noyzee

how good are these motors? the 415 mpi motors?

i here mixed things about the 502, but most people down he carb 502 not the mpi.
anything to look out for?

noyzee

ps, how fast would the stock motor push a 27 fever?

satisfactionII

solid as a piece of granite. They do vapor lock if it has the VST. have seen them go 800-900 hours without a rebuild. If you run it out quite a bit then refresh the heads every 300 hours.

noyzee

ok,cool. im not sure but like i said i have heard people say the 502 is iffy, but i dont know why.
seems like they are good tho

rssteiny

as he said solid as a rock if they have the vst they do vapor lock after or during a long idle, but there is ways around that

bcfountain

i have a 27fever w/502mpi.best thing about it is,get in it start it up,it idles,good dock maners,and gets great gas millage,2.5to3miles per gallon at 45mph.not the fastest boat,but super reliable.

obnoxus

The 2000 is not a VST motor its cool fuel,,, much better,,,,, darn thing will run 1000 + hours taken care of.

I would guess upper 60's low 70's in a 27'

noyzee

thanks for the info guys. im going to go look at the boat this weekend see how it is. we'll see

Griff

They tend to use a little oil, but I reduced the oil consumption on mine by switching to mobil 1 15-50.

2000 engines have cool fuel and don't have the vapor locking problem. Mine have 320 hrs and run perfect.

johnny b good

I have 1997 502 mags with about 370 hours and still run great.
Other than maintenance the only thing I had to do is replace both engine
water recirculating pumps because they were leaking.