Re: '97 Evinrude 115 Ocean Pro
bonehunts.....Ficht does not really stand for anything, it is the name of the German family that created the type of direct injection system used by Evinrude on these motors. I believe 1997 was the first year the Ficht system was used(maybe a little earlier on smaller hp motors). I am not quite sure how it worked out on smaller hp motors such as the 115 you are looking at, but the early 150 and 175 hp Ficht's were very problematic and it is eventualy one of the things that made OMC go bankrupt. There were alot of updates and changes made to the 150 and 175's but I'm not sure about the V4 115's. They eventually got the problems straightened out in 2000 and the Ficht system proved to be very good, economical, quiet and very responsive. I have a 2000 150 and it is a great motor and never had any problems. You should post this on the Johnson/Evinrude site and there will be experts there that can tell you everything about these early lower hp Ficht's. Good luck.
