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Basically the article say that the good folks at Evinrude did nothing more than change decals on the two engines.When tested they have identical Time to plane 3.5 seconds, 0-25 mph 7.4 seconds. Top speed was 43.9 mph The boat they used was Alumacraft 175.

While they are still the lightest in class at 405 pounds. the weight was increased by 36 pounds in part due to the new two way induction system and because they are now 1.4 inches taller.

Now they did go on to explain that there a number of boats out there that have a maximun horsepower rating of 115 that could use this motor. If you can read the article,you could possibly get more out of it than I.