"Hot Foot" installation?

[stratodown]

I have an '88 Stratos 189V F+S with a Johnson 200hp looper V-6. I've got a single lever OMC control, all '88 vintage stuff. someone gave me a "hot foot" foot throttle that has "chapparal" engraved in it. I'm assuming it came from a chaparral boat. Do i have any hope of using this foot throttle on my Stratos? Sure would like to have more control over the throttle without the boat being in gear! Thanks in advance!

 

[Dhadley]

Re: "Hot Foot" installation?

Very common and useful in a performance boat. The only downside is holding your foot in one position on long runs that you're not going wide open. On a lot of my recreational boats that had a foot throttle I'd leave the existing cable in the boat that's hooked to the control box. Install the foot throttle with a new cable (the existing one probably isn't long enough anyway), that way you can swap back and forth in a few seconds if you want to.