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07-05-2021, 10:06 PM #1New Member
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Anyone have opinions, or advice? Should I move this to a different area on the website?
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07-16-2021, 09:37 AM #3
Depends how heavy that Johnson is, I have a '90 20vee that I temporarily put a 3.0 Merc 225 EFI on. Motor weighed around 490lbs, I had to put 100lbs of sand under the front deck and install a hydrofoil to get the boat to run right and set level in the water. All in all it wasn't worth it, the vee hulls were never meant to have a heavy motor on them because they don't have the third brace in the transom like the mid 90's bullets do. The perfect motor for a vee boat is a 2.5 v6. Anything around 400lbs or under would move that boat plenty fast enough. I just repowered with a '95 XRi 200, motor is sub 400lbs and allowed me to remove the sand bags from the deck and shed around 200lbs all together.
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Maybe a little late but what Sam Hain has said is true. For one, Bullet had a warning decal on them up until 95/96 that stated NOT to put on a heavy motor (3.0L or larger). They added a third transom brace in 95/96 which changed that. The light weight of those boats make them run great with a 2.5L. Finally, I'm a Bullet guy thru and thru, have been since 1992. I fish, but in my younger days I also wanted the speed you could only get from a Bullet/Allison/ Stroker bass boat. Now much older I like to have the power/speed when needed but I also care more about the fishing. That being said, putting an old Johnson on a Bullet is no different than putting an inline 4 banger in a Vette!! If you want speed, and guessing you do since you bought a Bullet, then why put on something you will not be happy with!!
Last edited by Bulletman20; 08-24-2021 at 10:20 AM. Reason: Typo
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09-26-2021, 09:57 PM #5
Slide a 200 Promax on that thing and get ready to learn how to drive!
1990 Shadow bass boat w/ 2.4 200 Merc. Totally resto'd boat and love it!
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