worn out 150's

[eggsuckindog]

You would not be happy with twin 90's, the expense of twins completely over rides a single 200 or even an older 235 Rude will work fine. But a Sea Tow membership for 120 and don't do twin anything. The boat runs much better on a single since I had twin 150's on a 23 and switched to a single V8 300HP Rude, the boat was even close same HP but picked up 15MPH and handled so much better. It was a dog with 150's and your going to the expense of mounting twin 90's not a wise move IMHO, find a used 200+ something and a Sea Tow membership [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[shoctor]

I would have to agree coming from commercial background of replacing engines frequently. There is no replacement for displacement. Having an under powered boat is like buying a corvette driving it with all 8 firing then taking 4 of the plug wires off and running on 4. I would keep looking around or find a reputable motor rebuilder and have a chat with him. I have always had a single engine on all of my boats. The only place twins saves you is on a mechanical failure. Most of the time it is a fuel problem which would in turn affect both engines at same time. I purchased a motor form a rebuilder up here in the northeast and ran the motor for 3000 hours before the hour meter broke. Cost of the rebuilt motor 2800 for single 200 johnson. I am a finatic for maintenance and synthetic oils.

Just my .02

I work part time for a salvage/towing company so a seatow membership regaurdless of the cost is kinda out of the question. But who really wants to break down and have to get a tow anyway. Anywho i've already replaced the worst of the 150's that came with the boat and since we've had three good trips one in 20 mph wind with 4-6 footers running about 20mph the boat preformed so good i think it rode as good as the 31 stamas and better than the 26 whaler we salvage with. Anyway for now the power issue is solved so i'll be begining to overhaul the hatch covers one at a time between fishin trips.

[peterb]

What did you do to the 150's so far???

Replaced the worst of the pair with another i had that was in real good shape and went fishing. I have started the teardown on the on the removed motor also and a little reserch on the motors to find that they have 85 power heads on them, that makes me a little happier the titles for the motors say 1980 so atleast they have been thur at least once.

[PipeDreamsMarine]

Just as a side note to this topic. I was talking with the gentleman who was New Jersey largest Sea Craft dealer a few days ago and his comment on this topic was that the 23 was at its best with twin OMC V-4's and he sold more Sea Crafts then anyone else... BTW he's a member of this site..

Thanks for the response I felt that the 4cyl's would have worked fine for me but in keeping the 150's I will be able to still fish and spend the cash on some cosmetics namely the soft hatches. I also will be rebuilding the transom soon and closing it up and building a custom bracket the money I saved buy not buying the 4cyls will pay for all the transom materials and the aluminum for the bracket.
I get to see and work with lots of different power/boat configurations at the salvage yard and even though never any sc's w/4cyl's but our 26 boston whaler guardian came with looper 140's and would run 38mph loaded and by the way the guardian's hull is 4inches thick, although i don't have its weight its a very heavy load behind the f350 truck we pull it with. Also ive seen several grady's with the x-flow 4 cyl's on 20 to 25 ft boats that all seemed to preform acceptably.

[Abe's Rocket]

v4s b/c of the weight?