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Originally Posted by rrweather

I am by no means an outboard expert. In fact, I would say I know how to operate one and that is where my knowledge ends; however, why build something this large as an inline-4? Wouldn't it be easier to get this power out of V6 or even bigger? Once you get to a certain size 4 cylinder, doesn't it become as efficient as a V6? I was just curious.

Though some small aircraft have large displacement 4 cyl engines this outboard is a V8... http://www.fishingworld.com/News/Rea...rtID=000019463