Thread: Yamaha Outboard Question

Originally Posted by "g"

plenty of pep...easy starting even in cold weather....quiet....smooth running. Its the only way to go.

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Isn't 150 hp at the prop the same on either a 2 or 4 stroke. Maybe a little quicker out of the hole on a 2 stroke but unless your tournament fishing dont make that much difference and if your the last boat you can always see everyones honey holes as you go by .

I have a Yamaha 50 4 stroke and love it. It pushs my 17 ft Xpress about 33 by myself or 30-31 with a partner. I can run up and down Sardis from engineers to coontown and back 4 times and still have a half tank of gas. Went from last July till February to use a full tank. It's really quiet and no 2 stroke oil as the others said.

Mason you must have only fished the lower lake.

Originally Posted by South65

I have a Yamaha 50 4 stroke and love it. It pushs my 17 ft Xpress about 33 by myself or 30-31 with a partner. I can run up and down Sardis from engineers to coontown and back 4 times and still have a half tank of gas. Went from last July till February to use a full tank. It's really quiet and no 2 stroke oil as the others said.

Originally Posted by clfarms1

Isn't 150 hp at the prop the same on either a 2 or 4 stroke. Maybe a little quicker out of the hole on a 2 stroke but unless your tournament fishing dont make that much difference and if your the last boat you can always see everyones honey holes as you go by .

Dont think so, alot of 2 strokes will actually have more horsepower at the foot than the displacement shows. Old school stuff due to big money tourneys in the old days. Watched my uncle have a brand new 150 Rude completely reworked and maxxed out before his new rig ever hit the lake.

The new Yamaha 150 SHO is due out at any time. From what I hear that is the best of both worlds. A 150 four stroke designed for bass boats.

Originally Posted by Big C

Mason you must have only fished the lower lake.

Only fished Lower lake about twice during that time period

Only real difference thaws days is low end torque. Two equal boats propped to their peak, a 4 stole vs a dfi 2 stroke, all else being equal, the 2 stroke should plane quicker and top end should go slightly to the 2 stroke due to less weight and possibly due to rev limit being slightly higher on the 2 stroke.

That said, 4 stroke is only way to go, but the SHO is said to be a beast....then again, SHO oil is high high dolla. And it's a relatively new tech, so no serious track record to rely on.

If I were to empower today, it's be with a Yama 4 stroke 225 or possible 200 since I could careless about top end.

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