I have aquired a very nice Merc 700 in excellent running condition.
Folks around this town are of the opinion that the 700 6 cylinder
would run circles around my 1981 Evinrude 70hp 3 cylinder. Would you
bother to swap motors? I have all the controls for the 700 so the
swap could be somewhat easy. Did those old 'tall boy' Mercs really
run that much better?

TNX!!

The Mercury outboards where always more of the fast motors when I was
growing up and the Evinrude/Johnson where the fishing or 'work horse'
motors.

Some say that Merc under rated their motors so they were always faster?

Your 70hp Evinrude was a very popular mid-size motor for sport fishing and
for smaller commercial fishing boats in its day.

Today these high tech 2 strokes and new 4 stroke are quieter and get way
better fuel economy.

--
Bill Kiene

Kiene's Fly Shop
Sacramento, CA, USA

Web site: www.kiene.com


"Gudmundur" wrote in message
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I have aquired a very nice Merc 700 in excellent running condition.
Folks around this town are of the opinion that the 700 6 cylinder
would run circles around my 1981 Evinrude 70hp 3 cylinder. Would you
bother to swap motors? I have all the controls for the 700 so the
swap could be somewhat easy. Did those old 'tall boy' Mercs really
run that much better?

TNX!!