Harry Krause wrote:
Reggie Smithers wrote:
Harry Krause wrote:
JohnH wrote:
On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 01:46:00 -0500, wrote:
On Wed, 25 Jan 2006 22:44:33 GMT, Shortwave Sportfishing
wrote:
foure stroke outboards are passe' - outmoded technology surpassed by
newer, better, faster and more reliable two stroke technolocy.
If you go fast all the time, 2 stroke is probably the way to go but if
you do a lot of "slow" 4 strokes still have the edge.
I notice all the commercial guys running in the Estero River (30-50')
pontoon boats) use 4 strokes.
Now *there's* a helpful comment, especially for one who does a lot of
spring trolling.
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John H
Why is it helpful?
When I lived in Florida, I used to run my 90hp and then 115hp
two-stroke Merc for hours and hours at trolling speeds without any
problems. My Optimax Merc also ran nicely at trolling speeds.
An awful lot of time in this newsgroup is spent splitting hairs.
Harry and Tom,
Isn't E-Tec and Ficht more likely to have problems at trolling speed
than a 4 stroke? The big advantage E-Tec and Ficht have over 4 stroke
is weight.
I can only relate my experiences with two cycle and two cycle Optimax
outboards. None ever presented any problems at trolling speeds.
Further, when I was a kid summering on the edge of LI Sound, we trolled
for stripers for hours at a time with two cycle outboards.
The mfg'er did concede there were some problems (I read about 20% of the
engines had the problem to varying degrees) with oil/gas ratio as the
slower speeds. The old outlawed polluting 2 stroke used a oil
pre-mixture high enough that the engine was properly lubed at the slower
speeds. I remember reading someone in here used to say he premixed his
oil enough that it would smoke, then he knew it was protected. Too bad
all the fish in his area died.
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Reggie
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