twin 140 Zukes

[Terry England]

Hunterdave,
See if you can raise BillPotter on this site. I think he is running a pair of 115 Zukes on a 23 which actually weight a couple of pounds more than the 140's. I think he is a yacht surveyor or such. When we last talked he was heading into a serious rebuild on that boat, but he told me the motors were great and with twin wheels digging, "it felt like it had four wheel drive".

[GameOnSalmon]

Hunterdave,
Have you considered going to a 175, 200 or 225 Zuke as a big Single.

There was a thread floating here with a 175 zuke on a 23 Tsunami that was getting around 40mph.

I bet a single 200 zuke would turn that into a Rocket ship along with an excellent fuel burn rate with the proper set up. So many guys fail to realize at the end of the day... SET UP ( engine height and prop selection ) really determines the boats over all performance.

I just raised a friends 175 Rude up 2 holes and switched prop pitch/diameter along with going to stainless from aluminum and its like driving an entirely different boat... Picked up almost 11mph... and now he loves that boat.

He was just about to sell it...

Robert

[kmoose]

Suzuki has a great deal on the DF250 AP for $17,500 with 6 years of warranty. It is a hell of a motor and a huge step up in performance and fuel economy over their standard DF 250. The AP is actually the same exact motor as their DF 300... fly by wire, lean burn and forged everything. I'm running a 10 year old DF 250 on my heavily dressed Tsunami and topping out at 42 knots. At a 27 knot cruise I get a solid 2 nautical mpg running the cheapest pump gas with a full dive load and 4 hefty men.

Going with a big single would cut maintaince cost in half, reduce drag and save you 225 lbs. off your transom.

[DonV]

HunterDave, the Moose knows!

[hunterdave]

Thanks for the input guys. Fishing off of Louisiana , every time I leave the mouth of the bay, I'm going at least 40 miles offshore and I like having that other motor there. Most people that fish offshore here a lot, run twins . She originally had twin Johnson 140's and She is all set up for twins. I know that going single would benefit operational cost, weight concerns and maintenance cost, but I would never fish offshore here , as much as I do ,in a boat with a single engine.
I will try to contact Bill Potter as Terry suggested to see how his twin 115 are doing.
If anyone else has any input or knows someone running twin 140 zukes please post.
Thanks
David

[Bigshrimpin]

Briguy has twin zuke 115's . . . do a search on his name. He posted performance numbers on here.

[Snookerd]

I PMed you his cell #

[hunterdave]

Thanks fellows. I'll search for his post and see what I can find. If I can't find anything I'll give him a call.

[gofastsandman]

Originally Posted by kmoose

Suzuki has a great deal on the DF250 AP for $17,500 with 6 years of warranty. It is a hell of a motor and a huge step up in performance and fuel economy over their standard DF 250. The AP is actually the same exact motor as their DF 300... fly by wire, lean burn and forged everything. I'm running a 10 year old DF 250 on my heavily dressed Tsunami and topping out at 42 knots. At a 27 knot cruise I get a solid 2 nautical mpg running the cheapest pump gas with a full dive load and 4 hefty men.

Going with a big single would cut maintaince cost in half, reduce drag and save you 225 lbs. off your transom.

And have a great hand on balance and light to boot. Light always wins.
With understanding.

Cheers,
GFS

[kmoose]

Originally Posted by hunterdave

Thanks for the input guys. Fishing off of Louisiana , every time I leave the mouth of the bay, I'm going at least 40 miles offshore and I like having that other motor there. Most people that fish offshore here a lot, run twins . She originally had twin Johnson 140's and She is all set up for twins. I know that going single would benefit operational cost, weight concerns and maintenance cost, but I would never fish offshore here , as much as I do ,in a boat with a single engine.
I will try to contact Bill Potter as Terry suggested to see how his twin 115 are doing.
If anyone else has any input or knows someone running twin 140 zukes please post.
Thanks
David

Dave I get the concerns with running offshore as my last 4 trips tallied over 120 nautical round trip per outting as I fish the Gulf as well. For several years a small 4 stroke kicker that would push my boat at displacement speed for eternity was kept in a foward compartment. It was much lighter than going with twins and offered the same security at only a fraction of the added weight. That kicker has long been taken off the boat with no regrets. I do carry tow insurance but am pretty confident I will never use it.

I'm not a gambling man but I do the math. If you ever get a chance to talk with a few SeaTow or TowBoat US skippers, ask them about who and what keeps them busy. It certainly isn't running offshore to rescue well maintained fishing vessels with modern 2 and 4 stoke outboards. I/O crusers and weekend warriors with fuel issues and dead batteries are their bread and butter.