Pro XS Vs. SHO

[killin_Wells]

I am looking at a new oat I am am between two motors. The Merc. Pro XS 225 or the Yamaha SHO 225. I will be fishing primarily in Big Lake, I have seen plenty of the Merc out there but have yet to see a SHO on the Lake. I have only seen them on bass boats and wonder how they will hold up to the salt water. I am curious if anyone has pros or cons between the two I know the SHO will cost more. Does anyone know what their maintenance schedule is like, and has anyone seen their performance first hand. Thanks in advance for the help.

[fishinpox]

I've fished a boat that has a 250 SHO and it's sweeeeet! If going on a bay boat u need to mount it on a jackplate bcuz of the 20" shaft . I have heard those merc xs and proxs can be temperamental . If it was me I'd get the sho

[killin_Wells]

Originally Posted by fishinpox

I've fished a boat that has a 250 SHO and it's sweeeeet! If going on a bay boat u need to mount it on a jackplate bcuz of the 20" shaft . I have heard those merc xs and proxs can be temperamental . If it was me I'd get the sho

I was looking at adding a 10" hydraulic jackplate to whichever one I choose. It will probably be a 21' or 22' center console.

[fishinpox]

Pm member waterbowl on here he has one on his boat

[meaux fishing]

I'd get the four stoke reliability for SHO

[Top Dawg]

I heard the XS was faster than the pro xs. Is that right?

[huntin fool]

Get the SHO

[ckinchen]

I was speaking with the owner of LMC Marine is Houston today at lunch and the SHO came up. He had a 250 PRO XS on his boat and replaced it with a 250SHO. He believes the SHO to be the same speed as the PRO XS if not faster with the advantages of a 4 stroke. Get ready because there will be 30 or more people on this site that will tell you a PRO XS is faster and maybe it is but this person has access to Yam and Merc engines and obviously can get them at cost and decided to go with the SHO. That to me is very telling. He has only used his boat in saltwater and has a jackplate.

[PaulMyers]

Originally Posted by ckinchen

I was speaking with the owner of LMC Marine is Houston today and lunch and the SHO came up. He had a 250 PRO XS on his boat and replaced it with a 250SHO. He believes the SHO to be the same speed as the PRO XS if not faster with the advantages of a 4 stroke. Get ready because there will be 30 or more people on this site that will tell you a PRO XS is faster and maybe it is but this person has access to Yam and Merc engines and obviously can get them at cost and decided to go with the SHO. That to me is very telling. He has only used his boat in saltwater and has a jackplate.

That's good to hear Casey. Now all I have to do when I order my boat is decide whether I want the 250 SHO or the Zuk 250SS.

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["W"]

Ok......I have been doing some work on the Sho....because I'm thinking about getting one on my next Haynie..
He is what I have found
Fuel mileage is better on Opi max vs Sho on same boat...
Sho is heavier vs Opti Max

A guy ran a Sho 250 on a Trition for one month and ran the Opi 250 on same boat

He burned almost double the fuel with the sho...said fuel mileage is horrible

This is a guide who had the Sho to demo...

[huntin fool]

Originally Posted by PaulMyers

That's good to hear Casey. Now all I have to do when I order my boat is decide whether I want the 250 SHO or the Zuk 250SS.

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stick to the sho paul. I wouldn't go the zuk route

["W"]

And he said the 250 Opt was about 4mph faster on top speed

[boggycreek]

Man i had the suzuki ss peice of crap,it did not run as good as my 225 yamaha 4 stroke does.And to top it off it did not even last me a year.But to each his own.

[PaulMyers]

Originally Posted by boggycreek

Man i had the suzuki ss peice of crap,it did not run as good as my 225 yamaha 4 stroke does.And to top it off it did not even last me a year.But to each his own.

Those are the first bad words I've heard about a Suzuki.

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[BIGJ]

And here we go again.
Yammie for SHO.

[huntin fool]

Originally Posted by "W"

And he said the 250 Opt was about 4mph faster on top speed

Who are you referring to, pilgrim?

[fishinpox]

The 2 guys I know with em both have nothing but good things to say about the sho fuel consumption, speed, reliability

[ckinchen]

Originally Posted by fishinpox

The 2 guys I know with em both have nothing but good things to say about the sho fuel consumption, speed, reliability

I do not know anyone with a SHO that has not been happy with it. The Zukes always seem slower than both the Yam and the Merc.

[ckinchen]

Originally Posted by "W"

And he said the 250 Opt was about 4mph faster on top speed

I know someone in Houston with a Haynie 24HO and a 250SHO, it ran 65mph loaded which is exactly what the 250PRO XS typically runs. 4mph would put an HO at almost 70 tournament loaded with a 250 PRO, sorry but I don't see it since a 300 2 stroke racing motor only runs around 70 or slightly above on that boat.

["W"]

Just relying what I was told.....now a trition is a lead sled also.....

He is doing a test right now on the fuel milage @ 4000 rpm vs both motors....to see if the sho gets better milage at that rate....because at 48-52 is was like 2.2 miles to the Gal