Re: Evinrude looper
Geez, I am talking with out a ladder to stand on, but heck, talk is cheap....you get what you pay for on here.
Question was about loopers. Having had OMC cross flows ( '72 125 hp V4 and smaller) and looper ('75 70 hp 3 cyl) and Merc Direct Charged (115 I6) and later on Merc looper (current 3 cyl 90 hp) I can truthfully say that Direct Charging or looping saves you a bunch of gas over the cross flow. I can only assume that the fuel injected engines save you an appreciable amount more.....I know my trucks that are FI versus nat-aspired are day and night.
Can't comment on current 4 cycles vs current 2 cycles as to fuel economy. From what I have heard, if you gain any on the 4, you sacrifice the savings with maintenance fees.....but that is just what I have picked up from others herein and I have no personal experience.
On multiport vs throttle body FI, my only experience is with multiport in truck engines, not marine. I did notice that GM cars/trucks, with their throttle body which they used for years, advertised hot dog gas mileage. Whether it was fact or hype, I can't say. Obviously it was cheaper to produce.
Mark