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Old February 24th, 2009, 05:14 PM
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Default DUAL engine on a BW 170 montauk ?

What do you think about dual engine (2 mercury 40 hp efi) instead of one 90 Hp on a new 170 MONTAUK ?
is it possible ?
Does it work better ?
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Old February 24th, 2009, 10:00 PM
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Default Re: DUAL engine on a BW 170 montauk ?

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What do you think about dual engine (2 mercury 40 hp efi) instead of one 90 Hp on a new 170 MONTAUK ?
is it possible ?
Does it work better ?
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http://continuouswave.com/ubb/Forum4/HTML/000578.html

The above link covers this topic pretty good. Weight was the issue, but there were successful duel engine Montauks.

When I had a Marlin, I went through the same thoughts. Weight and cost of up keep versus the cool factor. My Marlin was just a fifteen foot boat, but a number of owner had converted them to duellies.
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Old February 26th, 2009, 12:01 PM
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Default Re: DUAL engine on a BW 170 montauk ?

Over on Whaler Central there is a thread that also discusses twins on a Montauk
http://www.whalercentral.com/forum/v...557#post_11557

in one of the notes, there is a link to a 1988 Montauk 17 that has twin 30 HP Yammies. He says he gets about 30 NM/H with 3 men aboard. That's about 35MPH. So, it can be done......YMMV
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