repowering 20ft Alaskan/lund

[carmichael]

Still looking at changing engines on my 20ft Alaskan now wondering about a 90h/yamaha 4stroke<br /> . How ever I am a little concerned this would be underpowered. I use the boat for touring, hunting and fishing not pulling<br />skiers or anything like that. anythoughts on what<br />sort of top end I might exspect. Does anyone out thier run this combination??

 

[winoandino]

Re: repowering 20ft Alaskan/lund

Go with a 90hp Evinrude E-Tec. On similar boats the E-Tec is much much stronger than a 90 Yamaha 4-Stroke. It is compairable to the 115 Yamaha 4-Stroke.

 

[marinemech1]

Re: repowering 20ft Alaskan/lund

couldn't agree more with winoandino!!

 

[carmichael]

Re: repowering 20ft Alaskan/lund

Originally posted by yukonfloat:<br /> Still looking at changing engines on my 20ft Alaskan now wondering about a 90h/yamaha 4stroke<br /> . How ever I am a little concerned this would be underpowered. I use the boat for touring, hunting and fishing not pulling<br />skiers or anything like that. anythoughts on what<br />sort of top end I might exspect. Does anyone out thier run this combination??

 

[carmichael]

Re: repowering 20ft Alaskan/lund

My main concern in repowering is fuel consumption how will the evinrude comepare with<br />with the four stroke on that count?

 

[marinemech1]

Re: repowering 20ft Alaskan/lund

e-tec will be close (probably better) on fuel<br />maintence is definitly better nothing scheduled for 300 hours or three years (commerical you may want to shorten slightly) no belts valves chains etc. less moving parts to fail why not check them out at evinrude outboards.com

 

[moderator1]

Re: repowering 20ft Alaskan/lund

I believe I would take a serious look into the E-Tec as well.

 

[carmichael]

Re: repowering 20ft Alaskan/lund

Will check them out as far as I know no one has a E-tec in the Yukon yet. I was a little disappointed they arent lighter something like<br />336 lbs or so without the prop . The four stroke<br />Yamaha is only 360 or so.

 

[walleyehed]

Re: repowering 20ft Alaskan/lund

Still, it's about 30lbs lighter...there are many other advantages to an E-Tec.

 

[imported_esoxhunter]

Re: repowering 20ft Alaskan/lund

Is the original poster still around? Is the boat a tiller model? If so, what motor did you go with and what sort of performance/experience have you had? I too am looking to repower my 2004 20' Alaskan (tiller) and am trying to make a final decision. Am considering the following:

E-TEC 90 or 115
Yamaha F90

Leaning quite a bit toward the E-TEC right now.

EH

 

[bassboy1]

Re: repowering 20ft Alaskan/lund

I doubt the original poster is around. He isn't one of the "regulars." IMO go with the ETEC.

 

[imported_esoxhunter]

Re: repowering 20ft Alaskan/lund

Thanks.... I am leaning toward the E-TEC but am now wondering about which one, the 90 or the 115?

EH

 

[cjones4@hvc.rr.com]

Re: repowering 20ft Alaskan/lund

I was at the NY boat show last week and asked this exact question to one of the Evinrude reps. In my case - I am looking to repower a 1967 Starcraft Starchief cuddy that currently has a 1963 75HP 'rude. I told him I had already decided on an E-tec - just not sure if I should go with a 90 or 115. His recommendation was the 90. It will provide plenty of speed, better fuel economy, lower initial cost. I believe he gave me an honest answer, otherwise as a salesman he would have pushed the more expensive model. Good luck.

 

[imported_esoxhunter]

Re: repowering 20ft Alaskan/lund

Thanks for the input!

 

[imported_esoxhunter]

Re: repowering 20ft Alaskan/lund

Hi everyone!

I just thought I would post an update because I always hate it when I see a thread relevant to what I am interested in that simply doesn't come to any conclusion.

I ended up going with the E-TEC 90 tiller. I have one full season in now and all I can say is WOW! I have never had a purchase deliver so fully on all it's promises.

SUPER quiet
EASY on gas
HAULS *****

I even tried rope starting it just to see if THAT claim was true and the answer is YES!

I highly recommend an ETEC.

Also, it is about 50lbs lighter than the 4stroke Yam.

Cheers all,

EH

PS - What's with the "imported_" crap being attached to my username??

 

[steelespike]

Re: repowering 20ft Alaskan/lund

Probably some glitch.I lost my ID couldn't figure how to contact so I invented an alter egnce i got in touch they straightened it out and combined all my info under my original ID.If you post right here or try the "contact us" at the bottom of the page.Though it went much quicker posting here.Contact us just
responded a couple of weeks late.

 

[Texasmark]

Re: repowering 20ft Alaskan/lund

Hey Mooner, You had a good salesman. Going from your '63 fat 75 ("OBC certified brake hp"........which means power head rated = about 64 hp prop rated) to your proposed prop rated 90 hp E-tech is going to be a pretty good upgrade in power and performance......like 50 %. If you were at least half way satisfied with what you had you will probably be thrilled with the 90.

My 2c

Mark

 

[bassboy1]

Re: repowering 20ft Alaskan/lund

PS - What's with the "imported_" crap being attached to my username??

During the last board change, a couple issues took place with user names.

From the way I heard it, the old software was case sensitive, and also detected stuff like punctuation. So, Esoxhunter, and esoxhunter were different. The new software wasn't, and the mods, and admins, had to add something, and for reasons beyond me, they those imported. It had been addressed, and was supposedly gonna get fixed, but I think most people forgot about that. If you are worried about it, PM a mod, and they should be able to fix it.