Re: Evinrude Starflite 100 hp 1967
State of the art in 1967. But that was over 40 years ago. On the plus side, although it uses the sometimes troublesome Battery CD Pulse Pack ignition, it still has the belt driven distributor......worlds better than the under-flywheel POS distributor that followed in later years.
It has the four barrel carburetor, much more efficient than the two barrel downdraft carburetor on smaller motors of the year. However, repair kits for it are hard to find and outrageously expensive.
I does not have the very complicated wiring junction box of previous years.
It has a high output, voltage regulated alternator
It has Electric Shift. That's good or bad according to one's opinion. But this one uses the large lower unit that was used on V8 inboard-outboards, so it is uber tough. The push button switch in the control is hard to find and outrageously expensive......and they DO go bad.
Compare to Merc?? Heck, we could fight all day on that one.
