~Nickolas~
Petty Officer 3rd Class
- Joined
- Oct 1, 2008
- Messages
- 91
Hello,
My first post to this particular section. I own a 1992 Evinrude 60HP two stroke and it is on a 17' sea nymph Tournament aluminum Bass boat. I got the boat off ebay and it turned out to be about 20 miles up the road from where I live and it worked out great. The engine is very strong and the boat's best speed to date is around 53MPH.
I have installed Boyesen power reeds and fine tuned the engine with service manual adjustments and the engine always fires right up and has never let me down. Compression test results were 120-115-120 which is acceptable. Anyway I was wondering why Evinrude went back and fourth between two cylinder and three cylinder engines of the same HP rating. I read the test reports of the new two cylinder e-tech's and they don't compare to my three cylinder model.
I also usually have a half tank of gas along with a second person along with gear and still get to 50 with ease. Several of those test boats were at 30-35 MPH or a little more. I wonder if their would be any more power and or speed if the e-tech's were three cylinder engines? Do they make them two cylinder's to save on costs or is there another reason? They also boast about how quiet they are and the fuel economy is so much better. I can see where fuel economy is a concern but for engine noise I don't see what the issue is.
If your moving along on the water cruising at full speed or near it it's not like you are going to be in a deep conversation anyway so what does it matter. I personally like hearing the sweet tune ( noise ) made by my engine. To me it is music to my ears. Different engines have different sounds and some are fairly quiet and some really bark when you get down on the throttle. I guess it's all a matter of personal preference and to each their own but there are some engines that really have a sweet sound to them as you get down on them.
Maybe a family boat or something folks would want a quiet engine on a pontoon or what ever it may be. I love the sound of an outboard and especially at WOT. Anyway back to the issue of two versus three cylinder's I guess today it's all cost related. I haven't been in a boat with the same 60HP and with two cylinders so I don't know what the difference would be. Any thoughts on the subject?
Nick
My first post to this particular section. I own a 1992 Evinrude 60HP two stroke and it is on a 17' sea nymph Tournament aluminum Bass boat. I got the boat off ebay and it turned out to be about 20 miles up the road from where I live and it worked out great. The engine is very strong and the boat's best speed to date is around 53MPH.
I have installed Boyesen power reeds and fine tuned the engine with service manual adjustments and the engine always fires right up and has never let me down. Compression test results were 120-115-120 which is acceptable. Anyway I was wondering why Evinrude went back and fourth between two cylinder and three cylinder engines of the same HP rating. I read the test reports of the new two cylinder e-tech's and they don't compare to my three cylinder model.
I also usually have a half tank of gas along with a second person along with gear and still get to 50 with ease. Several of those test boats were at 30-35 MPH or a little more. I wonder if their would be any more power and or speed if the e-tech's were three cylinder engines? Do they make them two cylinder's to save on costs or is there another reason? They also boast about how quiet they are and the fuel economy is so much better. I can see where fuel economy is a concern but for engine noise I don't see what the issue is.
If your moving along on the water cruising at full speed or near it it's not like you are going to be in a deep conversation anyway so what does it matter. I personally like hearing the sweet tune ( noise ) made by my engine. To me it is music to my ears. Different engines have different sounds and some are fairly quiet and some really bark when you get down on the throttle. I guess it's all a matter of personal preference and to each their own but there are some engines that really have a sweet sound to them as you get down on them.
Maybe a family boat or something folks would want a quiet engine on a pontoon or what ever it may be. I love the sound of an outboard and especially at WOT. Anyway back to the issue of two versus three cylinder's I guess today it's all cost related. I haven't been in a boat with the same 60HP and with two cylinders so I don't know what the difference would be. Any thoughts on the subject?
Nick