Twin 140 4Stroke Suzuki's

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Doing away with the twin 140's on the back of the 23CC Seacraft. Final decision is the new 250 4Stroke by Suzuki. She should run well with that motor, plus, we wont have to worry about all that extra weight if we were to go with two motors. Looking forward to the boating season.

[gss036]

Trevor, I like your choice. Keep us posted.

[Serenity]

I've got twin 115 4 stroke Suzukis on my 23 Sceptre and I like it. We travel `10-30 miles out or more and we don't have any towing service to my knowledge here. Its a nice feeling that I can come back to port if I have a problem. Fuel efficiency is good. Weight on the transom isn't a problem for me so far.

Hope you are happy with your choice and great fishing to you!

[Briguy]

Good luck Trevor. You will be the first on the site with a Suzuki 250 4-stroke.

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Well fellows, we picked up the 23 Seacraft with the new 250 four stroke Suzuki up on Friday and it was in the water by Saturday morning. Cannot get over the difference between our old 225 two stroke and this new bad boy. Here are the numbers with the 16X20 prop.

198423CC Seacraft 250 Suzuki 4Stroke
70 gallons of fuel
3 people

3700-23knots-7gph
4200-26knots-9gph
4500-29.9knots-11gph
5000-34.5knots-12.5gph
5700-38knots-have to look at flow scan
6100-40.2knots-have to look at flow scan

In conclusion, the new 250 four stroke is much faster and fuel efficient than the 225 two stroke. To give you an idea, top speed with the 225 two stroke was 34.7 knots compared to 40.2 knots with the 250 four stroke. Oh yeah, hole shot is ten times better. That sucker has soooo much torque to go along with the 16X20 prop. Only good things to say about this new motor.

Trevor Hicks

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Just wanted to give a quick update after changing props this past weekend. Changed from a 16 X 20 to a 16 X 21.5. This was with 2 people and 80 gallons of fuel.

3700- 25 knots
4000- 27.5 knots
4200- 29 knots
4500- 32 knots
5000- 36 knots
5500- 39 knots
5950- 42.3 knots

[FELLOW-SHIP]

Thanks Trever
Looks like approx 3 mpg at crueising speed. That would give me 360 mile range on my 23CC if a ever switched like you did.
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