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sled

Posted 12/8/2008 11:24 AM (#348739 - in reply to #348154)
Subject: RE: 2 or 4 stroke?

if i were buying a new boat today ...

i've been running 2-strokes in boats and have also had the privaledge to be in a number of 4-stroke powered boats enough to have a comment on them.

my choice would be the 4-stroke for these reasons:
- not enough performance gap to be a problem in-fact more impressed in performance than anything
- quieter ... that's something i notice outright and really like
- no thinking about oil and whether it's full or not and no mess or cleaning the fill areas
- assumption here but fuel economy and eliminating purchasing oil would be noticeable

the boats i've been in are a crestliner 1850 musky edition powered by a 150 yamaha 4-stroke and a ranger 618vs powered by the same 150 yamaha 4-stroker.

the suzuki's i've seen and heard (that's a stretch cause it's hard to "hear" them) are equally impressive while running and reports i've heard from reliable sources match up to what i've seen in the yamaha-powered boats.

the dfi 2's aren't bad and there's good info here on them. i had one and it was awesome ... but i'd buy a 4-stroke on a new boat if given the chance.