Sea Trials for new Evinrude E-Tec

K0HB DE NOTXW

One question I've got. The infomercials for the eTec that run on Sat am
here in St Paul (you have been up to watch 'em right? hihi) mention
better gas mileage. How does the new 90 compare to the old in that
regard Or maybe you've not run it enough to burn thru enough gas to
tell?

73 de N0TXW
en34
Dave

Hi Dave,

I've only had it on Lake Minnetonka for about an hour yesterday, so no chance to
measure fuel consumption. (Anything has to be better than my old 90-degree V4!)

I've talked to some T-Tec owners with similar boats, and they claim 40-60%
better than carburated 2-strokers like my old one, roughly competitive with
similar HP 4-strokers.

73, de Hans, K0HB



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K0HB DE NOTXW

One question I've got. The infomercials for the eTec that run on Sat am
here in St Paul (you have been up to watch 'em right? hihi) mention
better gas mileage. How does the new 90 compare to the old in that
regard Or maybe you've not run it enough to burn thru enough gas to
tell?

73 de N0TXW
en34
Dave

I've talked to some T-Tec owners with similar boats, and they claim
40-60% better than carburated 2-strokers like my old one, roughly
competitive with similar HP 4-strokers

interesting. I've only seen a bit of the infomercial, but these really
look good. Seems they're larger HP engines, wonder if they've any plans
to extend the eTec line down into the smaller HP. While my old 87 9.9
hums along nicely on the 14' fishin' boat, sooner or later it'll need a
replacement

Keep us posted. better to read real info on thing related to fishing
and boating here rather than yet another diatriabe about Bush, et al.
Not that I'm agin that sort of thing, but we've already got other fora
for that!

73 de Dave
N0TXW

On 14 Apr 2005 10:32:52 -0700, " wrote:
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Keep us posted. better to read real info on thing related to fishing
and boating here rather than yet another diatriabe about Bush, et al.
Not that I'm agin that sort of thing, but we've already got other fora
for that!

Not nearly enough of them, though...

Not nearly enough of them, though

But not any less or more OT than any other NG's I'm on, at least the
non-moderated ones. Easy enough to ignore what you don't wanna read,
assuming they don't try to foll ya with a topic related title for the
posting and then bait & switch ya!

(pun intended, this is rof after all!

Dave

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Seems they're larger HP engines, wonder if they've any plans
to extend the eTec line down into the smaller HP.

Currently the smallest in the line seems to be a 2-cylinder 40HP, but my
understanding is that they'll extend the technology all the way down to "kicker
sized" motors.

73, Hans, K0HB