Doing some thinking for down the road, nothing is happening right away. It has a 150 mercury 2 stroke, and eventually would like to upgrade to a new motor 4 stroke. Weight difference is 80 lbs (mercury to mercury); should I be worried that this transom won't be able to tolerate the extra weight? This year model is stamped and rated for a 200 hp motor. Also, was thinking (and this thought may happen sooner than a new motor), about adding power poles to the current setup with a 150 2 stroke motor. Worth my time or will I see performance issues to the point I hate them?
Anyone running this series boat or similar with power poles?
Anyone put a new 200 on one of these boats and had issues with transom?
Anyone put this combo together and had issues?
I would think that the 200 with power poles shouldn't be an issue, but that is adding almost an additional 100 lbs on that transom if I were to go with the combo. Also, I may never upgrade the motor, the current motor only has 140 hours on it and I bought it with 100 and it has been flawless every time I have taken it out. All it needed was spark plugs, new fuel filter and new water impeller. So realistically, the idea of adding power poles with the 150 would make the most sense as I cannot see the need for a new motor at this point. Just worry I am going to dog it down and hate the idea of having them with the extra weight.
Thanks for all responses in advance.