Suzuki 200 hp four stroke

[JIM]

: Information,
Recently I was talking to a good friend from college and we were on the topic a four stroke outboard. We both had a mutual friend in college who is now an engineer for Suzuki.
So anyway this friend from school sort of let some information out about a 200/225 for stroke that Suzuki outboards is ready to release into the marketplace very soon.

So what do you think?
Jim

[Keef]

Suzuki, Honda, Yamaha, Mercury? are all working on big V6 4stks.
First to hit the market will be the Yamaha 225 possibly by April. Does not look like the others are going to make it this year.

[Jay]

I frankly don't see what the big deal is about a V6 four-stroke. Why the big push for it? The current DFI's are just as fuel efficient, have low emissions, are lighter, and have more power than a 4-stroke. They also start easier. Noise is the only advantage I can see. What am I missing?

[4-stroke]

What's missing: Try Reliability !

[Keef]

I think the next few years will be very interesting regarding the future of outboard motors.
Ordinary 2stks are already history. Will the market be dominated by direct injection 2stks or 4 stks, or will both find a niche?
Honda never made 2 stks, Suzuki will probably be phasing out 2stk production in the near future.
My guess is that with improved design and weight saving 4stks will continue narrowing the power/weight ratio gap. If I had to put money on it, then I would say 4stks.

I have seen suggestions of onboard fuel cells powering electric motors, but, for motive power at least, I think that's a way down the line yet.

Keef

[jim]

Gentleman, if you do some research into the (epa) Environmental Protection Agency they expect big changes for all oil burning combustion engines for 2006. so what this all means is that all this neat technology like the opti-max Direct injection, Evenrude RAM, and so on will be obsolete in a few years.
This technology of direct injection is just as just middle ground conversion from two stroke to four stroke and that is all.

Jim

[Jim O]

Reliability, less moving parts, less expensive replacement parts
My 2 cents,
Jim Ordway