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by mike
Thu Oct 26, 2023 11:30 pm
Forum: REPAIRS and MODIFICATIONS
Topic: Converting a Temptation to a Center Console
Replies: 16
Views: 7195

Re: Converting a Temptation to a Center Console

Took her for a cruise today
by mike
Thu Oct 26, 2023 12:05 pm
Forum: REPAIRS and MODIFICATIONS
Topic: Converting a Temptation to a Center Console
Replies: 16
Views: 7195

Re: Converting a Temptation to a Center Console

To keep it on subject, here is the console and interior with fresh Anderson Upholstery and new Electronics

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Fig. 5. Upholstered seat forward of center console.
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Fig. 6. New electronics at helm.
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by mike
Thu Oct 26, 2023 10:41 am
Forum: REPAIRS and MODIFICATIONS
Topic: Converting a Temptation to a Center Console
Replies: 16
Views: 7195

Re: Converting a Temptation to a Center Console

Thank you Jim, I have not posted an update because I have had little time to operate the boat and investigate her capabilities: the OUTRAGE is living on a lift in the backyard in Florida. I have been mostly living in a Hotel in Denver for over three months due to work. I have maybe an hour on the bo...
by mike
Wed May 24, 2023 5:54 pm
Forum: REPAIRS and MODIFICATIONS
Topic: Converting a Temptation to a Center Console
Replies: 16
Views: 7195

Re: Converting a Temptation to a Center Console

I will add some more commentary once she is in the water. I can't wait to report the performance. The gel coat on all of the hull is in fact the Temptation white. The the live well/leaning post, acquired from a 90s post classic Outrage, is a close shade of white; it just looks bluish in the photos. ...
by mike
Tue May 23, 2023 5:35 pm
Forum: REPAIRS and MODIFICATIONS
Topic: Converting a Temptation to a Center Console
Replies: 16
Views: 7195

Re: Converting a Temptation to a Center Console

[About two years later] Introducing "Mutation"--formerly a 1998 TEMPTATION 2500, and now converted to an OUTRAGE 25 Whaler Drive We are happy with what we have and the relatively small investment. The hull is in superb shape and has never had bottom paint. 25-footer.JPG Twin Yamaha OX66 25...
by mike
Fri May 05, 2023 8:01 am
Forum: PERFORMANCE
Topic: 1988 25-foot Hull with Whaler Drive Re-power
Replies: 3
Views: 2261

Re: 1988 25-foot Hull with Whaler Drive Re-power

Q1: what is the gear ratio of the Ox-66 250-HP engine? 1.75:1 Q2: what is the maximum allowed engine speed of the Ox-66 250-HP engine? 5500 Q3: what will be the total boat weight of the 25-foot hull when on the water with your regular load of passengers, fuel, and gear? I'm estimating 5200 lbs
by mike
Fri May 05, 2023 7:42 am
Forum: PERFORMANCE
Topic: 1988 25-foot Hull with Whaler Drive Re-power
Replies: 3
Views: 2261

1988 25-foot Hull with Whaler Drive Re-power

I have a 1988 25-foot hull with Whaler Drive. I plan to re-power with a used pair of 2001 Yamaha 250-HP Ox-66 engines.

Give me a recommendation for propellers.

ASIDE: the capacity plate says maximum power is 450-HP.
by mike
Sat Jan 07, 2023 5:18 pm
Forum: PERFORMANCE
Topic: Re-powering TEMPTATION 2500 with Twin Engines
Replies: 14
Views: 4203

Re: Re-powering TEMPTATION 2500 with Twin Engines

Q1: what are the real world downside considerations for using twin 250-HP or twin 300-HP engine to replace twin 225-HP engine that have carburetors and were two-stroke-power-cycle engines?
by mike
Sat Jan 07, 2023 5:16 pm
Forum: PERFORMANCE
Topic: Re-powering TEMPTATION 2500 with Twin Engines
Replies: 14
Views: 4203

Re: Re-powering TEMPTATION 2500 with Twin Engines

Jefecinco wrote:In the Amazon my goal would be to go for reliability over any other factor. I assume your Temptation is not there.

Definitely not on a Whaler in the Amazon.
by mike
Wed Jan 04, 2023 7:45 pm
Forum: PERFORMANCE
Topic: Re-powering TEMPTATION 2500 with Twin Engines
Replies: 14
Views: 4203

Re: Re-powering TEMPTATION 2500 with Twin Engines

Professional fishing guides in the Gulf Shores and Orange Beach, Alabama area have been selecting Suzuki outboards for repower in preference of Yamaha outboards with more frequency than in previous years. I asked a guide what his reasoning was for replacing his Yamaha outboard with a Suzuki. He tol...
by mike
Wed Jan 04, 2023 7:35 pm
Forum: PERFORMANCE
Topic: Re-powering TEMPTATION 2500 with Twin Engines
Replies: 14
Views: 4203

Re: Re-powering TEMPTATION 2500 with Twin Engines

I don't understand what information in that old thread you found to shake up your assumptions of a Whaler Drive. I have a 22-footer with an Aluminum bracket and a 25-footer with a Whaler Drive. I love them both. I am a hardcore Boston Whaler, and I believe the Whaler Drive to be the ultimate engine...
by mike
Wed Jan 04, 2023 12:15 am
Forum: PERFORMANCE
Topic: Re-powering TEMPTATION 2500 with Twin Engines
Replies: 14
Views: 4203

Re: Re-powering TEMPTATION 2500 with Twin Engines

Thank you Jim, I think that thread is the one I was being directed to. [That thread has] great information. It shakes up my assumptions of the Whaler Drive. My 22 Outrage has a closed transom and a single Yamaha Ox66 250 on a Custom Marine Bracket, I would have believed the WD was superior in every ...
by mike
Tue Jan 03, 2023 10:20 am
Forum: PERFORMANCE
Topic: Re-powering TEMPTATION 2500 with Twin Engines
Replies: 14
Views: 4203

Re-powering TEMPTATION 2500 with Twin Engines

I have a TEMPTATION 2500, and I plan to re-power. The boat currently has twin Yamaha 225-HP engines with carburetors. I consider the boat to be well-powered and not over-powered. In 2023, new V6 engines seem to be basically the same engines at power ratings of 225, 250, and 300-HP. I have assumed th...
by mike
Thu May 27, 2021 3:55 pm
Forum: MARKETPLACE
Topic: WTB: Super Leaning Post
Replies: 0
Views: 6223

WTB: Super Leaning Post

Wanted to buy: Super Leaning Post from an OUTRAGE.

Located in Florida but willing to make a long road trip.

Contact : mikejana@yahoo.com
by mike
Fri May 21, 2021 7:17 am
Forum: REPAIRS and MODIFICATIONS
Topic: Converting a Temptation to a Center Console
Replies: 16
Views: 7195

Re: Converting a Temptation to a Center Console

I'll explain; We've been looking for 25 Outrage with a Whaler Drive for most of the last 20 years. We are content with our 22 Outrage, so it has not been a must find item, but we've still been looking. We have not found a suitable candidate that we thought was an adequate value. Most that I've seen ...
by mike
Thu May 20, 2021 2:45 pm
Forum: PERFORMANCE
Topic: Carburetors v. Fuel Injection
Replies: 6
Views: 6056

Re: Carburetors v. Fuel Injection

BACK STORY I just purchased a 25-footer with Whaler Drive. The engines are twin 1998 Yamaha 200-HP two-stroke, perhaps TXRW models. My Yamaha 250 Ox66 engine has been one of the best engines I've owned. Q: What is the difference in [fuel] efficiency between the 1998 Yamaha carburetor engine and the ...
by mike
Wed May 19, 2021 9:36 pm
Forum: PERFORMANCE
Topic: Carburetors v. Fuel Injection
Replies: 6
Views: 6056

Carburetors v. Fuel Injection

Among Yamaha two-stroke-power-cycle engines of similar age and horsepower, what difference in “performance” and fuel economy will occur between engines with carburetors and engines with fuel injectors?
by mike
Tue May 18, 2021 1:12 pm
Forum: The GAM
Topic: 1981 Outrage V-22 Sterndrive
Replies: 54
Views: 58174

Re: 1981 Outrage V-22 Sterndrive

I have a 1981 22 Outrage originally with stern drive. Love the closed transom. Bought her in a closed bid auction when Chicago Marine closed down and liquidated the owner's collection. The plan was to find a diesel stern drive setup and re-power (actually just power, mine came only as a bare hull, n...
by mike
Tue May 18, 2021 7:16 am
Forum: The GAM
Topic: Thanks Jim
Replies: 1
Views: 2664

Thanks Jim

Life has been in the way for a while. The youngest is done with College and all the kids are now educated. We've been using our Whalers occasionally, but usually disregarding them because it's all we could do. Time to get some serious maintenance done. So glad I can come back to CW, sign in and find...
by mike
Tue May 11, 2021 9:36 am
Forum: MARKETPLACE
Topic: WTB: Super Console
Replies: 0
Views: 6322

WTB: Super Console

Wanted to buy: Super Console from an OUTRAGE.

Located in Florida but willing to make a long road trip.

Contact : mikejana@yahoo.com
by mike
Sat May 08, 2021 6:09 pm
Forum: REPAIRS and MODIFICATIONS
Topic: Converting a Temptation to a Center Console
Replies: 16
Views: 7195

Converting a Temptation to a Center Console

I have found a good deal on a 1988 Temptation 2500 with a Whaler Drive and two low-hour 1998 Yamaha 200-HP two-stroke-power-cycle engines with electronic fuel induction that just had about $6,000 of work done because the boat had unused on a lift for many years. This hull is one that I have always a...
by mike
Sat May 08, 2021 5:57 pm
Forum: REPAIRS and MODIFICATIONS
Topic: Outrage 25 Cuddy Cabin Removal
Replies: 5
Views: 3854

Re: Outrage 25 Cuddy Cabin Removal

If you remove a cuddy cabin from an OUTRAGE 25, I may be interested in buying the cuddy cabin.

Contact: mikejana@yahoo.com
by mike
Fri May 07, 2021 7:40 pm
Forum: MARKETPLACE
Topic: WTB: Cuddy Cabin Foredeck from OUTRAGE 25 CUDDY
Replies: 2
Views: 5948

WTB: Cuddy Cabin Foredeck from OUTRAGE 25 CUDDY

Wanted to buy: just the Cuddy Cabin foredeck that has been removed from an OUTRAGE 25 CUDDY. Located in Florida but willing to make a long road trip.

Contact : mikejana@yahoo.com