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Location: Green Bay, WI | No problem at all--I haven't owned but one 2-stroke outboard engine in my life. So I simply haven't trolled with them.
My opinions come from owning four 4-stroke engines, and talking (via email & forums) to many owners of four strokes on various forums--mainly, the forum of The Hull Truth. I will say that there are a number of people there that seem happy with the E-TEC engines, including time spent trolling with them. So please don't take offense, as I have just about zero 2-stroke trolling experience.
That being said, I think a lot of the owners of these engines (both 4- and 2-stroke) are on larger boats, like 28-36 foot offshore boats. Never having operated one of these boats, I can only imagine that the engine RPMs in such trolling applications has to be higher than on the engine on my 19-foot Lund. So it might be an apples-to-oranges comparison, to some degree. But these engines are operated for hundreds of hours at those speeds, and none of these folks have ever really said anything negative about trolling with these things, whenever I've asked.
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