150 evenrude 2 stroke

[SkunkBoat]

Originally Posted by Striper80

2 stroke in age of 4 stroke is pure ignorance.

HA!

While it was partly meant as a joke....

the reality is that 2 stroke outboards are eventually going to go the way of 2 stroke motorcycles and lawn mowers. I know a lot of guys prefer them and there are power to weight advantages, but the blue smoke sucks! And the four strokes start like a car, every time. And you can troll all day at idle speed with them without gumming up the plugs (and not choke to death).

So, resale value on them is necessarily going to be lower.

[bgreene]

Maybe not everyone......

Friend with latest new/used boat with Yami 250hp says he can't wait to get back to 2 stroke !
Misses the get up and go torque.

Evinrudes new Etec G2 seems .......amazing.....as best word.
Real world feedback of fuel economy 15-20% better than the G1's and even more torque.
Plus, way less maintenance than 4 strokes.

To each.......there own. I do like to quiet idle/ troll of some 4 stroke motors.

[Destroyer]

I think that eventually it's not going to be an issue (or a choice). The laws will change because of the EPA and such to make 4 strokes mandatory. Just like seat belts and other safety items on cars. If you have a car that was made without them you can continue to go that route, but they are mandatory on all the newer cars. And like the mandatory emissions rules, I think outboards are going to hit that same wall.

[SkunkBoat]

Originally Posted by bgreene

Maybe not everyone......

Friend with latest new/used boat with Yami 250hp says he can't wait to get back to 2 stroke !
Misses the get up and go torque.

Evinrudes new Etec G2 seems .......amazing.....as best word.
Real world feedback of fuel economy 15-20% better than the G1's and even more torque.
Plus, way less maintenance than 4 strokes.

To each.......there own. I do like to quiet idle/ troll of some 4 stroke motors.

Been running a 23cc with a yami 250 four and I can tell you it has get up n go! Love that motor. The boat needs more fishing room...makes my V20 feel like a Viking 50...

[SkunkBoat]

Originally Posted by bgreene

Plus, way less maintenance than 4 strokes.

oil & filter. tuff job....
never worry about oil injection or mixing ratio

only change plugs every 2 seasons (even though they don't need it.)

everything else is the same as a 2 stroke.

No Blue Smoke.....

[SkunkBoat]

true story, couple seasons ago...

get to dock first light, loading Skunkboat. Beautiful dead silence, pink/blue sky reflecting on glassy marina.
I start the zuki....click rrrrrrrrrrrrr

then...Guy next to me trying to start OLD carb'ed yamaha...tatatatatatatatata!.....tatatatatatata... ............tatatatatatatatatatata............tata tatatatata...RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRtatatatatrrRRtatatat arRRtatatatatata!

Cloud of blue smoke engulfs the marina....

Sorry if I offend but I will be glad when I never have to smell that crap again...

[Striper80]

You just have to love that good old dry exhaust corrosion that Yamaha is standing behind.

[SkunkBoat]

hehehehe...I guess we highjacked this thread with rants about one side or the other...
there are good & bad yamies, zukis, johnyrudes in both 2 & 4 stroke

then there are Mercurys...

and who the hell is paying up for a Honda????

[steplift20]

Honda? I did not see one reply about the Honda, is that good or bad?