Help with selecting right motor for new pontoon

[bassn386]

The wife and I are considering purchasing a new Bennington 2550RCW with an O/B, but can't find any information on performance for a 200 hp vs. 225.
Another question:
Do we go with 2 stroke (Optimax) or a Yamah Vmax 4 stroke?
I have a 200 Opti on my bass boat and it has been absolutely trouble free since I got it in 2006, but the salesman tells us it is much noisier with the 2 stroke.
We test drove one that had the Yamaha 200 hp Vmax, but it only did about 40 mph at top end.
We live at Lake of the Ozarks and can cover a lot of water in a days time.
Thanks!

[HandymanHerb]

Welcome, glad to have with us!!!

Do they offer the E-Tec, it a quite engine and gets good fuel mileage and if you forget to add oil the injector tank, it goes into limp home mode and will run for 6 hours without oil to get you home with no damage to the engine.

Also 2 stokes are lighter engines

[dockholiday]

Probably go with the 225 mainly cause it is a 25', I guess. Think either is okay. Me I love the opti great motor. I you have one on your bass boat,I don't have to list a lot of it's attributes. The 4 stroke will be a little quieter but the way the motor is situated makes a diff plus since your opti is an 06 count on it being a good bit quieter than that. I alway look at the tach so I can tell when it cranks so who needs quieter than that. Longer season with the 2 stroke, lighter an probably will equal better top end per hp. Hope they never ban the 2 strokes. Nothing wrong with the 4 strokes but my choice will always be the 2 stroke. Probably get 45 with the 225 opti. Either way check out the enertia prop they do real well on toons.
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[OldePharte]

Bassn, glad to see another LOTO boater on here.

Go with the biggest HP ya can afford. So your limited to the 2 choices mentioned? Go with the quietest one.