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FL70A repower
I have a nice 2010 Lowe Stinger 170 bass boat that my wife and I enjoy a lot. This is the eleventh boat or canoe my wife and I have owned in 50 years. We purchased this boat with no motor and rigged it special with my own Merc 25 hp outboard and a CMC trim/tilt plate. It was set up this way to fish a specific lake near us that had a 25 hp limit. Since then we moved and upgraded to a 2002 Merc 3 cyl 75 2 stroke. It's a nice engine. but she and I talked about going to a new boat or just updating this one. We decided to upgrade this one.
First,it gets all new batteries, a new RipTide Ulterra and I am seriously considering repowering with a brand new Yamaha FL70A. How are these lighter weight motors doing as far as issues and reliability? Anyone here running one of these?
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The model is F70LA.
The F70LA has been in production for ten years now. Seems to be one of Yamaha's better models.
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You are correct sir thank you. It is a F70LA. This motor would actually be a little lighter in weight compared to my 3 cyl Merc. I see they use it on the Alumacraft Pro 175 boats. That is a very similar boat in weight, and dimensions to my hull. So they find it is a good option from the factory.
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Hope somebody answers you, I have the same or similar question, how much difference is there in the F70LA and the 75 mercury 4 stroke because there is a hundred pound difference in weight. I don't want to raise the bow in the wind any more than necessary and I prefer a shallow draft over speed. Will the Yamaha 70 put an 18 foot aluminum boat on plane and run 30 mph.
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When I was still working at a dealership we sold many boats with these engines. I replaced 1 power head because the customer changed his own oil and put 2 stroke oil back in it. The rest of them I done oil changes and regular maintenance on. Great engine. Also yamaha paid for 100% of his mistake.
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