Clams Canino wrote:

Harry,

That was an unfair "have you stopped beating your wife yet" question.
There isn't a 50 year history on 4 stroke outboards. And I know you know
that.

The best indicator is the 4 stroke motorcycles.

I'll still side with a 2 stroke for outboards............... but 4 stroke
reliability isn't really in much question.

-W



"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Do you have some legitimate statistics that demonstrate that four stroke
outboards are measurably more reliable and riskfree than two-stroke
outboards. I mean generally, say, for the last 50 years of production,
in horsepowers of 150 or more. Big, highly stressed engine. The real
deals.

I'll be glad to read them with great interest.

Not opinions. Genuine, scientifically based statistics.


Of all the big horsepower engines built in the last 50 years, I'll bet
95% are two cycles. They've done a great job for us, and still do. Are
four strokes the future? Probably. But not necessarily because they last
longer or perform better. The first issue...will they last longer...is
an unknown. The second...will they perform better? Not that I see. Not yet.

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