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I'm sticking with what I said about Suzuki's over-rating on the 140. Consider them about 125HP, none of which means it's not a good, highly reliable engine. Just overrated in HP, which is farily widely known in the general boating community.

See Millrat's post on his 18 Outrage powered by a 150 Merc, which he states does "50 MPH +".

http://www.whalercentral.com/forum/vi...d_id=20347

The 150 Merc on the same hull is providing an additional 8-9 MPH by only having 10 extra HP over the Suzuki? For those that know outboard engines, that speed differential is not proportional to a mere 10HP. There are also many reports of 18 Outrages doing 40+ with any number of 115's.

So Marko's report seems to indicate about 125 HP for the Suzuki, which fits the HP picture pretty well.