1999 193 champion DC 200 evinrude ficth

[champion193frost]

I bought my new rig, well new to me, and it cost my 12k, i test drove it, ran great, no problems with motor( to my knowlege) ran fast great, no problems starting, very clean, used though, was it a good price guys??? it came with lowrance in dash, thats it, nothing else, great trolling motor-minnk, and everthing works, except livewell system, but contacted the previous owner in which i bought it from and he is going to pay for it to be fixed,, just hope its under 500 dollars. also, I am having trouble posting my pics of boat on site, any suggestions?


Modified by champion193frost at 1:28 AM 6/4/2008


Modified by champion193frost at 1:55 AM 6/4/2008

[188ELITE]

see below post





Modified by 188ELITE at 11:08 AM 6/4/2008

[Lea]

Congratulations, frost! and welcome to the Champion family!!! That is one sharp looking rig!!!

188Elite...Richard...Ficht had some issues, true, but many, many owners had no problems what-so-ever. The fact that this one is still going fine, leads me to believe it is a sound motor...and quite possibly, it had the upgrade.

[Bitman]

man i like the white on white, looks great! congrats on your new ride!

[Tx Champ]

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Lea &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">...Ficht had some issues, true, but many, many owners had no problems what-so-ever. The fact that this one is still going fine, leads me to believe it is a sound motor...and quite possibly, it had the upgrade. </TD></TR></TABLE>

The power head issues were limited to the 150 & 175s. The only other problems I know of with the Ficht motors were the 225 HOs had a hard time keeping lower units together .

If it was maintained properly, I wouldn't be scared of a 200 in that vintage at all What say you, ChampioNman??

[ChampioNman]

[188ELITE]

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Lea &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Congratulations, frost! and welcome to the Champion family!!! That is one sharp looking rig!!!

188Elite...Richard...Ficht had some issues, true, but many, many owners had no problems what-so-ever. The fact that this one is still going fine, leads me to believe it is a sound motor...and quite possibly, it had the upgrade. </TD></TR></TABLE>

LET ME START OVER CONGRATS ON THE NEW RIG it is sharp looking! Now not trying to be funny about the motor, just keep a wachfull eye on it! My buddy has the 175 same year right now and is fighting a loosing battle every time he turns around. Wether its lower unit power head, trim motor, its just been like a bad curse and from all ive read the word ebreviation of FICTH is a bad word lol. But once agian welcome to the champion family! Its a group of people I feel proud to say I am apart of!

[ChampioNman]

Two totally different animals the 150/175's are 60* motors that had design flaws. The Big block 200/225's are 90 * motors that had some issues but recalls went out for the owners and modifications were made and they are a pretty solid motor. Run good oil in it and decarb it every 100 hours, run the proper plugs indexed correctly and the motor should give you years of reliable service.

[jpetro10]

nice rig! I just got a 2000 196 with a FICHT 200 on it and it runs great. From what ive heard ( and i tried to research the hell out of it) if you get one nowadays that has a decent amount of hours, you prolly got one of the good ones! Congrats man, your gonna love it! Is it your first boat?

[csmetreyeon]

Congrats on the new ride!

[Black Cougar]

Sharp looking rig!!!

Chris

[hooks2bset]

[billybass]

Congratulations on the new boat, she looks fantastic! And welcome to the BBC and the Champion forum.

[champion193frost]

my frist bass boat, yes sir!! i like it ok, takes on some rough water, my twin brother just bought a new z7 nitro and i think its smoother than his!! lol,, but yeah, my dads a guide so iam not new to bass fishing, just running my own boat, now i can do Wut i wanna do, fish how i want too, and win or lose on my own, lol,, its great, and thanks to all who replied

[dukhntr]

That is a nice ride. Looks alot like my old 181