G,Day. I find it odd that outboard manufacturers make so many differant size capacity motors that have the same horsepower. For example. Mercury make a 2 Cyl 40HP that displaces 644cc, they also make a 3Cyl 40HP of 967cc. surely the bigger motor would be a better buy. Yamaha have a 3 cyl 40hp of 698cc and a 2 Cyl 40hp of 703cc? Johnsons old 3 Cyl 70HP (a great motor) was 920cc, smaller than the Merc 40. Yamaha have a 70HP of 849cc and a 75HP of 1140cc. The 4 stroke motors appear to be similar in size throughout the brands. What are the thoughts of others
<br /><br />Give me more cylinders, and fewer carburators (or efi).<br />Thats how I ended up with a 3 cylinder single carb 70hp motor.<br /><br />Oh heck, just give me that one over there, the one with the blue and white stripes. They will match my boat. 