Engine on the move!

[gotchiguy]

Originally Posted by Downhilldai

How much oil does a V6 e-tec burn in 50 hours?

Less than a V6 Opti

[Pikey Dave]

Originally Posted by Downhilldai

Your silence on this thread has been deafening.

Leave him alone, he's been busy in "another place" abusing the cousins

[Downhilldai]

Originally Posted by Pikey Dave

Depends on usage & engine size, V6 range is 150-300hp. ........ At idle, virtually no oil is used.

You don't buy a V6 to run around at idle RPM though?

Originally Posted by Pikey Dave

This however is burned within the engine & is exhausted as carbon. No raw oil leaves the engine.

I expect that's what happens to waste 4-stroke oil. They must have stopped dumping it in the sea by now?

[Downhilldai]

Originally Posted by gotchiguy

Less than a V6 Opti

Not according to what Chris said.

What's your experience of running a V6 Opti?

[Pikey Dave]

Originally Posted by Downhilldai

You don't buy a V6 to run around at idle RPM though?

You'd be surprised how many are used for "trolling"

Originally Posted by Downhilldai

I expect that's what happens to waste 4-stroke oil. They must have stopped dumping it in the sea by now?

Touche!

[gotchiguy]

Originally Posted by willk

It's much worse than that. Why do they have to dip their 'orrible sumps? To top 'em up is why! And where did the oil go I wonder...

Originally Posted by Downhilldai

They must have stopped dumping it in the sea by now?

One other thing...doesn't the fact that XD100 is fully synthetic mean that it is much more environmentally friendly to produce, and unlike products made from naturally sourced oil doesn't it degrade much more quickly?

Originally Posted by Downhilldai

What's your experience of running a V6 Opti?

Enough to know that e-tec are superior

I think I asked mister Vanstone about this and he appeared to term it "utter boll*x" but when we were over at Barmouth with Roy, he told us that OMC were actually involved in the creation of the Optimax but then broke away from Mercury and continued to develop the Opti through the ficht into what is now the etec. Chris seemed to reckon that this was crap and that OMC had come upon a small German firm who had developed the FICHT and then took it on and developed it into the etec?

Originally Posted by Downhilldai

You don't buy a V6 to run around at idle RPM though?

Them Yanks do

Originally Posted by Pikey Dave

You'd be surprised how many are used for "trolling"

I don't really understand the mentality over there TBH, the only types of boating that they do are either racing or bl**** fishing

[Downhilldai]

Originally Posted by gotchiguy

One other thing...doesn't the fact that XD100 is fully synthetic mean that it is much more environmentally friendly to produce, and unlike products made from naturally sourced oil doesn't it degrade much more quickly?

Dunno

Originally Posted by gotchiguy

Enough to know that e-tec are superior

Ooh dear. In that case, it would appear that your undying loyalty to the e-tec brand is founded upon virtually (or perhaps that should read 'actually') nothing.

[gotchiguy]

Originally Posted by Downhilldai

it would appear that your undying loyalty to the e-tec brand is founded upon virtually nothing:

The only reason that I currently support the Evinrude brand is because it is the best of the best.

In my opinion, directly injected 2 strokes are technically superior to the current four strokes. There are 3 main DFI 2 stroke producing manufactures and of them I feel that the etec is the strongest, hence, my vote lies with BRP.

In the 4 stroke field, I believe that the new Yamaha SHOs look interesting, the fact that they are openly showing them competing against series 2s would indicate that the performance is more than simply claims.

If they were a little lighter, then I reckon that the Verados could be awesome engines and well within a shot

And anyway, what has Mercury got up its sleeve for the new emissions regs, aren't they coming sometime next year?

[Downhilldai]

Originally Posted by gotchiguy

The only reason that I currently support the Evinrude brand is because it is the best of the best.

In my opinion, directly injected 2 strokes are technically superior to the current four strokes. There are 3 main DFI 2 stroke producing manufactures and of them I feel that the etec is the strongest, hence, my vote lies with BRP.

What did you think of the FICHT & DI Evinrudes, when they were produced?

[martini]

Originally Posted by Downhilldai

What did you think of the FICHT & DI Evinrudes, when they were produced?

I know what I think, I used to own a Ficht. Went bang after less than a season

[gotchiguy]

Originally Posted by Downhilldai

What did you think of the FICHT & DI Evinrudes, when they were produced?

Unlike Optimax, Suzuki DF & DT, etec, Verado, Honda T***tec and probably others, I have never been on one, so cannot comment

AFAIU though, some found them incredibly powerful and efficient, wheras for a fair few they simply went boom Although when BRP took over and introduced FICHT RAM I believe that there were very very few reliability issues with the engines

[Downhilldai]

Originally Posted by martini

I know what I think, I used to own a Ficht. Went bang after less than a season

Unfortunately, you weren't alone in suffering this predicament.

[Downhilldai]

Originally Posted by gotchiguy

AFAIU though, some found them incredibly powerful and efficient, wheras for a fair few they simply went boom

There may be a connection there.

[Pikey Dave]

My last RIB had a 175 FICHT on it, bloody good engine, the only problem I had in 6 years was a fuel pump. It went like sh1t off a shovel, mind you on a 585 Ribcraft it ought to

[piranha580]

How did this thread go from engine on the move to engine economy and oil burning?? 

[Downhilldai]

Originally Posted by piranha580

How did this thread go from engine on the move to engine economy and oil burning?? 

Thread hijackers - don't you hate them?

[Erin]

I think a bored schoolboy saw mention of Etec in the thread

[gotchiguy]

Originally Posted by Erin

I think a bored schoolboy saw mention of Etec in the thread

[Chris]

I actually feel totally redundant in this thread

[Chris]

Originally Posted by Pikey Dave

Leave him alone, he's been busy in "another place" abusing the cousins

Indeed, there is great sport to be had in winding up Americans.