hello,repower question

river37091

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need to repower my alum bass boat.looking at a 2001 50 4 stroke high thrust yamaha.any info on these engines?thanks roy
 

bigbrownbuku

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Re: hello,repower question

very dependable motors, wont be very fast butt it will push heavy things
 

river37091

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Re: hello,repower question

thanks,never heard of high thrust.going to check out mercury also.appreciate the reply,roy
 

WillyBWright

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Re: hello,repower question

High Thrust is for pontooons and other heavy boats. Mercury's version is Big Foot. Neither are appropriate for planing boats in general, although they work. They're just slow. The props are more expensive, too. And since it's a larger gearcase than the conventional model, it sticks further into the water which isn't a good thing in shallow water.
 
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