250 Challenge in B&WB mag

[stan merck]

I was told by a person who was at the test. He asked to run it after the test was officially over for his own experience. I should have mentioned it was after the test, not during. Yamaha officially didnt care to run it on their eng. I wished he would of asked during the test but that wasnt his decision.

[Stinky]

There is no truth to that statement.


JT

Hey JT. You planing on re-running the 250 shootout now that the 250 ProXS is out.

That would remove the waa! waa! waa! it's a race motor argument. And maybe we would do even better now that its 3 star.

[6Killer]

For catching flying fish.

[1BadAction]

looks like a good manatee rig to me 4 labbed 24 cleavers and it'll be just like a ginsu infomercial

[JWTjr.]

Stinky, not sure if/when we will. These engine shootouts are great fun and very informative for the readers, but the manufacturers make it a real pain in the a$$. Too much whining (from ALL camps, not just one or two) when something doesn't go someone's way. Kind of like boat racing!

Believe me, I will continue to push the editors for every engine comparison we can. However, its ultimately not up to me.

JT

[stan merck]

John I am in no way complaining about how B&W handles these tests. I think yall do an outstanding job given all the variables envolved in trying to keep these things fair. I was just showin there's always something goin on behind the scenes, out of B&W's control. And I guess I was stirin up the pot but thats what makes all this stuff fun.

[150aintenuff]

test idea....


compair the various PROXS vs the XS and Verado

225PROXS VS 225 verado
250 pro vs 250 XS vs 250 VERADO
275 VERADO vs 250 ProXS and XS 250
300XS vs 275 Verado

on say a bullet, or Triton, or heck make it a walleye boat or bay boat like a skeeter or ranger or champion so that way us readers can make a real world comparison of all the upper performance motors merc has to offer in terms of fuel mielege GPH, top speed, best acceleration, ect.. that way we know which green merc is actually the baddest one of the breed....

[Carlson150XS]

John-
Because of your tests I have subscribed to BWB. I also bought two friends a subscription as a present. We need more tests that give us the product knowledge to make good buying decisions.
Thanks again!
jim

[JW]

How about a test of the little guys? 15 Honda versus 15 Merc versus 15 Johnson etc. all on 14' aluminum boats

[150aintenuff]

How about a test of the little guys? 15 Honda versus 15 Merc versus 15 Johnson etc. all on 14' aluminum boats

that would be cool as well.... but dont forget yamaha 8 and 15 in that test..

[The Big Al]

that would be cool as well.... but dont forget yamaha 8 and 15 in that test..

That would be Great!

[stan merck]

Compare the new engs to an old 9.8 merc too. See if any of the new stuff is really any better than the old.

[sho305]

The Opti really puts the hurt on the 4 strokes there, I wonder what the 'green' organizations think about those mpg numbers. Using less fuel is 'green' right? Really too bad the OMC was not in there.

[stan merck]

What gets me is all the laws have done is make the engs get heavier so the boats get bigger and heavier to support the engs. Everyone use to have smaller boats with smaller engs that basically use the same amount of fuel as the newer big stuff. Outboards hardly pollute at all when you look at the whole picture. A cow fart does more damage they say so why dont they hang catalytic converters off their rears and leave the ole 2 strokes alone.

[Fish]

What gets me is all the laws have done is make the engs get heavier so the boats get bigger and heavier to support the engs. Everyone use to have smaller boats with smaller engs that basically use the same amount of fuel as the newer big stuff. Outboards hardly pollute at all when you look at the whole picture. A cow fart does more damage they say so why dont they hang catalytic converters off their rears and leave the ole 2 strokes alone.

Because everyone in congress eats steak, but very few (i would bet) drive outboard boats, especially high performance. What do they care, it does not effect them (like cows do)and only really effects a small percentage of the country. They then can run in the next election on an enviormentally friendly platform because they voted to clean up OB's making the enviormentalists happy, and only pissing off the HIPO community. They all suck.