Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Wed, 19 Sep 2007 11:48:51 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
wrote:

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:

http://www.google.com/search?q=etec+...x=&startPage=1
http://www.oceanskiffjournal.com/Sub...al/ETEC5A.aspx

http://www.oceanskiffjournal.com/Sub...al/ETEC5C.aspx

"In our opinion, cost of operation will prove to be less for an E-TEC
in the long run."

And that was using XD-50, not XD-100 which give ETEC even more
efficiency in oil consumption by a factor of 20.

You guys can't win - I win every time.

YOU DROOL - I RULE!!!
LOL, that is the stupidest link showing cost of operation I have ever
seen. The whole premise of that link assumes you actually use the boat.

If you don't use it, (or use it 25 hrs a year) there will not be any of
this supposed "cost savings".

YOU LOSE. HAH!!!!!!!!

I haven't owned an OB since 1986, and that was a 1972 125 hp Johnson.
Now that was one nice Johnson, and fuel and oil consumption was not a
problem.

You buy the fuel, you put in the oil, no problem.

Being serious here, the one thing I can claim, based on fact and
experience, admittedly partially acnecdotal, is that I get twice the
fuel efficiency of any four stroke on the market and about the same
over other DI two strokes.

I'll admit that may be unique to me as I try hard to keep fairly
accurate records of my fuel and oil usage for a variety of reasons.

Others may have different experiences.

SWS,

On a serious note, if I was in the market for an OB, my gut reaction
would be to with the 4 stroke, but before i plucked down all of that
money on either ETEC or 4 stroke, I would do some serious research. As
I said, I normally use my boat for 100 - 125 hrs a year, so I my usage
is probably substantially less than your. Since I tend to keep my cars
and boats, longer than the average person, I would want to get some data
on ETEC that have over 2500 hrs on them. You really would have to talk
to some professional guides to see anyone with that kind of hours on a
fairly new engine, but it would be a great enduser feedback.

How many hours do you have on those ticking time bombs anyway?