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Originally Posted by PUREBAY2200
15 Hp diff from a 150 4 stroke yammy and a 200 4 stroke yammy.
I have read up on this alot; I reported from a 150 to a 225.
Every dealer I called said the same; 200 ain't worth the upgrade if u can go to a 225.
I spoke with yammy reps at every boat show I been to n the last 4 years; they all said the same.
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Agree with you purebay, but would like to add the 200 maybe adds 5 mph more speed, but what it does add is the lower end speeds. Can't for the life of me figure out why this boat isn't rated for a 225?!?!
I've talked to about 5 or 6 diff guys on 2cool that have 200's on their Frontier 210 and all say the same thing. Their speed equals their RPM's. So at top end your only doing 55 ish, but cruising at 40 mph at 4000 RPM's is awesome compared to running WOT with the F150 to get same speed.
ETA - Also agree with Purebay that The yammy F200 isn't a very good motor and doesn't add much over the F150. To make a noticable difference, you have to switch to a supercharged engine like the 200 SHO, 200 E-Tec, or the 200 Verado.
Bill Kenner told me that the 210 with a 200 opti pro x/s did 63 with him and another person on board in testing. But that no other fishing gear was on the boat. At that point I asked why it wasn't rated for a 225? His response, "Well how fast do you want to go?" :lol:
When he first started building these boats, the motor tech wasn't where it is today. Meaning the 225 and 250's weighed WAY too much to put on the boat. But now the 200 & 225 SHO is lighter than my Yammy F150.