walleyehed
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Hey guys! Spent the weekend in the Rockies after Christmas, and visited the Lake Dillon Marina, just checkin' things out, and guess what???? The Bomb had given them 2 E-TECS last spring.....a 50, and a 75. I got the oportunity to set down with one of the tecs, and the marina owner and resident Guru...<br />Very interesting visit which they were very free with the info. I'll try to post all I can remember...<br />First off, Bomb chose Lake dillon because of 9100ft above sea-level, and the extreme cold.<br />The 50 was put on a 22ft pontoon boat (Rental) and the 75 was put on a retrieval boat, 18ft fiberglass shallow V.<br /> They said they really enjoyed the engines this last summer, and are by far quieter than any 4-stroke at WOT. <br /> The one problem they relayed to Bomb was that the oil tank on the 50 was too small..(It sets in the left rear corner under the hood). Running 10-12 hours a day, they were adding oil every other day.<br />After about 300+ hours, they siezed the 50hp due to an oil line that is routed "Through" the molding of the oil tank, came out of the molding and got pinched in the hood latch. This was not the first to do this they were told by Bomb. They now have clips that hold the lines in place to the tank.<br />They said all in all they did nothing else to the 50hp.<br />The 75HP I am told, will outperform a 2001 90 DFI.....Hey, this gent runs the place and I made it very clear I had no intensions of purchasing, so I think both guys were being straight.<br /> The tech there said a dealer in Denver had a 90hp through the summer, and Bomb asked him to take it to Dillon to run it too at High altitude. the boat was left for 3 weeks at Dillon and they sent it out to be abused as much as any.<br />180 some hrs on the 90, and Bomb shipped them a 100HP E-TEC...yes, you heard me right, and I seen it AND the box it came in....<br />Here's the interesting part...the 100 is not a de-tune, the tech said Bomb told him the E-TECS are capable of 100HP per cylinder in actual conditions for the consumer market, but aren't going that route at this point. The tech was showing me how the new oil-line connectors work on the oil tank, and there is a brass ferral inside the tube that just "plugs in". I asked him why only 2 of the 6 ports had holes....then it hit me...maybe they have a 6cyl. He laughed and said "yes, I have seen the 225HP E-TEC in the back of a trailer when they delivered the 100". He also mentioned they are having a hard time building a 4 cylinder model that will stay together and are concentrating on the 6 cylinder at this time, and thats all they would tell him.<br />Very nice people there in Dillon and a great oportunity to get my greasy hands on one, and to actually see it apart was Great!! Bad deal about the oil hose getting pinched, and by the way, the warning horn did go off, but the renter of the boat had no idea as to what it meant and continued on. I was told the production engines had a kill feature that was supposed to be added for 2004, and he thought it could be over-ridden by a computor part that plugged into the computor on the eng....which brings me to another item I remember him saying....The Ficht Ram oil was NOT sufficient for the E-TEC, and last summer they had no E-TEC oil for them to run, and I guess that has caused some sensor problems that are still being worked out.<br />Both the owner of the dealership and the tech loved the gearcases for the simple proping issues, as the 50 E-TEC uses the same prop (14X13) as the 90hp ficht....REMEMBER this is over 9000ft in elevation.<br />I got some VERY interesting info on jetting and timing for carbed models used at altitudes above 3000-12,000ft. OMC had been, and Bomb IS testing here,(for high altitude use) OMC did for years on jetting....Had some interesting things to say about the 97-2002 Fichts that I didn't know included the 2002, but does....and got to see why, first hand.