Choosing an outboard

[joshmon71]

The 140 Zuke is the max HP in that block. I can think of 2 persons locally on lower cape whom have blown up their 140 Zukes. lots more reports on the net. I was unimpressed with the lead time to get parts/block for Suzuki as well. As a rule of thumb the highest HP in a smaller block on any fossil burning engine should give one pause. its not weak per se on HP just confidence questioning more for me. you are forgetting another important fact-whose your local mechanic/marina, if say the Suzuki certified tech is 2 hours away I would pass for that fact alone.

do you have a flotation bracket on the 20? were the decks raised? those sort of may assist the decision on engine weight as well. maybe I missed those items....

out of all of those I would say the yammie 2s. the 140 Suzuki sounds tempting but I would be concerned about a 20, sometimes loaded, with the smaller block size and highest HP rating.

tough call here with only those choices.

no experience with e-tecs myself, but might be something to think about....