1979 Johnson 55 hp on a ranger.

[tomintheozarks]

Good morning,

Just a question to see if this will work for me. I have a 1975 Ranger 155a, and my 1976 evinrude 70 hp has left this earth for a better place. .
I have access a 1979 Johnson 55 hp from a buddy that just has it in his garage and it runs great.

Will this push my boat? The boat is rated at 85 hp so I know I'm at the border line bare minimum. I usually just take my wife and I or 1 other buddy. Once in a great while there might be 3 of us, but not very often.

I'm not looking break any speed records, just fish and fish some more. In fact I usually never travel over 20mph anyway.

Just want to make sure this is enough engine for the boat before we swap it out.

btw, I'm just using this as a quick fix to run the rest of this season and maybe next before I upgrade the whole boat.

thanks in advance,

Tom

 

[oldrudedude]

Re: 1979 Johnson 55 hp on a ranger.

I have a 50hp on my 14.5. which is rated about 80-85 (can't remember). The 50hp moves my boat quite well 28-30mph at WOT. The rating is the max hp without being dangerous. But its up to you. Boating or no boating? IMO.... go for it...... especially if it is free.

 

[tomintheozarks]

Re: 1979 Johnson 55 hp on a ranger.

I have a 50hp on my 14.5. which is rated about 80-85 (can't remember). The 50hp moves my boat quite well 28-30mph at WOT. The rating is the max hp without being dangerous. But its up to you. Boating or no boating? IMO.... go for it...... especially if it is free.

Ya i like the free part, and I want back on the lake even though it's way to hot right now. I just didn't want a complete slug of a boat. But if it is I can't complain since the price is right.