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Propulsion: Outboard, inboard, I-O?
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. -- 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. -- Reggie ************************************************** ************* That's my story and I am sticking to it. ************************************************** ************* |
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