Suzuki 140

Yep, not there yet.
Six hours on the meter, got it up to 5000rpm yesterday, you boys must be patient.
Lot of thunder storms daily this year. With local gusty winds, I cut the ride short yesterday. Should have more time on the meter today. I'm still feeling out trim and such, and.......I thought you just wanted pictures.
 
Motor is turning out to be OK.
Smooth and plenty of power. Still need to get a handle on trim, but its all good.
4200rpm gives me little over 20 kts.
 
snoozer said:
Still need to get a handle on trim, but its all good.
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Hey Snoozer...
Quickie on trim:

Outta the hole w/ trim all the way down; best bite
Once gettin' on plane, hold up button for a slow 3-count(1001, 1002, 1003), maybe 4 depending on how fast your trim moves
Steering will be heavy on plane w/ trim down; will lighten up w/ trim up; RPMs will increase 2-4 notches
Goin' straight and long turns, leave trim up; best performance and fuel econ.
Tight turns, trim down, best bite, prevents "blow-out"
Rough seas, you want the bow down, so trim down...if ya wanna get real fancy, trim tabs will help here, too among other things...wish I had 'em...

Anyway, hope this helps... ;) ;D...
 
Snoozer: I have a 84 cc and am thinking about repowering from a 90 merc. Looking at thr 135 to 150 range. It's great to hear about your 140 Suzy since I looked at it on the net and was wondering what it would do for mine.

Pictures look good also. Welcome to the board. I am a newbie here also but these guys made me feel right at home.

Lots of good infomation in the older posts also if you have time to go back and read them.

Keep the pictures and updates coming.
 
Update

About thrity five hours on the new motor and all is well.
At 4200rpm I am getting 20Kts in flat water.
Best thing is; last day of lobster hunting (a mix of speeds) I did eighty miles on twenty gal. with very little noise.
 
Snoozer...sounds great!!...easy to figure she'd be a real fuel-sipper ;) ...glad it's workin' out well for ya!!...

...any Lobsters left or didja get 'em all? ;) ;D ...
 
Reel, there seems to be plenty. You have to measure fifty to find a keeper in some places. There is a lot of predation also this year, or it may be that we have not had a 'cane to wash away the detritus. It looks like Nurse sharks like lobster as much as we do. And they tend to go after the bigger ones. I don't know how the commercial catch is this year so far, but the price is up.

We seldom get our limit, it is an excuse to go. And if this motor continues to be this good on gas, I'll be going farther into the back country, on more like exploring missions.

Edited for spelling.
 
i cant find my dictionary... could someone please look up predation and detritis for me? tx
 
Sorry

Predation, in this instance is refering to the Lobsters being prayed upon by other critters.

Detritus, (my spelling has never been great) is refering to the pieces of eaten lobsters (shells) littering the bottom in places where lobsters used to be.
 
Well, let me tell you, I'm as happy as a two dicked dog.

I have not had it WOT yet and may never feel the need to go that fast. In flat water it will fun 28Knt at five thousand rpm. My normal cruising RPM is 4200-4400, at something like 20Kts. (by GPS) There is usually a full tank and a load of something (mostly shit) and two or four people.

The mix of running and trolling, (idleing looking for lobsters) adverages five MPG or a little more. The spects on the motor say it will burn 4+ GPH at 4500 RPM and I think it is spot on. Thats five gal per twenty miles at twenty knots, and I am happy with that after the two strokes in my life.

I have been holding off fixing up the boat somewhat, to see if the combo would be OK. I think its fine, and am getting the cushions redone and sprucing up the boat some. I also bit the bullit for a better sounder to pick fish out of the rocks.

Suzuki's warenty is a mystery. Oil changes have to be Suzuki stuff, and it is pricey. They also require valve checking/adjusting at two hundred hours, an eight hour job for the Suzuki tech. At $110 per hour, its not an inexpensive motor to maintain. I have over 120 hours on it now, so I'll be there soon.

If any problems come up I will post it on the site. For now I am pleased.


Let me add a couple things. The neighbors here call it the 'stealth boat' now because it so quiet. And if I had it to do over, I'd get a 25 inch motor and build up the transom. Way too much water comes over into the well on this boat. And if two people are in the stern, the aft hatch better not leak.
I took twenty pots out last week (all loaded forward of the console) in three footers. Took it slow and had not problems untill I turned around, then got pooped.
 
Good stuff to hear. On a good note, everybody that I know has taken the motor in to be checked but I don;t think anybody has ever had the valves adjusted. THey just check it and it's always been in spec. I love them Suzy's.

Airslot
 
sounds great! so, if you dont mind me askin, what does one of those fancy four bangers go for? tx
 
Does Suzy make you go to a dealer to install??

Yamaha does or it voids the warr!!

Last I knew Johnson doesn't care, at least 2 years ago I installed my buddys.
 
They do here. The guy still has two leftover 140's at $8,000, but will not sell them unless he does the install. He did a nice job on mine, but very pricey I think.
 
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