motion30
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I am looking a boat that had been repowered with a 225 lehman* Are these turbo motors as reliable as the 120?
I am looking at a 38' Marine Trader with a displacement of 22000 lbs with a Perkins 225 with 2880 hrs. I am interested in running at around 5 kts & hoping for 2 gph or less fuel consumption. Any opinions on my chances?
At 5kts your going to be running that engine at probably under 1000rpm. Your fuel burn would be less then 1gph and the engine would be destroyed in no time as she would never get up to temperature. At 1500rpm she would burn under 1.5gph making over 7kts and the engine would last forever if cared for.