2 stroke ban??

[jwclbi]

After a recent trip to S FL I stopped and saw some folks in central FL and of coarse boating became the topic of conversation and one guy said the government has put a ban on all two stroke outboard sales. I disagreed but really didnt have any info on the subject. Any of you guys know anything about this?

[Blue_Heron]

I don't know about any ban, but the emmissions standards have gotten stringent enough that only the direct injection 2 strokes (HPDI, Opti, Etec) can meet the standards. I think 2006 was the last model year before the new standards took effect.
Dave

[jwclbi]

thats what I had said, the direct injection ( hpdi opti's) were still in production but this guy said no 2 strokes at all. And when I said a few years back the ETech commercial had said their two stroke burned as clean as a four stroker he disagreed. Anyway I dont think there is ban, but the more info the better. I would like to keep this hard head silenced!!

[nestorpr]

Go to the Evinrude website and copy the page about how clean the etecs are and how they already meet the future EPA standards that even the 4-strokes are having some issues with. That guy has no clue and is repeating what some other people think is true.