Tohatsu 20 hp?

[wesleyhammond89]

My father was at Carson's Marine in FL talking about motors. He mentioned you can get a 20 hp Tohatsu race motor. Is there such a thing? If there is does anyone know anything about these motors? What class you race them in and if there competitive? Im assuming you get them from Bass Machines?

[bh/]

I would guess he was referring to a Yamato.
-the 20" Y80 ?
Lots of confusion these days over who makes what.
Yamato currently is in its 3rd[4th?] iteration
-were they Fuji at one time ?
Tohatsu is big, 2nd only to Mercury, or bigger ?

[wesleyhammond89]

Its a possibility, but i don't think he would have mixed it up with a Yamato, he's got one hanging up in his shop

[mercguy]

My father was at Carson's Marine in FL talking about motors. He mentioned you can get a 20 hp Tohatsu race motor. Is there such a thing? If there is does anyone know anything about these motors? What class you race them in and if there competitive? Where do you buy one and what are the prices like? Im assuming you get them from Bass Machines?

you sure it was not a 50hp Tohatsu he was talking about?? The Bass/Ram 50 Tohatsu race motor......

[wesleyhammond89]

He told my Dad it was a 20hp, I've never heard of anything else then then the 50 hp. He must of meant the 50 hp though.

[STEVE FRENCH]

Several years ago APBA with Tom Johnston (TJ) and Ponch Trolian, tried the 18HP(20C.I.) Tohatsu 2-stroke with an OMC-A racing gearfoot adapted to it......It ran very well, started nice, looked great.....but I ran it several times with the Hot-Rods in B-STOCK hydro and it didn't have a CHANCE against the 7000-8000 rpm Hot-Rods (the current STOCK??) motor............at the time it was the same motor you could buy as a 9.9hp also with dif carb/timing? (These still are the HOT 9.9 decal'd fish'n motors when turn'd up to the 18hp specs.!!)....Later the feds/fish fuzz made Tohatsu/Nissan build a true, under 10hp, lake-legal motor and it became the 9.8hp 2-stroke, smaller cube, fish'n engine........The older 9.9/18hp engines are now very hard to find.
TJ made a simple adapter plate for the race'n foot, reworked a driveshaft to fit the gearfoot coupler, and it bolted up nice!!.....I think it later wound up on someones turn boat? with the stock gearfoot?

I thought it would of made a competative A-STOCK motor with the OMC's or the 25 hp Nissans/Tohatsus with the B-STOCK Hot-Rods?.....Plus the engines would of had very reasonable prices......built from fish'n motors as new or converted kits.

I tried to argue to look at class speeds instead'a cubic inches for new motors..........

But those suggestions were like blow'n a FARTT in church!!..... ......(This was about the time APBA was promote'n the current 9.8hp merc AXSH/R motors.)

Then APBA bought a 15hp Yamaha four stroke and TJ adapted the OMC-A foot to it......I worked with it for about a month and could not get past the rev limiter and the weight.....Had to test with my C-STOCK Pavlick hull to get enough speed to get on plane because just not enough RPM.........

Now we have the STOCK Sidewinder and everyone is happy...right?......(Still would like a price on a Sidewinder powerhead to try my exspansion chamber from the Hot-Rod I bought from Chuck Zolkowske.)......OPPS....There's another...FARTT!!

[ZUL8TR]

20hp T

My father was at Carson's Marine in FL talking about motors. He mentioned you can get a 20 hp Tohatsu race motor. Is there such a thing? If there is does anyone know anything about these motors? What class you race them in and if there competitive? Im assuming you get them from Bass Machines?

Here is the fishing version

http://www.onlineoutboards.com/Tohat...p-MFS20CS.html

It's a 4 stroke. Is there a racing gear foot and tower available, doubt it.

[sam]

What you hear at boat shops about racing is about as reliable as what you hear in gun shops about guns.

Hope your lesson is learned.

[mercguy]

What you hear at boat shops about racing is about as reliable as what you hear in gun shops about guns.

Hope your lesson is learned.

What a bull**** response Sam.....don't speak about all boat repair shops in general ....

[ZUL8TR]

Advice

What you hear at boat shops about racing is about as reliable as what you hear in gun shops about guns.

Hope your lesson is learned.

I remember getting alot of good racing advice at Harry Pinner's and Marshall Eldridge's shops, never asked them about guns.

[sam]

So, in your experience, most boat shops can give anyone good info about racing?

I would like to hear from people in other regions

[Fast Jack]

boat shop advise

This should be good...

[mercguy]

So, in your experience, most boat shops can give anyone good info about racing?

I would like to hear from people in other regions

guarantee mine can............but, as we all hear, you know it all Sam...

there is ALWAYS a race boat and motor/motors in my shop..........several others in the Seattle area also, so don't category "most" boat shops............

[sam]

I bow to your superior intellect ... its all yours

[mercguy]

I bow to your superior intellect ... its all yours

as you should.........