Deadmeat
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Can someone out there tell me which manufacturers are currently still making 2-stroke motors?
Deadmeat said:I'm going to be retiring in February, moving back to Knoxville, and getting another boat. I had a Grumman 1542 for years with a bulletproof 1988 30-hp Evinrude and I'm sold on 2-stroke engines.
Although I'll try to find a good used one, I want to leave all options open including buying a new 2-stroke motor. It seems like all manufacturers are going or already have gone to 4-strokes and I'm trying to find out who is still building them.
Quieter even. At least at certain RPMs. They had a few displays at the Atlanta boat show this year, and boy was I impressed. They had some set up in a tank of water, with a key switch, and you start and listen for yourself. by the time you walk 4 feet away, to where the console would be, you really couldn't hear the dang thing. I think the sound of the indicator stream hitting the water was one of the loudest noises the motor made at idle. Now, at a higher RPM, I am not sure how they compare to the 4 strokes, but at that speed, which is really when I would care (want to communicate when trolling, can wait till I get to my destination to talk if I am just running from one bass hole to another), they take the cake.papasage said:i like the quitness of the 4 stroke .if the e-tec is as quiet as the 4 stroke i would git one of them. can`t aford a new one guess i will have to wait till there is a good used one for sale
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