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Old 04-07-2011, 09:04 AM   #11
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RE: Re-powering

John,

I've looked at the Vetus line. Their 42hp engine is the same Mitsubishi engine as my Klassen. Their 54hp is Isuzu. They look like very good engines

Whiskers,

The big heavy slow turning engines are great*** ...and very expensive. And they will be good for you if you can afford them and good for resale when you sell your boat. BUT much more economical engines can be had and the probability that you will need an engine that will go 24000hrs is very unlikely and these higher speed engines, as David M says "high reving, highly stressed" engines will go well over 10000hrs if taken care of. You may be able to get a new engine from Klassen for almost as much as the rebuilt Lehman. Good as the Lehman is it's still a 1950s engine. Klassen sells a good lineup of engines for prime power and even more for generators and other stationary cannery use ect. The fishing fleet in Alaska have been running Isuzu's for many decades marinized by Klassen.*
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