225 Optimax opinions

[jasoncooperpcola]

Found a couple more motors that may work, not sure if they are 2.5L or a 3.0L. May have to do some "horse trading" to get one.

panamacity.craigslist.org/boa/3016036425.html

2000 Mercury 200 EFI $4000

panamacity.craigslist.org/boa/2995535437.html

1994 Mercury 2.5L 200 $2000

pensacola.craigslist.org/boa/3032228907.html

2000 250 Merc EFI (dont know how a 250 got here. )

panamacity.craigslist.org/boa/2991667409.html

1991 Mercury 2.5L $950

Still waiting to hear from Kenny at Emerald Coast Marine about the twin 2003 Optimax 225's. Should know something this week.

[cterrebonne]

Originally Posted by jasoncooperpcola

Found a couple more motors that may work, not sure if they are 2.5L or a 3.0L. May have to do some "horse trading" to get one.

panamacity.craigslist.org/boa/3016036425.html

2000 Mercury 200 EFI $4000

panamacity.craigslist.org/boa/2995535437.html

1994 Mercury 2.5L 200 $2000

pensacola.craigslist.org/boa/3032228907.html

2000 250 Merc EFI (dont know how a 250 got here. )

panamacity.craigslist.org/boa/2991667409.html

1991 Mercury 2.5L $950

Still waiting to hear from Kenny at Emerald Coast Marine about the twin 2003 Optimax 225's. Should know something this week.

I might be wrong but in '91 i thought the mercs were still 2.4's

I like that '94 for 2k.

[THEFERMANATOR]

The 2.5L came out in 90, but 91 still had some 2.4L engines coming out with steel sleeved engines.

[jasoncooperpcola]

Did some searching on craigslist for Yamaha. All i can find are blown engines. Did find an excel but lost where i found it.

[macojoe]

I had a 2.4 Merc 175hp That thing pushed the Sea Ox good and man it was good on gas! BS just put it on his 23 Seacraft and loving it!

[jasoncooperpcola]

Found a 76 degree 225 Yamaha 420lbs for $3200 but its a 30" shaft. These 30" shafts are getting to be a pain.

mobile.craigslist.org/boa/3030928094.html

[THEFERMANATOR]

Originally Posted by jasoncooperpcola

Found a 76 degree 225 Yamaha 420lbs for $3000 but its a 30" shaft. These 30" shafts are getting to be a pain.

Add another 100 to that amount and you will be in the ball park of it's actual weight. I have a blown 250 76 degree YAMAHA, and it was a heavy SOB to get off the boat. They went to the offset cran kand 76 degree V to keep the engine from being so big that it wouldn't fit an average splashwell because it was such a big engine(3.4L with a BIG block design). The 76 degree engines were built for pushing heavy loads and to push out the OMC V-8 engines.

[captpete13]

blown engines are not necessarily a bad thing. If you get it cheap enough. Drop on a rebuilt powerhead and start off fresh.

[THEFERMANATOR]

Originally Posted by captpete13

blown engines are not necessarily a bad thing. If you get it cheap enough. Drop on a rebuilt powerhead and start off fresh.

76 degree V engines cost a small FORTUNE to rebuild, and even more to buy a running one. I've got one in teh shed in pieces, and I just can't justify building it as I would only be able to make a few hundred off of it rebuilt.

[jasoncooperpcola]

Right now i know where a carbed 1996 Merc 225XL is that has low comp on all cylinders. not sure if its a 2.5 or 3.0. Still trying to figure that out, as there seems to be an overlap when they produced a 2.5L and a 3.0L 200 at the same time. Would Capt Petes idea be practical? Right now i also have seen a 225 Excell on CL for $1000.

pensacola.craigslist.org/boa/2994949014.html

I have seen an ad on CL for outboard rebuilding for $1850, i know rebuilds can cost half that or ten times that, heres the ad

pensacola.craigslist.org/boa/3056815292.html

Also i have a V6 Yamaha counter rotating lower unit in the shed from the 250 Sportsman.

Just emailed the seller of the 2.5L Merc 200 for $2000, waiting to hear back on the shaft length controls and hours. I have the feeling the 2.5L Merc is a "weak" 200. Is this the case? Because they also have a 3.0L 200. But i bet the 2.5L would be less thirsty? I may say to hell with the Optimax and EFI and stay with my original idea of a carbed outboard that i can work on. I really cant afford to put one in the shop for work i cant do. May take a loss in speed. Is 50mph possible for a 2.5L 200 pushing a V20 on a bracket?