I noticed that the literature for this boat references that the well has room for a 15 H.P. motor. Does anyone have a 15 H.P. or researched putting one in. I have a 9.9 Johnson but wondered what other motors folks have found to work best with this model.
DGarrity@Allstate.com
CD 26 Outboard Motor
Moderator: Jim Walsh
-
john churchill
Re: CD 26 Outboard Motor
i have a honda 15 which works great. never regretted having the extra juice. most 15's are just souped-up 9.9's. mine has the same powerhead, a bigger carb jet, higher rpm on the governor and a bigger alternator. you may be able to redo your 9.9 if you want more power cheap.DGarrity wrote: I noticed that the literature for this boat references that the well has room for a 15 H.P. motor. Does anyone have a 15 H.P. or researched putting one in. I have a 9.9 Johnson but wondered what other motors folks have found to work best with this model.
john
-
Dana
Re: CD 26 Outboard Motor
As John has pointed out, the 9.9 and 15HP are many times the same physical sized motor. For my 26, I decided not to go after just the "HP" number. Mine is a Yamaha 9.9 four stroke with a 11-3/4" diameter prop that has only a 6" pitch. As such it has substantial thrust without cavitaton but will not take you over 6 knots. Working at lower RPM, more thrust force is available (for the right prop diameter/pitch) for the same RPM. RPM x Thrust= HP Thus I have quite a bit of forward force over a steep wave or head wind. A 15HP rating at say 5400 RPM has little merit for me vs one with 3500-4500 max RPM rating. Therefore I tend toward lower RPM, high thrust, for around 10HP for the 26.
darenius@aol.com
darenius@aol.com