Nautic Outboard?

Hello Steve -

I also am not an expert by any stretch. However, I just rebuit a 2001 Suzuki 140 EFI 2 stroke from the ground up on my bench in my garage. It was on the boat that rode through Katrina upside down. Anyway, the Suzuki is a very reliable motor from what I was told by the many I talked to during the process. Light due to aluminum block, but very stoutly built. However, I found that parts are a bear to get (short supply) and are very expensive compared to other brands. Supply and demand I guess as there are not as many out there and Suzuki can get what they want for them. Also only 1 Suzuki dealer in this area made all parts aquisition on line or by phone. Good used parts are extremely hard to come by!!!!! The crankshaft is a pressed crank like a snowmobile and takes a special jig and shop that knows what they are doing to fix. That is why I bought a good trusted used part there. Now that it is running, I am pleased as it has lots of power. Don't know about exhaust as I just finished breakin with double oil. Now that smokes!!!!

Good Luck with your decision, mine was made because that was what was on the boat.
 
I'm niether "handy" or inclined to be when it comes to fixing things with "moving parts" and have never found any repair on any brand of outboard motor to be anything "other than" fiscally painful so "cost to repair" and "availability of parts" isn't a huge part of the equation for me.....

Durability is though and I've yet to find anyone that has gone from Yamaha or Johnson to Suzuki that runs the crap out these motors so I'm "leary"....

A good friend who fishes the Bass circuit runs an "under 100" Suzuki on his TDB but stayed with a Yamaha for the motor on his tournament Bass Boat which he puts far more hours, at much higher rpm's for sustained periods of time, on.

Another friend has a big outboard on his offshore boat but that one has so few hours on it I'd be hesitant to use that for any kind of gauge as to durability.....

One of the major Sled dealers out here is at least "offering" the Suzuki as a choice and it was indirectly through the guy with the offshore boat above that I found out about the ability to run a 200 HP jet pump on a 150 HP Suzuki.....this sled company has a great reputation in the industry so I'm pretty sure that they aren't just pimping something that they don't at least have some confidence in......

Definately bears checking into....thanks for the imput...it all helps.....

Steve
 
Steve, You don't have to be doing the work yourself to feel the pain of N.L.A. (no longer available). Ask all the folks who had to wait months and months for parts for their blown up Ficht OMC motors. At least you have a better chance with a mojor brand.
 
I'm running a 9.8 Tohatsu (Nissan) 2-stroke on both the custom built (Dad) BBSB and Osage Duck Canoe and with a mini whale tail installed I can run ~17MPH (GPS) w/me, pup & gear and ~3MPH slower with another guy on board.

The whale tail was mandated by the rounded stern on the ODC.

You do have to adjust the load around and or the attitude of the engine to the hull to attain optimum speed as the pumpkinseed hull can be a little finicky.

This OB weighs in @59.4 pounds versus ~74 pounds for Merc 9.8 or 15HP 2-stroke.

Boater's World had (~8 mos. ago) 3 of the Tohatsu's (2004 NIB) left in stock.
 
http://www.parsunoutboards.com.cn/parsun_outboard_motor_F15HP.htm

this link of another rice burner motor that I am seeing popping up on the internet. Never seen any prices, they are supposidily cheaper, but....


So what is the forums opinion on the ETEC motors compared with 4 stroke? Here in WI is is pretty much Merc's since they are made here or Evi/Johnson's....rare to see others.

Steve, don't you see lots of Suzuki's on fishing boats out there? Seems I recall a bunch of them on those boats in your waters...or was that Alaska??
 
Eric, I haven't heard anything about the e-tecs for a while. You are right about Suzuki in the midwest, I have yet to see one around here.
 
And what I remember seeing in Alaska was a bunch of Suzzies. Very impressive. My experience is limited with them maybe because they keep on going or there just aren't many around this neck of the Midwest. Remeber if there are no dealers (parts) you can be up the crick w/o a motor.
 
(most of what I do is trolling on the Columbia for Kings with Gregg Kurz), and I guess I've never really paid much attention to the power plants on the boats in those trolling queue's. Funny I can pick ou the sled mfg.'s from as far as I can see the profile, (like in the old days when I could tell car models from afar), but thinking about it its clear that I've been ignoring power because I can't recall having seen a Suzuki although I'm sure they are present....

I'd say in the non-commercial small boat fleets out here that Yamaha and Honda hold center court but if Sled mfg's like Duckworth have started including them in their presentations then its likely we'll see more of them in the future.....

Must pay closer attention........

Steve
 
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