E-tec advertising is absolutely shameless

[AwesomeBullet]

I travel enough as it is. Anytime you are in Florida, look me up and I'll go out and show you a solo run of 79 on the gps...and 76-77 with a passenger. I don't have to drag my rig all over the country to prove what it can do, enough members of not only BBC and this site, but Ultimate Bass, Cooper River Bassmasters, and Allison Owners have seen it run what I claim it will that I have nothing to prove. I just hate seeing a motor bashed when it could be a combination of bad driver, bad setup, something wrong with the hull, something wrong with that particular motor, etc. I also have a demo 201 sitting on the lot that has run 78 on the gps tourney loaded, full fuel, one passenger. Sure, this is mainly a Mercury performance site, but you gotta admit, the Etec has turned up the heat on Mother Merc and the net outcome is that all of us benefit from the current generation of outboard offerings!

[bassin10]

im not saying they are bad engines , the ones i have ran and seen didnt acclerate or have the top end of the other brands . I never said his boat didnt run that fast , i just said find one and run it against my freinds yamaha 225 efi 3.1 on a tr 20. As we can see they are sharp looking dudes , another freind of mine that has one loves the lack of gas and oil consumption of it , witch at $3.00 /gal and $23.00 / gal for oil makes a big difference , and it seems that all the dfi engines have had there problems one sort of another .

[AwesomeBullet]

Yep, anymore they are really all about the same. Just depends on what your local dealer sells and services, and who is offering the best warranty at the time...

[Lanceonthelake]

Which one of you has the bigger BASS

[bassin10]

i never said they were bad engines , they look sharp as we can see from the picture , my freind loves his , doesnt drink much gas , uses very little oil , all of the dfi engines have had there probs, the ones i have seen and used and ran , just didnt have the accleration or top end of the other brands , we blast off 30-50 boats at once on tournys and you can see it . Performance of a engine is just not limited to how fast it runs though.

[bassin10]

when you get to fish that size , it really doesnt matter , that one was 27 inches long !

[bassin10]

http://http://im1.shutterfly.com/pro...20108ScNWrdo24how do you post a picture on here ? cant fig it out.

[theoldwizard]

Grant's just gonna hav'ta order up a E-TEC 250HO !!

[gotboostedvr6]

I'm personally very impressed with the E-tecs and until Greg tests merc , brp, and yami 300's on the 22 Progression i dont think any of us can really say which is better

I would like to vote for a 300 brp as the first test motor on the progression

[mirage243]

Hey basssin10, I will bet you a big check that if you put a E-tec 225 HO on the same boat with the same prop as a Yamaha 225 HPDI on the same boat with the same prop, that the E-tec will outrun the Yammi.

[coop182]

question is ? how do you get by for three tears without any maintaince or even an oil change? not to mention filters or water pump impellors

[Michael J Giesler]

hey brett we will see about that at blarney's this year.

[E-tec1]

you guys bash and whine, it was a stock friggn motor with minor mods, i remember people here sayin and e-tec will never run with the boys out there, lots of work man, lots of goin backwards and forward,whine all they want, there is so much more to accomplish,the ridiculous crying makes me want to just find somewhere else to go run and listen to it, it ran well, end of story

[E-tec1]

is shameless

[mirage243]

Hey Coop182, You gotta read the fine print, Just like with everyone else's advertising.