Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:
On 31 Jan 2006 05:24:34 -0800, "Oscar"
wrote:


Anybody hava an opinion on these two engines. I may be making a boat
purchase soon and have an option on these two models.

Any help is appreciated.


dont get the verado - heavy and its a fuel pig. not to mention that
the supercharging is a joke - optimax engines beat the snot out of
verados in side-by-side tests for speed, hole shots, etc.

optimax is reasonably better in fuel efficiency, weight and power.

buy a boat with etecs - lighter, faster, more efficient.

The verado might cost a little more but it will be reliable & still be
"available" off into the future, meaning your boat will still be worth
something.

The Optimax engines were more reliable than the ficht now marketed as
E-tec, mainly because the Optimaxes are not true direct injection.

Don't be hoodwinked into anything remotely associated with Ficht there
are literally thousands upon thousands of people who will confirm the
technology is a failure. Even if a particular engine hasn't failed
(yet:-)) 100% of boats suffer to reduction in resale becasue of the
risky engine.

K