Crazy idea??? Or brilliant!!!! What's your opinions?

[smokeonthewater]

Twins are cool but not practical...

Of a given hp, twins will be heavier, slower, more expensive, and less efficient than a single... Your boat will be better balanced and all around better w a single engine.

You won't be able to plane on one of your twin engines unless you change the prop...

You would be far better off with a single and a kicker.

As for easier to maneuver, yes that's true but it's just a 20' boat... They do fine with singles.

[Striper80]

I think a single 130 Johnson would be perfect back there.

[3 Squids]

Originally Posted by Striper80

I think a single 130 Johnson would be perfect back there.

I'm sure you do. Trust me if you were closer that probably would of already happened.

[bradford]

I'm with Striper.

[tsubaki]

My primary concern would be weight and fuel efficiency.
Now that the engines are more fuel efficient they weigh more.

The 1975 V was indeed rated for twin 115's. Back then an Evinrude 115 weighed 267lbs.
The 135 weighed 298lbs, now a 130 weighs 405lbs.

[smokeonthewater]

Twin top's would be COOL... Would use 3 times as much fuel as a single modern engine tho

[Striper80]

There's a guy in my marina with twin 9.9s on an aluminum boat. I guess so he can run on lakes with a 9.9 maximum, but it still looked odd to me.

[3 Squids]

Well it seems so far the general consensus is that it would in fact be cool, just very inefficient. This is just something that popped in my head and there's probably a 1.7% chance it will actually happen. I used to have an Aquasport 240 and the Aquasport Forum guys with the 22-2 Flatbacks were all about strapping twin 75 four strokes on them and I thought it was pretty cool to see.

Still haven't gotten the verdict on if my motor will need a sleeve or not so I'm just tossing all sorts of things around in my head. I've favorited 4 running 115 TOP's on Craig's. None of them are over $1100. So tempting to go pick a couple of them up and just do it but gotta think about the big picture of what's best for the boat.

I had read somewhere that these boats were rated for twin 115's but I can't find anyone that's actually got one. I'd like to see one and get input from someone who has done it.

[3 Squids]

Two very opposite opinions. Exactly what I was looking for. I love hearing both sides of the case.

Destroyer, I love the idea of twin 115 Merc Tower O Powers and believe it or not they seem to be plentiful on Craig's. Of course even with finding 2 running ones I still believe I would freshen them both up (rings and bearings) to try and match their performance close as possible. I'm finding them in running condition anywhere from $850-$1500. Not bad in my opinion. Transom has already been built up to a 25" but not that any of that matters as she would have to be widened.

Smoke, I agree 100% of what you said is correct, but most importantly the first thing, twins are COOL, not practical. Although maneuverability on these boats isn't bad and having a kicker will suffice as a backup motor as well, how F-in cool would a V-20 be with twin Tower O Powers??? I mean the boat turns head already why not keep adding to the madness.

[Destroyer]

Originally Posted by smokeonthewater

Twins are cool but not practical...

Of a given hp, twins will be heavier, slower, more expensive, and less efficient than a single... Your boat will be better balanced and all around better w a single engine.

You won't be able to plane on one of your twin engines unless you change the prop...

You would be far better off with a single and a kicker.

As for easier to maneuver, yes that's true but it's just a 20' boat... They do fine with singles.

Smoke, I agree with almost everything you said except... why can't you plane on just one engine? Tilt one up and you have 115 hp. More than enough to plane a V20. We know that V's will plane at 90 hp, so 25 more would seem more than enough. Just curious. (And I still like the thought of twin 115's. NOT practical, but oh so cool).