Hi All
Just wondering if you can tell me what trim angle the 200 e-tec (not HO) achieves at full in trim.
Also wondering what RPM it switches from stratified to normal combustion. Can you feel it while driving at that RPM?
Back in the 90's I heard ficht owners complaining about the transition if they ran their motor at that RPM range. I'd like to know where it is to see if I would be able to avoid it and also if I can't avoid it to hear what it would be like.
Thanks
Greg
Just wondering if you can tell me what trim angle the 200 e-tec (not HO) achieves at full in trim.
negative 6 degrees. The thrust rod has adjustable positions so you can fine tune the trimmed in angle for various boats, if needed, to improve handling
Also wondering what RPM it switches from stratified to normal combustion. Can you feel it while driving at that RPM?
normally NO, as it is not at a standard rpm as explained in the next question
Back in the 90's I heard ficht owners complaining about the transition if they ran their motor at that RPM range. I'd like to know where it is to see if I would be able to avoid it and also if I can't avoid it to hear what it would be like.
Back in the early days, all the cylinders transitioned from stratified combustion to homogeneous combustion at the same time. You could feel a roughness at that point, but it normally was at around 1800 rpm and the boat was plowing water. Most folks didn't run at that speed. It was the same type of vibration that carbureted motors have had for many many years as they transitioned from the low speed circuit to the high speed circuit.
1998 and '99 motors with the updates, changed to half the cylinders transitioning then the other bank would, making things much smoother than the earlier "all at once" system.
The 2000 and later FICHT Ram series, had the computer transition one cylinder at a time so there was almost never any vibration at a certain rpm. The E-TECs are the same, not noticable. On some rigs you may get a bit on the 2 cylinder motors, but it's normally not at an rpm that you run at.
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thank you seahorse
very detailed answer, I really appreciate it.
-6 trim is very good
I thought they had fixed the transition but wanted to be sure.
One more question, if I wanted to run a seperate old school tacho, does the e-tec have an output to drive this?
I like the look of the icommand stuff, but I also need to run a seperate tacho feed to my perfect pass waterski speed control system.
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