We'll go back to the early 1970s, when things began to accelerate with the big-horsepower wars. The V4 OMC engines were approaching their maximum [consumer market] potential with the 135-horsepower V4 Starflite. Electronic-assisted shifting was still in the feature set, as well as the early-design power trim-and-tilt, as well as the pre-BIA bolt pattern transom mount system that utilized separate transom brackets for adjusting the engine height.

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