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Location: Kodiak, AK | Well a month to the day after my OX66 lost a piston from water in the oil, I'm repowered and back on the water. Holy crap, what a motor! I went four stroke, and went with a Yamaha 225 Sport. It's their 250 powerplant (3.3 block like the 200 and 225, but with variable camshaft timing and slightly different injection) detuned to 225 and with a 20" shaft. It's their motor for the two stroke bass boat guys that want a four stroke. It's a monster next to the VMAX. I stood the VMAX cowling up next to it show the difference. It's like I've got a friggin Detroit Diesel back there it's so big.
All I can say is wow. I got the restrictive part of the break in done today; the keeping it below 2000 for an hour, then riding just barely on plane for an hour.... Now I can run it, just now WOT for another seven hours. I think alot of bass boat guys would cringe at the extra 100 lbs, but on a big 620 hull, you can't tell it's back there. It's torquey as all get out, and you do have to rev it higher to get it out of the hole, but rev it to 3600 and it puts you back agains the leaning post and launches. Trim it out, and you're flying. This motor so far spanks my VMAX. It's got 25 hp on it, but also 100 lbs and is a four stroke, so you'd not expect that 25 hp to make that much difference. But the technology is there and the motor produces.
Ah, just had to tell someone!
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Location: Hayward, WI | That motor looks like it was made for your boat - sweet looking setup. Sounds like it's a performer too! I would also imagine you'll do a lot better on fuel economy?
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Location: minocqua, wi. | that is a sweet ride ... i'd like to drive it! | |
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Location: Grand Rapids, MI | J - Looks sweet! I'll keep an eye out for you on the water. | |
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Location: Kodiak, AK | jonnysled - 6/5/2009 9:40 AM
that is a sweet ride ... i'd like to drive it!
LOL! Any time Jon. Restrictive part of break-in is done, so I'm able to hit WOT for less than five minute shots, so yesterday LSC laid down enough to get a run in, and it made 53 mph. I was pleased with that. Going to let it fully break in, and then a four blade is order for the lake, and then maybe a small plate over the winter. But for now I'm happy as can be. | |
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Location: Kronenwetter, WI | What is the dealage thing a ma' bob on the back of the boat? Second boat now I've seen that on and I have to ask. | |
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Location: Kodiak, AK | That's a Power Pole. www.power-pole.com
They're standard equipment on flats and bay boats in Florida and the Gulf. I only know of one other resident boat on LSC that has one, and that's Jon Bondy. I get asked what it is every time at the ramp. It's a hydraulic spike that extends out and downward into the bottom and holds the boat. So yeah, they're only good to about 8' (7' or so really) but they'll hold a freight train. LSC being as shallow as it is, I get alot of use out of it. Especially fishing along a channel where it's 3' that dives to 20' in the channel. I'll Power Pole down up on the flat and fish over the edge in the channel.
I got it for boat control, but mostly to just hold me still. I fly cast, so in the distance a conventional caster can get four casts in, I get one or two. I drift over so many fish I know I'm missing. Now, I can PP down, stop the boat, make a couple of good casts, PP up drift 20', PP down and repeat. I can cover more water more efficiently. The muskie on it was my addition. Alot of bass boats are getting PP's now. Some even have two.
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Location: Kronenwetter, WI | Cool, thanks for explaining. | |
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