Repower Questions

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I have a friend who just replaced a 200 merc on his V20 Fisherman with a 225 optimax . He liked the boat much better with the 200 . The boat was even faster . The 200 was turning up 5700rpm vs 5300rpm for the optimax . He got about 53mph out of the 200 and 48mph out of the 225. They are proped differently . The big thing is the weight . The optmax is so heavy that water does not drain out of one side of the boat at the dock. He is going to move his battery from that side to the center console . His boat is a 1986 and is rated for 235hp . Mine is a 1994 and rated for 200hp at the prop . I think that the specs. are listed under the 1994 . catalog on the home page. He did say that his fuel consumption is way down with the opti .