125 mercury?

[Stinky_Hooker]

Originally Posted by Bruce

One of the only advantages to this motor is the fact that its a force motor.

I don't know what y'all have seen, but being a svc mgr at a mercury dealership i've not seen a stronger motor in a commercial environment then a force, granted the serviceability is lacking, and it is a 1 time use motor IMO. The last force i worked on a the service center before i resigned was a 125 on a dock barge with well over 4500 logged hours of hard intense abuse.

On that note, under powering your boat will always and i mean ALWAYS leave you with a world of regret.

Power the boat with what the sticker allows, and enjoy the speed of getting in ahead of a squall, the higher cruising speed with better MPGs and the fact your motor is simply going to last longer because its not working as hard as a smaller motor would to push that boat.

Well said...I dont understand the hatred for FORCE. I have owned two and both have been great. The 120 96' on my 18 just wont die..its thirsty and underpowered for what it is but it just RUNS...cranks first time everytime and after sitting all winter. I know she will go at some point and Im ready to repower with something worth working on but its been good to me.

[spareparts]

Force was dropped by mercury as a way to clean up thier motor line for emissions. All the Force's were cross flow motors, great idling, but were pretty dirty(as far as emisions go) and they drank fuel. The original Force engines were a development of the Chysler engines. Mercury marketed them on their cheaper boats to create a "value" line. They had problems with lower units and ignitions(they are still the hottest spark on any outboard). Merc replaced the trouble spots with merc designed lower units and ignitions. By the time they got it firgured out. Emisions were tighting up and it was easier to drop the line rather than redesign them. Tehy were simple motors, but by teh time they made them reliable, you might as well bought a Merc and enjoyed better performance. Oddly enough, I worked on a piar of 90 Force's today(on a 22 Angler). Youknow what Force stood for? F'ing Old Repainted Chrysler Engine

[garbubba]

I have only had one force experience & it was not good. I let this one slide anyway, I'm trying to hold out for that yammie 150 I know is out there. You know, the one i can afford!

Doug

[buckleyjr]

Thanks for the history lesson, Spareparts. I didn't know all that about those Force engines. I remember seeing them on Bayliners. I never liked those boats for some reason - I think because a lot of the people that had them didn't really know how to drive a boat.