Hi Karen,

I see you are off your medication again, You really must get some
professional help about those ( FICHT, OMC, VRO - take your pick )
delusions.. Speaking of spruikers and spammers, you are the queen, just look
at the number of lines of text in your signature, and the hate, personal
attacks, name calling, and all the misinformation that you try to
disseminate on this newsgroup.


"K Smith" wrote in message
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They have changed the name but when queried they won't in any manner
detail how this is much different from Ficht & it appears to be not much
more than a marketing ploy.


When have you ever queried Bombardier on info for the E-TEC motors? Did you
call the number that I have given you several times over the years,
847-687-9030? Have you checked the Evinrude website? Have you read the
articles in various magazines where they have run these motors since last
February? Even an automotive trade journal had a write-up on how the E-TEC
worked. Not only that, most mechanically inclined folks can see how simple
the mechanics are since they are refinements of the DFI principal.


"K Smith" wrote
As with the other NG OMC spammers when Ficht went feet up in a
table drain they just ran away & left everybody they'd induced to buy
Ficht hung out to dry, they literally went into hiding, now they're
crawling back to sell sell sell again.


I've followed this newsgroup for better or worse for quite a few years now
and never ran away from anything. Even thru the OMC shutdown we serviced our
customers, and other companies opened up to take care of the electronics and
injector repairs on them. I also offered what help for people who contacted
rec.boats with problem motors. Waranty companies offered coverage for FICHTS
after the shutdown so customers would be protected.When Bombardier took
over, they had the resources to build a new plant with new tooling and
improved quality control, and made the motors even better than before and
took over warranty costs for the previous 2 model years. They did not have
to redesign the motors, just refine them a bit. The biggest improvement was
the closer scrutiny of vendor quality control.



"K Smith" wrote
Don't buy one of these not ever, they are not consumer market place
proven in any manner & their connections to Ficht mean you'll be used as
a test dummy, just as they used paying consumers to prove Ficht wouldn't
work.



Gee, Karen, FICHT has worked since redesigned in 2000 as FICHT Ram and for
the last 3 years either won (2003), finished a close 2nd (2002), or received
honorable mention (2001) in the annual JD Powers marine engine study, which
also is the industry standard for rating customer satisfaction with cars,
etc. If they did not work or were not dependable, wouldn't you think you
would have read, seen, and heard about it in the boating industry? How many
posts have you read about continuous problems with Bombardier outboards?
Next to none, right?
They (OMC) did have major problems in 1998 and 1999, but only with the
150-175hp motors, the 1997 model worked OK, as did the V4's and the
200-225hp versions. Don't forget that I was the one who gave you the then
OMC president's quote than 20% of the 1998-99 150-175's had major problems.
Not only that but instead of leaving customers "out to dry", they sent teams
around the country to upgrade customer's motors to improved specs. But that
is all old history and most informed boaters already know that as its been
published woldwide for years.


Karen, if you would like more info on the E-TEC or how it works, fine, just
ask. Try to be polite, as many of the readers of this group are decent
folks. I've always offered accurate information freely on this forum; not
the one who went to a junkyard and meaured total timer base movement and
shouted than OMC retarded spark 30 degrees to make them idle, instead of
checking out a running motor to see what the specs really were. Again, that
is old history.

Bill Grannis
service manager