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So just to reply to everyone who responded to my question. Thank you all so much for your input. This was a tough decision but I decided to go with the ETEC 90HP. Reasons being, the weight is almost 50LBS lighter, I got a great deal on this brand new 2017 model with controls which saved me over two thousand bucks! The torque on this thing is incredible, fuel economy is better, no maintenance for three years or 300hrs! It has the lowest emissions of any motor on the water and its really fast. I'm still experimenting to determine if they gave me the right prop. I'm able to get it to about 4500 RPM's and getting up to 34MPH. With this added torque I am now having a problem with the boat listing to port when on plane, so I'm looking for a remedy there. Working the trim does help some but not completely. Has anyone experienced this with their Montauk 17? Should I install trim tabs? Thanks again!