In our local Port Phillip Bay you invariably meet with some short sharp chop or worse, particularly in the height of the spring snapper season when the wind blows icy daggers.
Launch the boat, motor slowly out of the pen, marina or river past the farewell markers then generally get to your favourite mark as fast as you possibly can allowing for the conditions. We’ve heard all sorts of manufacturer claims over the years – many true, others more creative – so we decided to put the new E-TEC outboards to the test by emulating a typical day’s fishing. But now they’ve gone one better, and it’s no little step – it’s quite a dramatic leap. The fuel-injected two-stroke G1 Evinrude E-TEC outboard motor models actually rivalled many four-stroke marine engine competitors for efficiency, claiming all the two-stroke gutsy torque and power benefits yet delivering the fuel consumption of a four-stroke. Now it’d be easy to improve if the previous offerings weren’t competitive but that’s not the case with the E-TECs.
In fact, our engine reviews have indicated that they are doing even better than boasted. BRP is making these massive claims for the all-new 200hp to 300hp G2 Evinrude E-TEC outboard motors.