What Horse power kicker should I get?

[phatmanmike]

Re: What Horse power kicker should I get?

first... eveinrude doesnt make "short shaft" 115hp's.<br /><br />second... a long shaft kicker is often good cause when its wavy out and the *** end of the boat comes up on a wave, you want the motor to stay in the water so you dont burn it up.<br /><br />go to ebay and search for a 5-8hp evinrude, johnson, mercury, yamaha, suzuki,or tohatsu 2 stroke. keep it a 2 stroke.<br /><br />heck even an older air cooled sea king woould work.<br /><br />if you want cheap and simple, you shouldve gotten a kite, not a boat

 

[artburr]

Re: What Horse power kicker should I get?

Why limit to 2-cycle? I use a 5 hp 4-cycle Nissan for auxillary and (mostly) trolling on my 16.5 ft Alumacraft. It will get me back to the dock/ramp, a couple of miles, in any wind/current I am likely to encounter in Oregon bays and I can troll for several days on one 2.5 gallon tank!

 

[walleyehed]

Re: What Horse power kicker should I get?

Fuel use isn't going to be any substantial amount more with a 2-stroke, BUT, the weight/hp ratio will be more. 4-strokes are great kickers, but they add more weight to the transom than a 2-stroke of the same HP.

 

[steviecops]

Re: What Horse power kicker should I get?

I would keep the kicker the same as the main engine. ie, if you have a 2 stroke main, use a two stroke kicker. If they are different makes, swap one of the fuel connectors so that they match. That way you only need one fuel tank.

 

[TOHATSU GURU]

Re: What Horse power kicker should I get?

Massimofinance,<br /><br />You are much better off with a longshaft than a shortshaft.<br />P.S. Your Capri should have a longshaft transom, but back around 1988 they did release some with an 18" transom with some special edition Force 85's that had 18" legs.

 

[phatmanmike]

Re: What Horse power kicker should I get?

just suck it up and get a 115hp "kicker" that matches the first one, that way , when the first motor dies, you can still plane the boat and even go sking ....with your kicker !!!

 

[walleyehed]

Re: What Horse power kicker should I get?