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365lbs for a 20 inch based on my research, which is mostly done by others.

And an extra hose running through the rigging tunnel won't matter especially if you use a rigging tube to hide all that non sense into one tube which stops right at the aft rigging tunnel.

You can also kill the vro, and go premix, which wont fail you if you can do math and remember when you add gas, you add oil.

Im not saying the vro is a bad system, im saying if you don't want the tank, then kill the vro alarm, cut the hose, clamp it, and premix.

I also know of someone here on this forum with a 140 HP Suzuki 4 stroke on his same era 16 boat (don't remember model)

I have also seen a 90hp on a 15 sport, so people do push things to the max, and survive.

Lets be liberal in breaking the rules not in politics.