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    Question BRP Outboard motors - try again

    BRP killed Evinrude outboard motors in 2020. In early August they announced plans to introduce 115 and 150 HP variants of a 3 cylinder, 2 stroke Rotax engine to be used on their pontoon boats. The engine will be mounted horizontally and very low in comparison to conventional outboards. The engine will be enclosed in a water tight housing with 15 bolts. The weight is expected to be 500lbs compared to 377 lbs for a 115 Yamaha. They're even going to use the Evinrude "E-tec" fuel injection technology. One of the justifications for ending Evinrude production was the industry shift away from 2 stroke engines. Never made sense to me, so I guess they'll try again.

    https://www.boatingmag.com/boats/brp...tboard-engine/

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    Default Two Cycle Engine

    ...Now that's a big step in the wrong direction. Two cycles are the engines that pollute all the lakes. Have you experienced this problem at your favorite fishing lake.
    Just today I was at the Lake and could see where the Two Cycles were running. The Oil film was everywhere.

    Let's try and make the lakes clean again.
    Sorry I didn't miss the Two Cycles.

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    Pretty sure 99% of the pollutants in waterways these days would be from what's washing off the land or being sprayed in the sky. E-tec meets all regulations that 4 strokes can.
    God I hope no bright spark wants to push electric outboards as the saviour
    I like how BRP push the boundaries on design, very cool.
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    You might find this interesting:

    DeltaHawk is developing a 2-stroke diesel aircraft engine.

    https://deltahawk.com/

    I bet it never makes it to market. But it will be interesting to watch the 'show!'

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