Vote: best brand of inboard propulsion engine...

I cant really honestly vote
only thing I have much experience with is that old evinrude I got for free as a kid and beat into submission ( made work )
I seem to remember it being a 100 and it ran forever
but I also took it apart and put it together about a hundred times until finally I just got a rebuild kit and went for it
thing never did actually died on me other than once and that was out in the middle of the bay
perfect eh
early on in its career though
before the first tear down
mater of fact I think I ripped into it the very next day

I used it on a number of small boats for a solid ten years growing up
would not say it was the best or worst
but it was the one I had and I could always make it run

cheers
B

 

The best engine wasn't even listed... What's wrong with Kitty CAT Yellow?

 

I think the little CAT's are repainted Perkins

 

By "little" you must mean those smaller than 100 Hp....

 

I think the perkins range goes higher than that once you add turbo aftercooler versions..
before Cat bought Perkins they were the largest customer.

I agree its a poor list of engines if your talking under 160kw

 

cummins, which sell more engines into boats that any other
i just put a d6 volvo into a boat, outdrive, you can not get your fingures between transom and engine
the puter needs professional programming, it is so electronic that at see would scare the bejeesus out of me

 

no choice any more whoosh
either rebuild an old engine ( which you cant import) or dont go boating in Europe and many other countries OR
use engine over 3000kw as they are still exempt ( I think)

You need an ipac a laptop and the internet to fix a Volvo these days

 

...I'm with Fast Fred...horses for courses mate, define the use, speed and hours to be run before you can expect answers that are meaningful.

Apex, for instance (and myself) are of the old school mid speed engines, but again, depends on what they are to be used for......

 

no Cummins are not IVECO IVECO are trucks Cummins power most of the worlds truck outside of Europe
Cummins start at around 8o shp BUT the 4 is a mech engine not tier two
i have fitted many, I heard of a b doing 15000 commercial with not even a top overhaul
i have just fitted a Volvo I hate the bloody things, bored in the block, so much electronics you can not hook up without a sci fi guy to programme the computer
and guess what stamped on the engine--useful life 10000
and guess what, you buy it, you can not finish the boat within 2 years and whoops you have no warranty

 

Does anyone know if anybody still makes a medium speed engine that is tier II compliant?
of any shp?

 

Having been a service dealer for the green death...
just think of the money you will make from them over their life....

 

shp?
vetus deutz, this is the engine for our new boat 114 shp over 4 litre , wet liners cheap as chips, that bloody Volvo above was 60k with Outdrive, NZ dollars

 

Iveco (Fiat)still had a compliant MECHANICAL engine when I was looking in the 120 -140 hp range. 6 cyl turbo or not.

US compliant , no idea about Euro ,

 

I wonder how compliant the engine out of my truck is in Alaskan waters

international diesel 7.3 liter
normally carburated
~170 hp ~380ft/lbs
gets great millage
smokes like a ***** if you start it on a cold winter day

 

Alaska doesn't have any Laws about Marine Engines aboard vessels...