"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Mon, 26 Sep 2005 05:26:36 GMT, "Bill McKee"
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"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On 23 Sep 2005 21:00:59 -0700, wrote:
The guys hurt worse are the wage earners already strapped trying to pay
for $30-100k boats. A lot of those are older boats with twin big block
gassers- and a high speed run can cost almost $200 an hour with fuel at
current levels.
The answer is E-TEC. :)
Buy a lot of gas for that $16k.
But even less gas when using them.
But with all the intricacies of the DFI 2 strokes and the oiling dangers for
the lower end, I am still very leery of them. Add the Ficht debacle, I will
stay with the 4 strokes. My Yamaha T-8 trolls with almost no fuel usage.
Ran the tank out with the big motor last year on Lake Oroville. Ran almost
2 miles on the fuel in the T-8 lines and carb. Last 2 miles on the electric
trolling motor. Since then I have swapped the main engine to a 330 hp 350
CID MPI motor, so make sure it does not run out of fuel. High pressure pump
is expensive, and they fail soon after running dry. Have not figured out
fuel burn on it yet.