K. Smith wrote:
Yes the endless "software" upgrades have begun it's exactly like the
Ficht debacle. Anyway don't say you haven't been warned this is aboating
NG & this is motors the NG users pay hugely for so ..............


# 7/24/05 8:08:00 PM Submitted by Bulletbuoy (69.14.99.177) from
MICHIGAN says Lol must be bad more like it
As of Friday at the Everstart they had on the Detroit River. The e-tech
had 3 blown power heads, one boat's motor caught on fire and blew the
cowling 30 feet in the error. Forcing the gentlemen aboard to abandon
ship. LOL E tech went over like a fat kid in dodgeball on erie.

I am starting to wonder how true the post is (not Karens but
Bulletboys). After all, these are the FIRST and ONLY blown ETecs I
have heard of ... And the fact that 3 motors kabooom at one tournament
can IMO only have one or more of the following reasons the likelyhood
of which I cant assess due to a lack of data:

- ETecs are worse than FICHTs
- The story is not true
- There is a lot of ETecs with a manufacturing defect and the 3 are
part of that
- Whoever set up those 3 motors made a mistake with all 3
- Extreme coincidence


If FICHTS kabooomed at a rate of 1 in 5, how much kaboooms are known of
ETecs and what is the estimated percentage of kabooomed ETecs of ETecs
built?

Matt

P.S.

To add a few comments for clarifications and avoid arguments (how do I
know ?

- I think DFI motors are the best marine outboard motors out there (as
long as they hold up)
- I OWN a 2 stroke DFI motor
- I am neutral in the DFI sucks or rules discussion
- For personal reasons I like to know of anything, esp problems around
DFI (esp. ETec and Optimax)
- I believe Karen has a substantial knowledge about combustion motors
- I think Karens theories about DFI motors are true. But may not
impact the motors life as much as anticipated