Hey Andy i wasnt trying to be an ass to you mate i was just trying to get across that 5000rpm is revving a outboard pretty hard out of the box and that 500rpm more is a normal idle speed or a E-tec so its not much more on top o the 5000 when u think about it
but its an E-tec go rev it hard mate i love those engines out of all the outboards on the market hopping to snag a cheap one for my boat I'm rebuilding possibly next winter