Give this man a BEER! Ross thats exactly what I was getting at, [its called brand bashing] I spent months or almost a year looking at engines you cannot go wrong with any brand but I did find if YOU dont know what is going on out there nobody will tell you. It is best to try and learn something about the machanics of the engine in question. I found induction systems where hardly ever explained by dealers CARBY,EFI,DFI,FOUR STROKE if you didnt know anything about it they will have you think that there brand is light years ahead and nobody has the same offerings but it did not take long to work out what was going on here and which company spent big dollars on marketing.
There has been a few classic examples e.g fan belts that can break, air pumps that can break[piston conrod] price of parts, but the funiest is ''2 INJECTORS PER CYLINDER'' being a bad thing. Let me tell you that any engine that employs 2 injectors per cylinder in either marine or especially automotive spells HIGH PERFORMANCE this is RACE ENGINE TECHNOLOGY not to mention supperior throttle responce and in some cases 1 injector per cylinder operating at low RPM only to increase economy [is it called ECO FRIENDLY]untill the throttle is cranked then hang on. AGAIN, ANY ENGINE WITH 2 INJECTORS PER CYLINDER IS HIGH PERFORMANCE and in RACE ENGINE TERRITORY.
Remember the operating systems in these engines are not unique to outboareds. There is a brand out there that uses there car engines for there 4stroke range. [modified]
Now guys, its not all Bathurst you know I can switch on the TV anytime and see a FORD competing anywhere in the world in either classic or Formula 1 thats why Ford is better.
Anyway why would anybody have somthing if it wasnt the best.
Tony.