Hello,
Thanks for allowing me to be here and post my question. I have a 19.5' Hurricane deck boat. It is a late 80s model and has a matching year Johnson 110HP outboard. The sticker on the boat rates it for up to a 150HP. I have come across a used Johnson GT150 from the same era. The person selling it has upgraded to a bigger motor for his bass boat. My father and I co-own the boat and we share costs. He does not want to u/g the motor b/c he thinks we will just be drinking more fuel with not much return on more power. The deck boat is very heavy... Our top speed with the current setup is in the low 30s according to GPS. I finally talked him into a tandem axle trailer w/brakes at the beginning of the year and he/we have been very satisfied with that u/g. I have read somewhere in the forums here that some are achieving speeds in the 60s with a GT150. I doubt we will get that out of a 150 due to the weight of our boat, but I am looking for opinions, comments, suggestions, etc... on rather or not to out the cash for the GT150. It is around $1200.
I should further point out that we purchased this boat a couple of years ago and since we did not know the history of the motor's maintenance, we went completely through it and tuned it up, reset adjustments, etc. The only problem we continue to have is that it turns hard when trying to go to the right. Th previous owner informed us he changed the steering cables and he got a set that was a little too long. We figure that is what is causing our hard right steer problem.
Thanks in advance for any input!!!
Thanks for allowing me to be here and post my question. I have a 19.5' Hurricane deck boat. It is a late 80s model and has a matching year Johnson 110HP outboard. The sticker on the boat rates it for up to a 150HP. I have come across a used Johnson GT150 from the same era. The person selling it has upgraded to a bigger motor for his bass boat. My father and I co-own the boat and we share costs. He does not want to u/g the motor b/c he thinks we will just be drinking more fuel with not much return on more power. The deck boat is very heavy... Our top speed with the current setup is in the low 30s according to GPS. I finally talked him into a tandem axle trailer w/brakes at the beginning of the year and he/we have been very satisfied with that u/g. I have read somewhere in the forums here that some are achieving speeds in the 60s with a GT150. I doubt we will get that out of a 150 due to the weight of our boat, but I am looking for opinions, comments, suggestions, etc... on rather or not to out the cash for the GT150. It is around $1200.
I should further point out that we purchased this boat a couple of years ago and since we did not know the history of the motor's maintenance, we went completely through it and tuned it up, reset adjustments, etc. The only problem we continue to have is that it turns hard when trying to go to the right. Th previous owner informed us he changed the steering cables and he got a set that was a little too long. We figure that is what is causing our hard right steer problem.
Thanks in advance for any input!!!
