Merc. Or Yammyhaw
 

Which do you prefer Mercury Outboards, or Yamaha Outboards...2 stroke or 4 stroke?

merc 2.5 racing engine, 2 stroke

Yamaha Outboards... 4 stroke any day.

I'm running a Yamaha 200 HPDI....no complaints..

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see those behind bullets and allisons

I have only owned THE BEST "YAMAHA". I have owned an HPDI....great motor....but as my slogan says it all.....4 Stroke Yamaha.....need not say more!!!!

deff would go with the yamaha. as for 2 or 4 stroke it depends on the application

I commercial fish & crab and have run almost every motor on the market, but out of the 2 you listed Mercury has given me the least problems and the best fuel economy.


Warren

A lot of commercial fishermen I know have gone to Tahotsu(spelling?) and Suzuki.
Before 4 strokes, they mostly ran Mercury and Evinrudes.

Merc all the way:)

yammy hammer baby...now thats a 4 stroke..V8

they have them supercharged now

they been supercharged..

a yamaha? sure you dont mean the verado?

merc has the supercharger. yamaha has the v8

This is one of those topics that we can all agree to disagree on just like FORD OR CHEVY.....WELL GIVE ME A YAMAHA & A CHEVY.

both are good, but both have weaknesses, i give the 4 stroke to yami, but you CANNOT beat the fuel economy of an opti, if you can prove me wrong. and those who say the optis blow up alot... well that was true at one time, but you yall need to look into how many hpdi blow. but either way the market has come along way for direct injection, the fuel econemy is awesome. but still give me my choice and its a carb 2 stroke, be it yami or merc, but those v-4 yammis are really hard to beat

Are you saying a MERC OPTI gets better fuel economy than a 4 stroke Yamaha........

no....i think he's saying he gives the 4 stroke market advantage to Yamaha and the 2 stroke market to the Merc Opti.

I've run both, currently have 4 stroke Yamaha....really can't go wrong with either.