Re: repower ??????
Not as much of a difference as you might think. Most of our sales are as re powers rather than as purchased with the boat and most people who haven gotten rid of those old J & E's say that Jap 3 cyls get up just as quick as before. Occasionally someone will say it doesn't seem as quick to them out of the hole and chances are they are right, but all agree that any difference is so slight as to not be major point with them. I do agree that if everything else was the same, the 4 would have more hole shot. The thing is, everything else isn't the same. Tech and tuning have come a long way towards compensating for traditional givens such as number of cylinders and raw cubes. The Etec 2-cyl 25 is a prime example that number of cylinders doesn't mean that an engine is a dog. The Etec 2-cyl 40 is a dog. It's all about the way the things are designed.
