Re: motor weights, too much?
 

after much consideration, and tons of good info and help from all of you guys (who dwarf my knowledge of boats and motors), i think i am going to go w/ a new 150 johnson 2 stroke. i am after all, just a poor carpenter who doesnt like buying things on credit. i do love the etecs but my lord are they expensive. i will lose a solid 5 mph minimally but i will have a motor tipping the scales at 391#, and no payment to make. thanks again for all the info, and especially to dixon (eggsuckindog) for the intro to mike and mario at AMS, who got me a great deal (worth the 7 hr drive to tampa).

Re: motor weights, too much?
 

You will not be disappointed..............Congrats. That boat will fly!

Re: motor weights, too much?
 

Tell Mike he has to throw in a free bottle of that vodka :D

This is a motor Mike told me he found in his shed, a brand new 150 Johnson - the price is half of anything out there today and a heck of a find - Congrats it will work great and you can buy alot of gas for $7000

Re: motor weights, too much?
 

150 will be great on the boat, you'll love the power.

I realized an error in my numbers, that was about 18nm, not miles or about 20 statute miles, so about 4mpg...

Have fun with the new engine!