speed 34.7mph, price $6,899.00

3. (diesel) range 515 miles :o, top speed 34.7mph, price $11, 500.00

needles to say this article has me total re-considering any sort of outoard bracket combo, ;DMJ :-X
as soon as everything else on this boat is done I am serioulsy considering this

I paraphrased the article here is a link

http://www.popularmechanics.com/outd...page=1&c=y