Difference between Evinrude and Johnson

[jsfinn]

I'm sure this has been asked before but I couldn't find it in a search..<br /><br />What's the difference between Evinrude and Johnson? From what I gather, they are both made by OMC and use mostely the same parts..or at least a lot of the parts are interchangable Correct? If so, what's the difference?

 

[WillyBWright]

Re: Difference between Evinrude and Johnson

Starting in the 1950s, Johnson and Evinrude were basically the same product with different paint. A few years before OMC went bankrupt in the late 1990s, the Johnson line remained the same while the Evinrude line started in the direction of environmentally friendly models. Time will tell what Bombardier does with them down the road.

 

[seahorse5]

Re: Difference between Evinrude and Johnson

In 1999 Evinrude became the hi-tech outboard with FICHT and now E-TEC and Johnson remained the traditional economical carbureted 2-stroke. In 2002 when Bombardier took over, the Johnson line also included 4-strokes, now up to 225hp.

 

[Cricket Too]

Re: Difference between Evinrude and Johnson

I know this is a stupid question that doesn't really matter, but what was the reason they decided to make Evinrude go the high tech way and leave Johnson traditional and not the other way around? Was it just a flip of the coin or something else?

 

[seahorse5]

Re: Difference between Evinrude and Johnson

The way it was explained, Evinrude had the highest name recognition of all outboards.

 

[Dave Abrahamson]

Re: Difference between Evinrude and Johnson

I heard from a rep once,(along time ago), that when they came down the line, if they started on the first crank,they painted them blue .<br />I guess that wouldn't apply anymore.<br /><br />Dave

 

[willxuout2]

Re: Difference between Evinrude and Johnson

D.A.<br /><br />"Now that's funny...I don't care who you are...that's funny"

 

[ledgefinder]

Re: Difference between Evinrude and Johnson

Hah! DHadley posted same thing a ways back. Another good one was asking if a poster ("30psi compression on a fresh rebuild") got the crossflow pistons in facing the wrong way.