Re: Info requested for a johnson 50
Howdy, Johnson50.<br /><br />Your engine is a 1974. <br /><br />"Powershift" means that you have an electric or electric/hydraulic shifting gearcase.<br /><br />"Loop charged" means that the engine is scavenged by looping the charge in the cylinder rather than deflecting it with a piston crown to cross the cylinder. Loop charging is superior to "cross flow" charging except in small engines running at low speeds.<br /><br />The OMC twin and triple cylinder "loopers" are excellent engines that were ahead of their time when introduced in the 60s and 70s.<br /><br />The OMC electric and electro-hydraulic gearcases can be difficult to maintain and were abandoned after only a few years.<br /><br />Good luck.
