115 hp or 150 hp yamaha

[phatdaddy]

sounds like you had the answer before you ask the question

115 saved you some weight & money

enjoy the 4S side, i am a recent convert and love it

[Destroyer]

Wishing you luck and hope you never have cause to regret your decision.

[bradford]

Guy near me runs a 115 Yamaha 4S on a V20. Says it does alright, not a speed demon, about 30 wide open. He runs offshore a lot with it. Another guy I know works at Skidaway Oceanographic Institute where they run some Yamahas. He just started doing maintainence for them and says they beat the hell out of everything they own, but the Yamahas never fail them. Says he thinks he did the first oil change on one that had 1500 hours according to the maintainence logs. Says the oil was pitch black. Who knows.

[RidgeRunner]

Just purchased the Mercury 115 4S myself. Love it so far.. And it haS moxy too.

[jhamz71]

Hey cam, what kind of speed and prop are you running with your boat?

[Seaveyor]

I was pressured by my good friend to get a larger motor, but I don't care about going fast. I have been retired now for 9 years now, time to take things easy. Thanks for all your opinions.

[ssiredfish]

Originally Posted by Seaveyor

I was pressured by my good friend to get a larger motor, but I don't care about going fast. I have been retired now for 9 years now, time to take things easy. Thanks for all your opinions.

I dont think it was as much about goin fast as it is gettin up on a plane w/o workin the hell outta that engine. Good luck with it though and I hope it works out for ya.....

[THEFERMANATOR]

Originally Posted by Seaveyor

I was pressured by my good friend to get a larger motor, but I don't care about going fast. I have been retired now for 9 years now, time to take things easy. Thanks for all your opinions.

Originally Posted by ssiredfish

I dont think it was as much about goin fast as it is gettin up on a plane w/o workin the hell outta that engine. Good luck with it though and I hope it works out for ya.....

What he said. A 150 will not make a V-20 a speed demon, but a 115 can make it a SLUG. And lugging or overworking an engine is a good way to kill one. Your going to have to be REAL carefull with prop selection to get one that allows the engine to get the boat on plane, keep the cruise RPM's down to ap oint you don't hurt the engine, but still allow it to turn up on the top end so as to NOT lug the engine. And I would also be prepared to come to terms with the fact that if you load her down heavy in any sort of wind or seas, you may not be able to get it on plane. I had an 84 cuddy with a 1.6L sea drive which was a 115HP engine, and I can attest it was a SLUG. Half a tank of fuel, and 2 people on board and she was WORKING to get up and go. And I had to push up awfully close to the redline to do much of anything. It came from the factory that way, but I will admit she was underpowered. It just didn't have enough gusto to push the bow down on plane, and it was always riding bow high because I didn't want to push it to the redline to get the bow down and fully on plane. Trim tabs would have helped out alot, and I have a feeling the money you saved is going to go towards a set so you can get your boat on plane and bow down as well.

[steplift20]

115 should be ok but given a choice always go bigger 200 is the max for that boat I think but a 150 is the way to go, I have a ,150 merc 2 stroke on mine, she's old but runs great with a 15x 17 inch prop. The only problem I'm having is the tilt and tril. If you check my posts you will see that , my son has a 150 4 stoke yammy and he's really not happy with it no hole shot. Good luck.

[steplift20]

My opinion for the wellcraft v 20. Is this. 2 stroke 150 turning a 15 x 17 inch prop. Perfect together. Mercury of course.