Honda outboards...Questions

[apneadreams]

I am repowering a 20' 1971 seacraft and came across a deal on a 2006 150 vtech Honda that is 4 stroke...I don't know anything about Honda outboards of course they do make good cars. Any info about pro's and cons would be greatly appreciated...

[McGillicuddy]

Pros are its a tried and true, reliable, super fuel-efficient motor.

Cons are 480 pounds hanging off a transom with a only a 7'6" beam. Figure out your scuppers and raise the transom to at least 25". If transom and motor shaft are only 20" I would re-think it.

[77SceptreOB]

Cons are 480 pounds hanging off a transom...

Man, thats a HEAVY sucker. My 225HP - 2 stroke only weighs 411 lbs.

[Caymanboy]

I'm a thinking your Yami actually wieghts 473 lbs, the Yami 150 4s weights 20 lbs more than that, not sure what a 150 Honda weights. But, would deffinitly raise the transom and if you have the old floors the water will come up through the scuppers, plus the 4s is much slower out of the hole.

[77SceptreOB]

I'm a thinking your Yami actually wieghts 473 lbs,

According to the original owner manual I have - 411.9 Lbs.
for the UL model (25" Shaft)

[apneadreams]

I forgot to mention that I am restoring the boat and have already raised the transom to 25"....I just don't see many of them around here (Chesapeake Bay Bridge Va.) so am wondering how easy / difficult having it serviced and getting parts will be....curious what the fuel econ would be like?

[Fr. Frank]

2S Yamaha 200-225-250 motors between 1985 and 2005 are all between 397-437 lbs depending on year, shaft length, etcetera. I don't have specs on other years 'cuz my book was published in '06.

[pl99]

AWESOME<AWESOME>AWESOME> Love My 225 Like I love Seacraft.

I just went from a Honda 225 to a 98 merc 150... I did not run fresh water through it for two years. I know that is not good everyone but damn.. <could not Hurt that motor> I still own it and will not sell it.
Very quiet, sometimes I would forget I had it started.

Sensors do go bad, lower units are not cheap but none are. Four strokes will leak oil here and there if not properly maintained <as all outboards do.. Do not know the fill weight of the 150 but 225 is close to five ninety.. Gets scary with three men in the back of the twenty in chop, fishing

Really great on gas. Made my first crossing with it on the back of my twenty.

Love those Damn Hondas......

[pl99]

PS before I raised my transom. I always had water on the deck coming thru scuppers. I just lived with it.. Put self draining to the test.. Damn Good outboard.

I had an '06 150 VTEC on an 18ft flats boat until this year. It ran great - no problems at all. BUT - it is slow coming out of the hole and in shallow water I had to use the trim tabs to help it get out of the water. It has that variable shifting cam that takes it up a notch when you reach 4500 rpm - actually shifts the cam to a different set of lobes. Runs at 130HP below 4500 RPM and gets the 150HP rating running over 4500 RPM. Sort of frustrating trying to run right at 4500 - it would be shifting up and running away and thne coming back down - I was constantly on the throttle at that setting. Learn to run inder or over 4500 - but not at 4500.

Very quiet idle - several times I forgot to shut it down while I was on the bow fishing. I was told the 150 is the Honda Civic 4 cylinder engine block turned vertical - don't know that for a fact.

You are all right - very large profile and very heavy sitting on the transom. I would get comments like - "is that a Volkswagen mounted on your boat?" Had to move trolling motor and start batteries forward to try and compensate for the weight - still sat really low in the water.


I do find this: the guides and charter people run whatever engine they get get a sponsor to give them. The commercial trap and net guys run Hondas almost exclusively. That is in the southeast Georgia and Northeast Florida area - don't know about other areas of the country.