2011 quintrex 490 freedom sport max HP?

 Has anyone got the same boat? If you do could you please tell me what your max hp is on your placard. I'm a bit confused as mine states 80hp max and 182kg max but all my online reasurch suggests 90hp. I rang a few quintrex dealers and they just say if it states 80hp then that's the max I can put on.

If there was a mistake on the placard I would love to get the 90 suzuki for the few extra $$$... 


Posts: 315

Date Joined: 07/05/11

F90 are sweet

Fri, 2016-08-05 06:31

 169kg dry weight. Will go under transom weight recommdations which is what she's about

Not sure on the 90 weight Suzuki but sure it'll be about the same. Mate has a 90 Suzuki and fuel economy is nuts

But for me it's Yamaha from Jetpower.

____________________________________________________________________________

 Baron Sportsman

Just the depth that Varies

Posts: 23

Date Joined: 01/01/70

 Hey mate the suzuki is about

Fri, 2016-08-05 07:13

 Hey mate the suzuki is about 155kg

Posts: 23

Date Joined: 01/01/70

 Ok it's defantly max

Fri, 2016-08-05 10:10

 Ok it's defantly max 80hp.... they did a hp upgrade on the next model, rang telwater and they did a search on the system with the hin number.

Posts: 315

Date Joined: 07/05/11

insurance

Fri, 2016-08-05 11:48

 Can't see why with the 90hp at 155kg's wouldn't be ok.  

My old man has a 5m quintrex with a 50 honda and miles underpowered but was looking at a F70.  He thought that would be fine so an 80 on your 490 will be ok too.  

The F80 is almost a 1.6L displacement motor.  Not sure on the Suzi tho.  Thats plenty for your weight hull

Insurance might cause you grief if you ever make a claim though if you have gone over manufacturers recommendations too

 

____________________________________________________________________________

 Baron Sportsman

Just the depth that Varies

Posts: 23

Date Joined: 01/01/70

 Yep, I'll be going the 80 

Fri, 2016-08-05 16:34

 Yep, I'll be going the 80 

Posts: 167

Date Joined: 02/11/09

 My mates got the 90hp suxuki

Sat, 2016-08-06 06:46

 My mates got the 90hp suxuki on the same hull.

Its got almost 2000 hours on it now, the fuel economy is insane. The 90 has heaps or torque to push 3 of us onto the plane with 5 days worth of camping gear, its a great match for the hull.

Posts: 23

Date Joined: 01/01/70

 Yeah fuel economy is pretty

Sat, 2016-08-06 08:12

 Yeah fuel economy is pretty good with the suzuki... I filled my boat up when I purchased it, put 15 hours on the clock and put 34lt in it the other day haha... 

carnarvonite's picture

Posts: 8622

Date Joined: 24/07/07

Insurance

Sat, 2016-08-06 09:39

If you have an engine on the back higher than the makers recommendation then the insurance company will wipe your claim if you have an accident

Posts: 23

Date Joined: 01/01/70

 I agree as to why I'm

Sat, 2016-08-06 14:04

 I agree as to why I'm getting the 80hp. I just couldn't find any info on my boat but I ended up ringing  telwater to confirm 80 was the max. Everything I read online was stating 90 was the max and i couldn't work out why as my boat is exactly the same as the ones rated for a 90. Like you said for insurance reasons I'll stick with the 8, i just have to decide what one I want