Seaswirl
I've got a 2072 alumacraft, that loaded weighs right at 2850#, a Nissan 115 low pressure direct injected 2 stroke, and if I need to hammer it, we go along at 46-47mph. Most of the time it never sees more than half throttle, and a fair amount of trolling at idle ( it has 3 different idle speeds activated by the ign. key), but when I need to get down river or in to the launch ramp, it's nice to feel it haul ***. I didn't think is was too heavy for the HP. Yes it's big but so is the boat, motor weighs in at 400#, compared to my Mercury 4 stroke 25HP at about 170#. That's roughly 5x the power for about 2-1/4 x the weight. and for a 2 stroke , it's relatively quite, and the throttle response has already slid (1) errant fisherman off the seat :lol: . Cost is a factor that'll keep a lot of people from taking the step up, but You only live once. Nissan 115 TLDI , rigged in my hull, which I bought somewhere else : 7k. , cheaper than a Mercury 4 stroke 90HP was. Another thing I liked included with the price was a 5 yr. warranty, 2 yrs. of which was thrown in because of a sales promotin at introduction time. I had a Johnson 50 in '95 and there's no comparison between the older 2 strokes and the newer ones. The 4 strokes are quiet, but in my book they're way overpriced. The only reason I've got one on my 16', is because it was so cheap, I couldn't pass it up :shock:
It all comes down to bang for the buck and whether You can justify the $$$, fortunately at the time I could , but more importantly I'm glad I did for the pc. of mind knowing it'll lift that big tub and go if I need to. J.M. $02 worth.
Novaman