And then the fans in the city tore the place apart. Tried to murder a few unfortunate Spurs fans. Set some buses on fire, tore some others (plus police cars) apart. Saw a video of a cabbie watching helplessly as they destroyed his cab. Animals. I spent two years at Kings Point, lived on LI...
My 115 Mariner peed pretty steady on the hose but I had a good quality set of muffs. I had to get a trough for my Yamaha F150, even good muffs weren't enough.
Saw one of those for sale with a Merc Reman 300hp 350 hooked to a Bravo 3.
You could upgrade to the newer 4.5 V6 at 225hp; personally no one has ever complained of too much power. 300hp 350 at least. Beyond that you need to consider maybe changing the drive as it may not have a long life...