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motor would be new or factory remanufactured
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I have a 1979 V20 cuddy with a 2016 150 pro xs and love the power. Boat handles great and the motor has plenty of power. Im running 48mph to the dash and crusining at 35mph, still needs some prop work. The opti and pro xs are both great motors.
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I agree about what Ferm said about spinning up a lower hp engine is better. When I had my 225 with a 19 pitch prop it always seemed like the sweet spot was too fast for a lot of conditions,especially offshore.

It was fun to haul *** though when conditions were right.
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I have a 1979 V20 cuddy with a 2016 150 pro xs and love the power. Boat handles great and the motor has plenty of power. Im running 48mph to the dash and crusining at 35mph, still needs some prop work. The opti and pro xs are both great motors.
48 mph with 150 is the fastest anyone's reported to date.....that's getting a lot out of 150 hp outboard. What's the sticker weight listed on the boat ?
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48 mph with 150 is the fastest anyone's reported to date.....that's getting a lot out of 150 hp outboard. What's the sticker weight listed on the boat ?
If that's a pneumatic speedo instead of a GPS, those things are notoriously inaccurate, so he could be showing 48 and only doing 40... or showing 35 and actually doing 40. If it's a GPS number than that's hauling for sure.
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If that's a pneumatic speedo instead of a GPS, those things are notoriously inaccurate, so he could be showing 48 and only doing 40... of showing 35 and actually doing 40. If it's a GPS number than that's hauling for sure.
Those are gps numbers. I even had another boat with gps run with me to see if mine was wrong and we were both on the money
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48 mph with 150 is the fastest anyone's reported to date.....that's getting a lot out of 150 hp outboard. What's the sticker weight listed on the boat ?
Im not sure on the sticker weight, im offshore right now. When i het back in ill look at it and see.
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I have 04 opti dfi 200 on 83 v20 cc got it to 55mph...love my opti
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Have a 2001 200 opti on our 1990 V20, motor kicks all sorts of butt.
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