Trying to loose some weight-1999 EFI Cowl

[Nikon Man]

What if any low cost, (no carbon fiber) cowls options are there in trying to loose some weight on this 99 EFI cowl, Fiberglass and very heavy ! Any other plastic top cowls interchange with the existing 99 EFI lower cowl mounts ?

Thank you

[JOE54]

late mod opti should drop on

[Nikon Man]

late mod opti should drop on

Correct me if I'm wrong, but the Opti's secure differently than the EFI cowls ?????

[Merc2.4]

Yep some opti cowls work , there's a feller on s&f that was selling a motor with a opti cowl. It was while back but it did fit

[Nikon Man]

Yep some opti cowls work , there's a feller on s&f that was selling a motor with a opti cowl. It was while back but it did fit

I'll see if I can find that as a reference. Thx

[JOE54]

did some looking at the plastic cowls on my EPC latches and stuff look same as later mod efi 96 up stuff

[Nikon Man]

did some looking at the plastic cowls on my EPC latches and stuff look same as later mod efi 96 up stuff

[aussiejake]

Optimax cowl on a 2006 150hp EFI...perfect fit and a fraction of the weight, no modification required as both latches are the same.

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[Nikon Man]

Optimax cowl on a 2006 150hp EFI...perfect fit and a fraction of the weight, no modification required as both latches are the same.

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Thank you so much for those pics, "EXACTLY" what I was looking for...........my search has begun for that same cowl.......

[aussiejake]

I'm glad it helped. The cowl was off a 2007 175hp Optimax.

Here's a link to my post awhile back

http://www.bbcboards.net/showthread.php?t=1066803

[Nikon Man]

I'm glad it helped. The cowl was off a 2007 175hp Optimax.

Here's a link to my post awhile back

http://www.bbcboards.net/showthread.php?t=1066803

Thanks again for sharing this info.......

[JOE54]

135,150,175, plastics are same

[sleeper bird]

not to hijack the thread, so on the 200efi 2002 model the opti cowlings of the same year or aprox year will work?

[aussiejake]

As long as they're of the same HP range as JOE54 has mentioned above.

No need to change the lower cowl as the top one just goes straight on.