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Curious to see. Do you run a 4 stroke or 2 storke and why, if any particular reason?

I 'm at home bored and have nothing else to do....

My mudmotor and my airboat are 4 stroke. My outboards are all 2 stroke.

Four stroke 40 Yammy, gas millage, quite, no oil in gas smell but does not wind up as fast as a two stroke on the hole shot but does just fine when I'm by myself "or the passenger moves forward"

2 stroke 60ETec

I'm with Wevans-
I have a 4stroke Nissan 30 on a J-16 Carolina Skiff

Fantastic with 1, OK with 2, Wallows with 3
The 4stroke just takes longer to get up on plane.

If I had it to do again I'd get a 40- but still stay with the 4 stroke.
Quite, smooth, and sips gas.

I haven't had any experience with E-Techs so take that into consideration.

90 Mercury Optimax (2-stroke). First time owning a Mercury. Happy so far. Have it on an 1860 Grizzly aluminum and it seems to run well. Starts with first turn of key (no choking), doesn't appear to miss/sputter during operation (regardless of speed), etc...

Heard the optimax had some engineering changes that reduced emissions and improved gas mileage. So far, I'm satisfied.

115 4 stroke Yamaha on the flats boat. 200 2 stroke Mariner on the bass boat.

I was hesitant to buy the flats boat with the 4 stroke. Never owned one. I even considered trading the motor for a 2 stroke, because of weight. Scout told me it would make about a half inch difference in draft. I'm happy with the 4 stroke, so far.

I'll stay with a 2 stroke for a bass boat. Weight makes a tremendous difference on that type of hull.

I agree with you Ron. I had heard so many people put down Mercury outboards, but I ran the 40 h.p. that I had like I stole it and never had a moments trouble.

Years ago Mercury got a bad , but deserved, reputation in saltwater. They've fixed their problems. Ain't nothin wrong with a black motor.

birddog wrote:I agree with you Ron. I had heard so many people put down Mercury outboards, but I ran the 40 h.p. that I had like I stole it and never had a moments trouble.

Have run yamahas, johnsons/evinrudes, suzuki 2-stokes. All were good, long lasting motors, but seemed to be cold starters and at times would miss/run rough at idle speeds to varying degrees, but was confident they would always get me there and back. Never had a motor (2-stroke) run so smooth as this Merc (and I was never a previous Merc fan). By far the best part for me at this point is hitting that key (no choke) and having it start right up. At this point I'm being cautiously optimistic. Hope it holds up.

Ron Wilson wrote:

birddog wrote:I agree with you Ron. I had heard so many people put down Mercury outboards, but I ran the 40 h.p. that I had like I stole it and never had a moments trouble.

Have run yamahas, johnsons/evinrudes, suzuki 2-stokes. All were good, long lasting motors, but seemed to be cold starters and at times would miss/run rough at idle speeds to varying degrees, but was confident they would always get me there and back. Never had a motor (2-stroke) run so smooth as this Merc (and I was never a previous Merc fan). By far the best part for me at this point is hitting that key (no choke) and having it start right up. At this point I'm being cautiously optimistic. Hope it holds up.

Ron, I would guess this your first experience with a fuel injected motor. All of the carbed motors I've ever owned, especially the old OMC's, were extremely cold natured. The no choke/quick start is the most impressive feature of the fuel injected motors.

tin can wrote: Ron, I would guess this your first experience with a fuel injected motor. All of the carbed motors I've ever owned, especially the old OMC's, were extremely cold natured. The no choke/quick start is the most impressive feature of the fuel injected motors.

Yes Sir. I'm with you.

I have a three year old 2 stroke Merc 90 on my 19' CS.. So far its been very good and never given me any trouble..It is cold starting sometimes and occasionally idles rough..Plenty of power for my boat though and never let me down...couple weeks ago I put a stainless prop on it and replace the aluminum one...dropped one degree in pitch.Sure seemed to make it smoother running down the river out to the flats... Inicidently, anyone know who handles Sea Pro boats in the Tallahassee area ?

sundown wrote: Inicidently, anyone know who handles Sea Pro boats in the Tallahassee area ?

Mike's Marine, in Panacea.

Yammy 90 on the Duracraft, and 200 on the Pathfinder. I've had the others, and won't go back.