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motor hp ????????
I was given my 1978 V20 with no motor. I am looking for one now. I just don't know what hp motor to use, but I don't have that much cash to spend. What would be the smallest hp motor I should consider running. I just want to get it up and running.
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07-05-2011, 11:20 PM
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I think you would be happy with a 150hp, there are some with a little less, 120 HP (mine) and some as high a 200-225 hp
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07-05-2011, 11:59 PM
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Hedge is right. There are lots of threads on this issue, and by far the concensus seems to be that a 150 is about the ideal horsepower. Someone had one with only a 90 h.p. which will get a V20 on a plane, but not much more than that. I don't know where you live, but phatdaddy posted a Craigslist for a 225 Mariner in Panama City, FL for $3k which looks pretty nice and reasonably priced.
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07-06-2011, 06:08 AM
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i have a 225 on mine. imho its not to much weight but it is to much power. i have stress cracks on parts of my transom that are obviously from the power. the boat does fly and the power is nice but i think wellcraft should have lowered max hp to 200
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07-06-2011, 06:09 AM
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07-06-2011, 09:53 AM
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1987 V20 w/1987 150HP Yamaha on a Shoreland'r Trailer 1978 16.5 Airslot w/1996 120HP Force on a Four Winns trailer 1996 V21 w/1993 200HP Mercury on a Shoreline Trailer All towed by a 5.7L Hemi Durango. If God didn't have a purpose for us we wouldn't be here, so Live simply, Love generously, Care deeply, Speak kindly. (Leave the rest to God)  Silence, in the face of evil, is itself evil. Not to speak is to speak, not to act is to act. God will not hold us guiltless.
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07-06-2011, 01:38 PM
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Been answered pretty well....if you can swing it get a 150. There have been a few that have said 115 was good enough for them so I would consider that your absolute minimum which was your original question. Of course if you have a newer 115 and a little older 150 I would chose the 150 hands down.
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07-06-2011, 03:26 PM
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If someone was gonna give up a few hundred more dollars for a 150 over a 115 go for the 150, you won't regret it.
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