On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:50:26 -0700 (PDT), JohnDeere
wrote:


The ETEC 60 inline twin weighs 240 pounds, the Yamaha 60 237 pounds.
You aren't saving much in terms of weight.

The simple truth is this - you get amazing amounts of quiet power at a
very efficient burn rate with ETEC. A 60 ETEC on that boat, as you
describe it, will out perform a 60 or 75 four stroke any day of the
week. Guarenteed.

Although a near second choice, the sometimes-reported midrange
troubles with E-Tecs make me a little nervous. I can't really tell
from postings on various boards if Evinrude has completely dealt with

Ah - ahem...

There is a difference between E-TECs. There is a high performance ETEC
auto cylinder head and engine made by Edelbrock

http://www.edelbrock.com/automotive_...etec_435.shtml

and the E-TEC outboard engine made by Evinrude.

http://www.evinrude.com/en-US/

The reported problems with mid-range RPM performance involve the
Edelbrock E-TEC heads/engines not the Evinrude ETEC outboards.

Two completely different animals. :)