Merc Opti's

[fisho8]

Just for those who are interested in these engines I have a couple of vids here Of my 175 Opti. Ekka Wednesday me and the missus spent the day on the bay we were running at cruise speed which was from 3500 to 4000rpm fuel usage was 1.0ltrph on the Smart craft guages as much as I like the 4 strokes I still love that Merc 2 stroke noise I get very little smoke and next to no smell will be hard to convert to a 4 stroke when the time comes to.






Cheers Mick

[TheSaint]

Got love the Opti's!!

[Vitamin Sea]

They are great motors the Opti's, has a 200 on my last rig, went like a cut snake, don't miss the noise though.

I think you made a bit of a blue with the 1 ltph hour, I would think it would be achieving about 2km/ltr on that boat or there abouts.

Your's looks like it could go up a hole I recon.

Thanks for the vid

VS

[fisho8]

Thanks VC I went out to have a look at the guages but they have reset themselves I think I will get a vid of the fuel usage PH when I go out next. When I put it in for it,s service I will talk to them about the height of the engine to. Cheers mate. I did get a pic of this but how good would it be to get this fuel consumption on our boats haha.

[bigjimg]

I know the feeling Fisho.Have you scrolled through the selections and seen the averages screen? it should show you the Ltrs/Nm or Klm for that trip.Mine don't reset I have to clear the screens manually.Maybe there is a selection in the calibration setup???Looking at the footage I agree with VS looks like a hole adjustment.Thanks for sharing.Jim

[BigE]

Nice .. been thinking about an opti myself. How do you find the smart craft gauges ? were they difficult to set up?

BigE

[Vitamin Sea]

Nice .. been thinking about an opti myself. How do you find the smart craft gauges ? were they difficult to set up?

BigE

Smartcraft guages are great, accuate, all info you need, spot on fuel info

Cheers

[Muddy Toes]

1 Ltr/h.......?

That's awesome fuel economy.....you'd only have to fill it up once a year!!!

[cobiaman]

1 Ltr/h.......?

That's awesome fuel economy.....you'd only have to fill it up once a year!!!

Wasnt your opti 1l/minute???

[cobiaman]

When it started...

[Muddy Toes]

Wasnt your opti 1l/minute???

1.8l/minute at a steady cruise........and lets not factor in the price of the oil.

[fisho8]

Nice .. been thinking about an opti myself. How do you find the smart craft gauges ? were they difficult to set up?

BigE

Mate they are a very handy thing to have and are relativly easy to use. Mine were already set up when I bought the boat but I would recommend anyone who is looking at buying one of these engines to invest in them.

Cheers Mick

[fisho8]

1 Ltr/h.......?

That's awesome fuel economy.....you'd only have to fill it up once a year!!!

Yeah that is what it was reading when I was out on wednesday at 3500rpm the highest I have had it is 1.6lph flat out at 6000rpm as I said I will get a vid of it next time I am out. BTW Muddy I like that rig of your mate very nice set up.

[fisho8]

I reckon we should have a thread dedicated to this as there is so many questions asked on this forum about differant makes of boat engines. If everyone put a vid up of their engines in action it may help anyone who has any questions or is looking at that brand of motor see one in action I guess you have youtube aswell but alot of the stuff you see on youtube in regards to boat engine's is OS.

[captain rednut]

how much fuel did you use the day you were out in the bay in total?? and how far did you go ?? that is a very economical engine.
cheers cr