One for the OMC Seadrive fans.

[bradford]

[spareparts]

that's going to hurt

[cfelton]

Yep, that mighta been the last ride for that one!

[spareparts]

the thing about the sea drives is it was a great idea, OMC just screwed it up. The 115 was just too heavy for a boat that only needed 115 hp, they shouldn't have offered it. The V4 looper based engine were pretty good set ups at 140 hp. The offered a 150,175, and 200 for a short time, I don't know why they stopped. When the dealer i worked at sold them, we had them at 115(sucked on a 17 proline, did fair on the 20 proline), 140(too much power for the 20, not enough for the 21) and then our next choice was 225. We couldn't pu the 225 on any of the boats till 23 foot and then it was cheaper to run twin 115's. OMC also played with some screwy electronics and cooling systems on the sea drives rather than running the same stuff as the outboards. The integrated steering on the 140 and up engines was nice. They only offered the intake air induction on the V8's. All of the engine could have benefited from pulling air from the cockpit as most seadrives spent most of the time under water anyway. Most of the seadrive specific issues I've run into with them have been ignition/charging system and cooling. We did have some weird issues with the trim system on a couple of them.



BTW, that is a good looking boat, wonder what brand it is, Invader?

[Destroyer]

Originally Posted by spareparts

BTW, that is a good looking boat, wonder what brand it is, Invader?

Tell you the truth, it looks like a photoshoped pic to me. Too much clean air, no spray from or on the boat, no rough water where the boat launched, etc. I almost believe that the boat was made by Mattel, Inc. I quickly admit that I'm not an expert, and it could be real, but it looks too "pristine" to me.

[phatdaddy]

spare, didn't they actually have a small pump in the cowling pan to keep the water out?
had a friend with one on a sportcraft and everytime he came off plane, the whole motor went under water,