Yamaha F70LA ?

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Yamaha F70LA ?

#1 Post by GregF » Thu Feb 10, 2011 9:22 pm

I am starting to look for a new boat to abuse and I was looking at motors. I like the 60hp Merc I have now but it is basically a Yamaha so I looked at their stuff. This one is interesting.
They basically ported the 60 and squeezed out another 10 HP to 70 at an extra 800 RPM but it is still the same basic 260 lb package.
I am not really sure I would ever be using that extra HP but it might be nice to have for an extra couple hundred bucks. Any thoughts?
The up side for the Merc is I have a lot of experience working on them (3 in 25 years) and I have a lot of the tools although the top end is about the same thing. I am really curious about the Yamaha foot vs a Merc foot. Which one is tougher?
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70 HP 4 stroke EFI Yamaha

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