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<blockquote data-quote="MrGiggles" data-source="post: 485549" data-attributes="member: 22613"><p>I have been running a Suzuki DT75 on my 17' Tracker Deep V for a couple years now. It works okay, but I have been keeping an eye open and happened to see a 2010 Merc 4S 90hp pop up for pretty cheap that needs some work. </p><p></p><p>If it is fixable, I'd sure like to hang it on the back of my Tracker, but the weight concerns me. That Merc is a monster, based on the Verado block (same powerhead from 75-175hp), weighing in at 400lbs. The heaviest 2 stroke 90hp is closer to 300. </p><p></p><p>The boat is rated for 90hp, but that was long before 4 strokes were ever a thing. It is not very back heavy, just the battery and the gas tank, the battery could be moved under the drivers seat pretty easily, but the gas tank needs to stay. There is not much that I could do to move weight around.</p><p></p><p>Would anyone else be concerned with the weight? What about reinforcements on the transom?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MrGiggles, post: 485549, member: 22613"] I have been running a Suzuki DT75 on my 17' Tracker Deep V for a couple years now. It works okay, but I have been keeping an eye open and happened to see a 2010 Merc 4S 90hp pop up for pretty cheap that needs some work. If it is fixable, I'd sure like to hang it on the back of my Tracker, but the weight concerns me. That Merc is a monster, based on the Verado block (same powerhead from 75-175hp), weighing in at 400lbs. The heaviest 2 stroke 90hp is closer to 300. The boat is rated for 90hp, but that was long before 4 strokes were ever a thing. It is not very back heavy, just the battery and the gas tank, the battery could be moved under the drivers seat pretty easily, but the gas tank needs to stay. There is not much that I could do to move weight around. Would anyone else be concerned with the weight? What about reinforcements on the transom? [/QUOTE]
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