Twin 140 4Stroke Suzuki's

[JohnB]

I don't think I would hang twin 4 strokes on the back of any 23' boat unless it had a large floatation bracket along the lines of a hermco or something of that nature. Your sculpers will probably be permanently underwater, and the boat at rest is going to sit real low in the back.
One Suzi 140 is 410 pounds. My 250 Merc is 472 pounds. 820 pounds is alot of weight to hang off from the back of a 23' boat. I would want at least 400 pounds of positive bouency underneath them. A buddy of mine has them on a 23' boat and gets around 3 mpg cruising at about 27 mph. As far as reliability, the suzi's and yami's that I know about seem to hold up pretty well. All manufactures make a bad motor or a whole bad lineup/year from time to time (Merc, 'Rude, and yes even Yammis). Unforutnately, if you buy a new one, you won't know until it is too late (lol).

[ August 22, 2003, 01:42 PM: Message edited by: JohnB ]