New Yamaha 4 Stroke

[Bigshrimpin]

Originally Posted by Terry England

Breaker, Breaker Good Buddy, All you 2-Stroke boys turn down your 8 tracks for a minute and listen up. You are livin' in the last century George Jetson; get with the program. You can't take some 'ol school Evinrude Star-Flight, remove the cowling with 4 after burners on it, replace the garbage disposal carbs with selonid powered speaker like fuel injectors, bolt an upgraded game boy on the side of it and call it 'cutt'in edge technology....! It's still a dumb 'ol motor with fuel injection, an EEM and a new plastic cowling. Soon you'll be graduat'in from your sounding lead to a 4" Gemtronics paper machine and an Sitex "C" Loran. (Good luck bringing up that 14 and 44 line)

Wish I had unlimited funds, for now I'm gotta keep the outboard budget in the market earning $$$ and keep listening to my 1986 walkman crank out 2 stroke tunes. One mans trash is another mans treasure

[Bigshrimpin]

Wow . . . just read that article.

Spark Plugs: $146.00
Water Pump: $375.00

????????????????

Same job done yourself on a 1980's blackmax = under $40 in parts and less than 1 hour of your time.


NGK BU8H plugs cost $2.25 each (5 minutes of labor)

Water Pump is $25.98 with the housing delivered ( 45 minutes going slow )
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Water-Pump-I...-/300996123884

[kmoose]

Originally Posted by Bigshrimpin

Wow . . . just read that article.

Spark Plugs: $146.00
Water Pump: $375.00

????????????????

Same job done yourself on a 1980's blackmax = under $40 in parts and less than 1 hour of your time.


NGK BU8H plugs cost $2.25 each (5 minutes of labor)

Water Pump is $25.98 with the housing delivered ( 45 minutes going slow )
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Water-Pump-I...-/300996123884

Yep, those are some pretty outragous prices but the actual cost for maintaince parts is not really that different for any modern outboard. I do my own water pump once a year whether it needs it or not. That plugs, and zinc. My water pump only takes about 30 to 40 minutes as well and I have yet to ever require a housing. Full kit: $34.98...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Water-Pump-I...-/300979087956
As far as oil changes go I spend whatever 8 quarts of Rotella costs from Sam's and a $5 fram filter from Wally world. Pump out, screw off, screw on, pour in, have another beer and light a cigar..... Even an old Merc guy could do it. That article is pretty laughable... The same people writing that rag think cat hulls are the greatest thing since sliced bread as well and write dozens of pages proving that too.....

The original motor on my rig a a 275 V8 2 smoker. I don't think you could pour gas and oil overboard faster than it could burn it. At a 28 knot cruise it barely got 1 nautical per gallon on a flat day. It did have it's good points though... It was reliable as the sunrise and nobody could follow you to your spot due to the toxic fog bank trailing 2 nautical miles behind. The best feature was the cowl! If needed it would double as a 7 man life raft or could be traded in Cuba for a pallet of Cohiba churchhills and 2 dozen hot empanadas.

Now I only get 2 nautical and a 30 knot cruise and none of the above fringe benefits.... What was I thinking...

[DonV]

Yes Sir the old V-8 OMC engines required a 1/2" fuel line. Back in 1986 or so one of the local OMC dealers here in Gibsonton put two of these monsters on the back of a 29' Aquasport, made a few magazines as an alternative to I/Os. Did NOT last long, I asked them why they took them off and they told me the boat did not a big enough gas tank to feed them.

[Terry England]

Originally Posted by Bigshrimpin

Dang Bigshrimpin, What the heck kind of underground bunker BlackMax machine shop do you have tucked away up there in the Commomwealth of
Massachusets??? You got to be breaking some kind of local zoning codes with that whole operation in your cellar. First time I ever seen a BlackMax "Hoarder".

Don't you know the US switched from a "Manufacturing" based Economy to a "Service" based Economy. What the heck are you do'in first of all running those 'ol USA made rattl'in 2 strokes that never break and then when they do, you fix 'em yourself. Your supposed to be trad'in dollars with other Americans to turn your hamberbers over, mow you lawn, wash your car, adjust the valve lash on your 4 stroke outboard motor and do other important stuff like that. You got to buy into this "Service" aspect! This economy would take off if it wasn't for guys like you mess'in it up and going it alone. Here all along I been blam'in those knuckleheads in Washington all along and the whole log-jam is Bigshrimpin up in Marblehead.

hello

[gofastsandman]

Originally Posted by Bigshrimpin

Wish I had unlimited funds, for now I'm gotta keep the outboard budget in the market earning $$$ and keep listening to my 1986 walkman crank out 2 stroke tunes. One mans trash is another mans treasure

How did that white orphan get past security and more importantly what year and hp is it?

[shana]

seafari being pulled looks just like shana boat cool runnin

[DonV]

Hey Sandy.....looks like one of those where the mailman was involved!!! But it's a fair question of the family heritage!

[gofastsandman]

Originally Posted by DonV

Hey Sandy.....looks like one of those where the mailman was involved!!! But it's a fair question of the family heritage!

Milk man? Such pretty times. A full cord of Mercs.

Cheers,
GFS