Re: when to change raw water impeller

On Wed, 19 Sep 2007 21:12:05 -0400, HK <psyrt33859@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Wed, 19 Sep 2007 20:48:45 -0400, HK <psyrt33859@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Wed, 19 Sep 2007 20:42:18 -0400, HK <psyrt33859@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

A new F150 Yamaha sells for $9000, and a Suzuki, $8000. What's the going
price on an etec 150?
Dunno, but I suspect it's roughly the same.

I suspect the margins are pretty close to the same on all major engine
brands. The Yamaha 350 is around $18,000. These are street prices.

If you can buy one of those, rigged, for 18K, buy as many as you can.

They list for slightly over $26K.


The prices I posted are not "rigged," they are "engines in boxes"
prices. I know what they list for.

I have no need of an F350. My "lil" F150 pushes my new Parker along just
the way I want it to. I think I mentioned I briefly considered the F200,
but it would have been another 100 pounds on the transom. When I bought
my last SeaPro, I went for a 135 hp, but I probably should have bought
an F115 instead. It was a lighter engine, and since that boat only
weighed about 1900 pounds, it would have been sufficient. The heavier
engine in my mind pushed the stern down too much at rest and at idle
speeds. It was fine at planing speeds.

Well, that 'lil' F150 should do quite well on the Key West! The 150 weighs
only about 60 lbs more than the 115, so the additional weight isn't that
big a factor. Hell, that's less than a couple good sized stripers!

If the additional weight was pushing the stern down too much, maybe you had
the trim wrong, or maybe the boat should have had a higher transom!
.

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