E-tec 90 on 20' Seacraft
John, If you "mash" on my name it will take you to my 'Members Page". If you go there, on the right side one of the albums is the Dredge Marshtackie. It was a 19' (-6") 1967 Seacraft Bowrider I cut up to make room for sheets of plywood and PT 16' - 2" X 12"'s I need to haul to Cayo Costa (but, it wasn't a Safari like afishin82's). It is very light - like a Seacraft "Panga" would be. No center console, no windshield, no tee top - just a little side console like a 13' whaler and a bimini. I glassed a couple of tabs on each side and have a "drop in" bulk head to stop the dive tanks and coolers from walkin' back and mash'in my toes, because we sit in the back like a flats boat. Just fall over the side and climb in the back ladder. Hit and Run, brother.
I ran a 120 VRO on it from 1998 to 2007 and then downsized to a 90 e-tec. The VRO was only happy at 4,000 and I played throttle man all day when I need to run easy because it was rough off of Bayport where it is very shallow for long way out. The little 80 cubic inch E-tec triple planes off 4 divers, 9 tanks, fish and food coolers and 4 sets of dive gear at 3200, runs happily at 34-3600 and makes about 18 knots there. Spooled up to 5800, she'll touch 30 knots with that load. The best deal is that my trips off of Bayport or down to Sarasota to raid Conner and Danny's hogfish spots are usually between 60 and 80 miles - I have never put 22 gallons in the boat to top it back off. I understand the E-tec 90's actually puts out 102 Hp at he prop shaft. Be sure to include a new fuel tank and 10 micron fuel filter in your project costs. If you run a slug of H2O through that DI system it is painfully expensive. The 90's do not have water sensors. That day I was really glad it only has three cylinders.
Circle back if you find something that is interesting for a project and don't be too quick to break out the saw-zall. Learn from all our mistakes.
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