225 Optimax opinions

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Originally Posted by jasoncooperpcola

Found a 76 degree 225 Yamaha 420lbs for $3000 but its a 30" shaft. These 30" shafts are getting to be a pain.

Add another 100 to that amount and you will be in the ball park of it's actual weight. I have a blown 250 76 degree YAMAHA, and it was a heavy SOB to get off the boat. They went to the offset cran kand 76 degree V to keep the engine from being so big that it wouldn't fit an average splashwell because it was such a big engine(3.4L with a BIG block design). The 76 degree engines were built for pushing heavy loads and to push out the OMC V-8 engines.