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<blockquote data-quote="riverbud55" data-source="post: 418090" data-attributes="member: 873"><p>first thing save a few hundred and get a Tohatsu I beleive its the same engine a the Evinrude,</p><p>wouldnt go less then a 1448 </p><p></p><p>I bought new in 14 a G3 1548 vbw paid 2100 out the door, been a great little boat, has a nice little deck with a good bit of storage under it and a open floor plan, started out using 6hp Tohatsu and was able to run about 7mph with me in the boat, didn't take long before the 6 wasn't enough ended up getting a 25hp etec got the etec cuz the of the a true power trim not just a lift runs about 28 with me,, thats the good thing about getting a little bit bigger boat can go with a bigger engine down the line,, used the 6 hp on a 1340 and a 1248 both ran about the same speed as the g3</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="riverbud55, post: 418090, member: 873"] first thing save a few hundred and get a Tohatsu I beleive its the same engine a the Evinrude, wouldnt go less then a 1448 I bought new in 14 a G3 1548 vbw paid 2100 out the door, been a great little boat, has a nice little deck with a good bit of storage under it and a open floor plan, started out using 6hp Tohatsu and was able to run about 7mph with me in the boat, didn't take long before the 6 wasn't enough ended up getting a 25hp etec got the etec cuz the of the a true power trim not just a lift runs about 28 with me,, thats the good thing about getting a little bit bigger boat can go with a bigger engine down the line,, used the 6 hp on a 1340 and a 1248 both ran about the same speed as the g3 [/QUOTE]
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