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Old 01-28-2012, 07:16 PM
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Default Which 200 Horsepower Outboard is Best

Friend of mine is looking at a repower. His old carbed Johnson Ocean Pro 2 stroke just ate a piston.

Yamaha, Suzuki or E-Tech??

I have my own opinions but would like to know what others think.
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My first year with a new boat, its got a yamaha, no problems yet.Also was watching a show about drug runners. They showed about a dozen boats that were seized, they all had yamahas on them. Those guys cant afford to break down
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Don't personally own a outboard boat, couple of buddies in CM area , one a charter guy, own E - Tecs , both say they are very solid motors. They do not have 200's per say , 250's or so I believe.
One guy has over 600 trouble free hours to date! Warranties are supposed to be excellent as well!
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Default Re: Which 200 Horsepower Outboard is Best

I assume two strokes?

New generation of Yamahas are great. The Yammies before that sucked with expensive injector work on the tow boats.

Don't know the ETEC's but the last set we had on a tow boat had over 1100 hours when we sold the boat and a sety of 200 hp's.

I heard the twoboats in FL are all using Suzukis but not sure where their service places are in north half of NJ.




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Friend of mine is looking at a repower. His old carbed Johnson Ocean Pro 2 stroke just ate a piston.

Yamaha, Suzuki or E-Tech??

I have my own opinions but would like to know what others think.
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Old 02-06-2012, 05:31 PM
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Thanks guys. From everything I'm reading and hearing from people, the 4 stroke Yahama's and Suzukis's are great and on the 2 stroke side, everyone seems to loves their Etechs. The one dig on Suzuki's although less expensive then Yahmaha they don't have as extensive Dealer network and that limits their serviceabily and parts.

No one seems to have very good things to say about Mercury Verados. A friend of mine had a pair and although they ran fine, they seemed to be very particular and tempermental with the electronic systems. Batteries had to be direct run with no other connections to them and if they weren't fully charged, they wouldn't start. This was their earlier generation motors so maybe things have changed.
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