JohnRudes

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Originally Posted by csvencer

$7200!!!! Thats crazy. Also aren't the 225's weighing it over 400 pounds?

-Svence

$7200 is a bit high, but by the time you consider EVERYTHING that goes into doing a proper remanufacturing and all of the associated parts as well as labor it isn't as high as you think. Consider $3500 for a rebuilt powerhead, then the labor to swap it, then cleaning the carbs, repainting everything, changing the tilt tube out, verifying all aspects of the engine, core fees and etc and etc. $7000 comes up REAL quick! This is why so many people sell boats midway through a project. Whatever you think it will cost, multiply it by 2 at a minumum if you are doing the work, and 3 if you have somebody else doing it. It's not the big stuff that gets expensive, it's the details.

And yes they weigh in at 450-475 depending upon trim and options and shaft length. The 150/175 isn't that far behind it at 375. And the bigger 200/225's actually do as good on fuel at cruise as the 150/175's do. My 225 is burning about 12-12.5 GPH at 3900 whereas the 150/175's can suck down 10-13 GPH on the same size hull at the same RPM cruising slower. The later(93+) 200/225's are thirstier though.