"JDavis1277" wrote in message
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John H,

I like the name Poco Loco and it describes my feelings about boating.
I'm a
little crazy about them.

If you'd like a recommendation from me as to where to get the facts on
FICHTs I
can suggest no better source than Bill Grannis. Karen is a source....
but not
of factual information on FICHTs, IMO. My opinion is based upon my
experience
and that of every other owner I've met. BTW, the Evinrude service
guys along
the central coast of the Gulf of Mexico seems to be that FICHTs are
super
engines after some teething pains around 1988 or so in a couple of
sizes.

Are you sure you simply want to learn from the FICHT discussions?

Butch

Out of curiosity, do you have any quantitative data relating to
"teething problems in 1998 " ie how many 150/175 hp motors did they sell
in 1998 an 1999 and how many failed? I know this data was probably
confidential and guarded closely. but was it like "corvairs had a few
handling problems" or "Vegas had a few engine problems"?

These technical topics are interesting to me.
del