gerg
Well-known member
Well, I finally did it.
I decided to re-power the boat (as opposed to selling it and trading up) and the project is almost complete. The new engines are on the boat and just a few small projects remain (see below). I'll probaly bring it home this Friday.
The boat is a 1991 Parker 2510 with twin yamaha 150 2-strokes.
First of all, I went through all the obsessions over which engines (hdpi-vs-di, 2 vs 4 stroke, e-tec vs yammies vs suzukis/johnson, etc) to get.
I about pulled my hair out and finally settled on new Yamaha 4-stroke 150's. I bought in time to get the yamaha extended service incentive they offered this spring. With this project, the only original components left on the boat are the hull and fuel tank.
The new engines will get me at least another 150 miles of range, will probably almost double my fuel economy, and will be much more reliable. They will take me places, lots of places.
Anyway, If I can figure out the pic adding thing, they will appear below. If I can edit them into a sequence, I'll do that also.
[update], ok, I can't figure it out. The pictures seem to have gone in backwards. the last one is the original power, the first is the new console controls/guages, and the empty box is where the oil tanks used to be.
You can see more pics in a more cohesive order here: http://www.ctfisherman.com/cgi-bin/ulti ... 02764.html?
I decided to re-power the boat (as opposed to selling it and trading up) and the project is almost complete. The new engines are on the boat and just a few small projects remain (see below). I'll probaly bring it home this Friday.
The boat is a 1991 Parker 2510 with twin yamaha 150 2-strokes.
First of all, I went through all the obsessions over which engines (hdpi-vs-di, 2 vs 4 stroke, e-tec vs yammies vs suzukis/johnson, etc) to get.
I about pulled my hair out and finally settled on new Yamaha 4-stroke 150's. I bought in time to get the yamaha extended service incentive they offered this spring. With this project, the only original components left on the boat are the hull and fuel tank.
The new engines will get me at least another 150 miles of range, will probably almost double my fuel economy, and will be much more reliable. They will take me places, lots of places.
Anyway, If I can figure out the pic adding thing, they will appear below. If I can edit them into a sequence, I'll do that also.
[update], ok, I can't figure it out. The pictures seem to have gone in backwards. the last one is the original power, the first is the new console controls/guages, and the empty box is where the oil tanks used to be.
You can see more pics in a more cohesive order here: http://www.ctfisherman.com/cgi-bin/ulti ... 02764.html?