What motor would you buy?

[CHEE-FEE]

Go the Opti. Great solid engine. Heps of power. Plenty of torque, Go like hell. Use bugger all fuel. Oil is not that dear. Get a set of ear muffs, though, as they are LOUD (but anything is loud compared to an E-Tec) and they huff and puff like a John Deere Charf Cutter. Nearly got 1 myself.

Cheers,
NICK.

[PinHead]

[quote=ozscott;1208069]

Thanks mate. Interesting stuff. I like my dirty motor so Im hoping to keep it going as long as she will pollute the waterways for my children and their children.

Cheers

PS. When she does eventually fail I will genuinely miss the smell of the 2 stroke when its cold...

LOL..I love the smell of a 2 stroke in the mornings.

on another note regarding the suggested pahse ut of oldtech 2 strokes..obviously someone thinks the exhaust is polluting the waterways...what about diesels? They going to be phased out also ? No good doing one without the other...can see it now..a 55' Riviera with a bank of 4 banger outboards on the back.

[ozscott]

Pinhead - good point mate. I didnt think of them..those diesels are cannot be better than the old 2 strokes. It would be a brave polly that sought to ban all od tech motors from the water ways.

Cheers

[FishHunter]

[quote=PinHead;1208143]

LOL..I love the smell of a 2 stroke in the mornings.

on another note regarding the suggested pahse ut of oldtech 2 strokes..obviously someone thinks the exhaust is polluting the waterways...what about diesels? They going to be phased out also ? No good doing one without the other...can see it now..a 55' Riviera with a bank of 4 banger outboards on the back.

The solution to that is called particulate filters and I suspect at some point they will become mandatory.