On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 12:43:00 GMT, Shortwave Sportfishing
wrote:

On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 07:32:58 -0500, Reggie Smithers
wrote:

Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:
On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 07:03:17 -0500, Reggie Smithers
wrote:


Tom,
What is the difference between E-Tec and Ficht?

its more a difference in philosophy and engineering tolerances than
complete differences. etec is essentially ficht technology, but
re-engineered, the way the emm handles the ignitiion is more
efficient, the coding is more elegant, new injectors, new cylinder
metal tech, better tolerances, new lubricants - think more, bigger,
betterrer.

interesting that the injectors are being made in australia.

Is your preference in the ETec vs 4 stroke based upon a power to weight
ratio or are there other benefits?

brand loyalty is part of it. i liked the way bombardier handled the
ficht situation by admitting there was a problem, then fixing it. they
saw the potential of ficht and redesigned/reengineered it to make it
right.

plus i like new technology risks that pay off. etec has almost
everything over four stroke. there is nothing wrong with four stroke
technology, but its not as efficient, weighs more and flat out hands
down etecs out perform any other outboard on the market today.

not to mention the outstanding emissions figures.

there is a couple in my marina that has a regulator which is very
similar to my contender. they have twin 250 yamaha four stroke on
theirs. my boat has a bettter top end, better hole shot, better
accelleration and i weigh more plus giving away 50 horsepower.

When looking at them on the Evinrude site, and reading about their
dependability, I was surprised that the warranty was for only three years.
It would seem like Evinrude could help their sales a bunch by putting out a
five year warranty, given all the claims they make.
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John H

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