On Sat, 29 Mar 2014 14:12:38 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

Unless things have changed in the last few years I can think of one
significant advantage of an I/O. What's the price of a 200-300hp four
stroke outboard compared to the cost of an I/O setup? Not that I like
I/Os, but they are cheaper. Or used to be.

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It's difficult to evaluate the cost unless you are rebuilding or
repowering. My runabout mechanic says that he can get remaunfactured
Chevy blocks for about $3k with about that much additional in labor
for the swap out. That's a lot cheaper than a new outboard of that
size. Mine would probably be a tad more since I've got the 6.2L EFI
rated at 325 hp (basically a Corvette engine).