would you buy a counter rotating motor?

[bobbyb]

a Brisbane etec dealer has special on at the moment, but are all counter rotating motors.

for a 150 it's about 3K off. would it make any difference if the prop spins the other way .

any body got any thoughts on this. cheers......

[Blackened]

G'day

As far as I know, makes no difference at all.

Dave

[finga]

a Brisbane etec dealer has special on at the moment, but are all counter rotating motors.

for a 150 it's about 3K off.
any body got any thoughts on this. cheers......

Yeah. Buy a Honda.

[Malcolm W]

The only difference will be, prop selection, possible resale and transducer placement.

Depending on what prop you want there may not be as many counter rotating props available.
I'm not sure about the perception of resale.
The transducer placement shoudn't be an issue, but some ali boats only have the little tab welded on the starboard side.

I dont think any of these are a big problem, and all said and done 3k can go towards a lot of other things.

[ozynorts]

I was wondering the same thing. Not about Etec's..... So a counter rotating engine should not be a problem.

[The Woo]

If its about 20% cheaper, then yes, no problem here.
Prop choice is less, and props are dearer. Take that into account, and it's all good!

[Betty boop]

Yeah. Buy a Honda.

I'm in the market for a new outboard, is there something wrong with Evinrude Etec?????? Please tell me!
Betty

[ozynorts]

some like them and some don't. They are the Gillard of the outboard world.

[Betty boop]

some like them and some don't. They are the Gillard of the outboard world.

Oh really, still doesnt answer my question - which is whats wrong with Evinrude Etec???? So which brand of outboard motor do you recommend?
Betty

[bobbyb]

thanks guys, pretty much what i was thinking, butt it would take the shine of a brand new engine a little. and it's a etec.

mite sleep on it.

[ozynorts]

Personally I prefer 4 strokes. Yamaha is my preference but the others are all up there from what I have heard.
There is plenty of info on here if you would like to read up on them.
http://www.ausfish.com.au/vforum/sea...earchid=870261
Cheers
Ozy

[Steeler]

If its about 20% cheaper, then yes, no problem here.
Prop choice is less, and props are dearer. Take that into account, and it's all good!

Not quite re prop pricing

Hop on Fleabay in the states and its quite common to see counter rotating props heavily discounted.

As for buying a counter engine, go for it. Only lost gloss is that its a Etec ( sorry just had to get that in ).

[bigjimg]

It's only counter rotating if there is another engine next to it rotating in the opposite direction!!!!!Otherwise it is just another outboard.I wouldn't worry too much about what side the transducer is on either,I fitted mine on the port side and there is no ill effect.Go for it.Jim

[Darren Mc]

Hi Betty boop,

I had a 150 etec which i looked after like it was my baby and i loved the way it went until it started letting me down.
First was an injector failure(covered under warranty), then out of warranty the EMM failed which can be up to $1500 to replace. Then when i decided to trade it in on another motor at an etec dealer, i was offered $2500 for a 2008 150 just out of warranty with 130 hrs on it and it was in excellent condition.

I'm by no means the only one that has had these or worse problems with them, so armed with this info you can make up your own mind.

Ps I now have a yamaha 4 stroke and so far i'm happy with it.(fingers crossed)

[johncar]

Only issue I would consider besides the prop price and availability is the weight balance of the boat in that most of our regular trailer boats have weight biased to the starboard side which usually is offset by the clockwise rotation of a standard rotation motor so it balances out to a degree.
If you have some extra weight on your starboard side now and add to that a counter rotating anti clockwise prop, the boat may lean significantly to starboard while under way, which may need active devices such as trim tabs to control the roll to starboard.
Severity will depend on the boats design and current weight distribution.