1969 20' engine choice

[oldbluesplayer]

E-S-D - just a follow-up to your train of thought - I don't know when they changed the outboard motor hp ratings from measured at the powerhead, to at the prop, I'm thinking sometime after the 70's ?? but from what I think I know on that, wouldn't an older rating 150 be about equal to a new rating 130 - 135 ?

On the bogging, not uncommon on older, carbureted 2 strokes, mine bogs initially when coming off a prolonged low speed troll, till it clears out - don't have any injection motor experience, but I would suspect that more accurate fuel metering would help that greatly - two stroke carbs are notoriously hard to dial in for both mid range and top end, whether bike or ob, get too lean and you cook the motor, leave it fat for motor life sake, and live with the bog, unless you're racin, in which case you know your pushin the limits and in for constant tear down and rebuild anyways.

just some stray thoughts

Bill