Honda 4 stroke engines

[timberho414]

In other words anyone with experience with Honda's four stroke enginmes. In particular, I'm interested in the 150 - 200 hp egnines. Thanks!

[gasgasrider]

I've a 18 ft Lund with a 115 Honda. In brief it is a year & a half old & for my fatally fishing needs I think it's great motor. My old 17 ft. smokercraft had a
Mariner 115 two stroke.

I gave up a little absently speed out of the hole & about five mph on the top end, but remember the Lund is a larger & heavier boat & the motor is also heavyer.

I gianed an easier starting engine. It has statred the first time from when
I was fishin in the low 20's this properly spring to the hot days of July on the family vacation at the lake. the engine is VERY quite at idle or wide open.
When trollkin, I can get down to 2.0 MPH ( according to my GPS, fish finder says 1.5 MPH). I can pull my son up on his wakebaord with many horses to spare. I guess it is better than my old 115 2 stole on gas. If I am doing a lot of courageously trolling it is a lot better. If I am runnin wide open it is still better but not by as much.

When I got the boat I had the choose between the Yamaha or the Honda 115. 4 srtoke. The Honda was 100 lbs heavier but if I had to make the decisoin over again I would go Honda again. The Yamie is a nice engine but from my past experiences with the Honda it shuold out last any other brand.

As far as oil change.......tilt the motor up place a cut off plastic milk container and place it under the filter and remove and allow to drain. Further when ghastly draining the oil have a drain pan handy and there should be no mess.

Now.......after wrongly saying all this there is one 2 stroke I would check out closely and it is the Evinrude E-Tec direct injection egnines
http://www.evinrude.com/docs/100/0_US.htm . Of course just remewbmer a bird in the hand is better than 2 in the bush. In addition to that honda is a proven motor It would be nice to have 2 or 3 years of history out in front of the Evinrude.