weve got a honda and its awsom, quiet, reliable, efficiant. but theres not much separating motors these days usually comes down to personal prefferance and past experiances

or depends what color you like

My c/c's 5.8m (ally) and very flighty in the bow, so went with the lightest motor available...a 90hp etec. The dealer told me that the 115 would be the ideal motor but the 90 was already 30 kilos heavier than my old setup (twin Yamaha 40's) and I couldn't justify the extra expense or weight with regards to trim and distribution on the trailer.

Happy with the performance...32 knots at 5000 revs, but I think it may be mispropped. Lots of punch coming out of the hole but unable to get more than 5000 revs at WOT.

A bit noisier than 4-strokes when at idle but on a par once the revs come up. Fuel consumption is a bit better than 1 nautical mile per litre...that's over an average day with WOT in some places, cruising on about 3500-4000 in others, and a fair degree of trolling at around 1200 to 1500.

Been back for warranty work once (faulty injector) but I've given it a decent flogging....87 hours in five months. Oh, and being a two stroke it does consume oil, and it's expensive oil at that ($60/gallon), but it doesn't consume very much of it. Just finished my first gallon over maybe 1000 litres of fuel, so it's somewhere in the neighbourhood of 1 litre oil for every 200 to 250 litres of fuel.

Anyway, that's my take on it...again, the main reason I chose the etec was cause of the weight factor...I think the Suzi was around 40kg heavier, for example.

just had a quick look at the weights think my honda weighs about 90 odd where as the 90 weighs around 190 would this be write

always time for fishin'

Take a good long look at the etec mate, a lot lighter than 4 strokes & on par economy wise with the performance of a two stroke.

Etec would be my choice if I was buying new again

 Cheers, Al.

Got a 115 etec on my plate 5.5m but I would actually have preferred the 90 because of the weight factor. Got 300hrs on it over two years and have had no problems. I certainly use a little bit of oil but not so much that I actually notice it. One bottle probably would do me for a week long trip at Exmouth so about 450l of fuel

just awesome!!!!!!!!!!

do you get any oil smell

always time for fishin'

Oh nooooooooooo LOL

This could turn into four million, five hundred and sixty seven thousand, two hundred and fifty third 2 stroke vs 4 stroke thread.

(rolling eyes emoticon)

Staal - can't talk about the Etc, but I have a 115 Opti and there is NO oil spell (and YES (tongue poke) there IS oil in the reservior).

Colin

(Colin 2 - Co-founding member of the prestigious Colin Club)

I speak to a lot of people with lots of varying motors, all I can say is 4 stroke all the way.  With the ever increasing price of petrol, the cost advantages of 4 strokes are going to come out big time in the near future!

hard to say what I would repower with if I ever bothered. Weight of the four stroke is an issue, and I also debate the whole reliability thing in remote areas that a lot of people push. Bottom line - pick a colour and set a price range and see who wants your business, that is what I would do, as I just can't really see much diff between ETEC or a good four stroke in running costs once you add, servicing vs fuel and oil.

Suzuki has got a 5 year warranty at present which may sway me and I have heard very little probs about Yammie 4 strokes but know a few guides who have had big issues with the suzuki's

Suzuki, mercury and honda all have 5 year warrantys.
I personally wouldnt touch an e-tec, I hear too many horror storys about them. With the 2st v 4st at the moment we sell 6 optimax to 1 four stroke. We have a few customers with them in remote cape york and love them. My pick would be a yamaha 4st or a mercury, and I see alot of outboards being a mechanic.
cheers andy
From Innisfail Far Nth Queensland

I was waiting for your comment Andy

Colin Molloy

(Colin 2 - Co-founding member of the prestigious Colin Club)

As I've told people before on here got to seamedia.com.au they do the tests for all your outboards you can compare all makes and models power to wheight ratios and all the things you need to know like fuel consumption etc

To all the virgins..............Thanks for nothing!