Day 5 searay 270 outboard conversion in 5 days FINAL BUILD VIDEO/complete test video coming soon 

Yes! Thank you!

Glad you enjoyed it!

Thank you!

Cannot tell you about the economy numbers as we have not gotten that feed back from the customer, however a speed gain at wot of about 9 mph was realized and cruising is reported as better because the outboards are more comfortable cruising at higher rpm. The boat naturally sits on a plane better now, the customer does not input down trim tab as before

Merritt island fl

Customer purchased the outboards and bracket himself then about $15-20k in labor and misc parts but it depends it can be less it can be more

I would love to do this to my Searay260BR, been having issues with the Bravo3, but the cost is the problem, it's more than the boat is worth to me. I'm looking at a 270 that has twin honda 225 on it this weekend. I enjoyed your series. Gives me more of an idea of what to look for to make sure it was done correctly. Wondering if you did it. Looks almost identical to this setup.@@SeaMonkeyMarine

What was the final bill too??? Those motors alone must have been $50k.

FYI the weight of a mercruiser 4.3 efi package w/ alpha gen 2 outdrive is 865lbs so this was replaced with verado 25 inch outboard motors weighing in at 645lbs. So the switch to outboards was in fact less weight by 440 lbs over all. Now consider the flotation of the sealed bracket and you have even a lighter stern setting. we did add a generator in the previous engine compartment that weight in at 110 lbs. It is difficult to calculate the buoyancy of the bracket as it is at many angles, however rest assured that it is more than the generator weight and also compensates for the engines being mounted 28 inches back, so much so that the boat when floated sat higher in the stern than before. the customer has informed us the the boat feels more stable sitting in the water than before. And this is without any weight added to the boat in any place. So yes i will tell you that it is ok. the boat planned quicker and rides better than before using little to no trim at all speeds. The customer has reported top speed of next to 50 mph which was not even close before (41mph). The motors install were 225 hp not the 250 that is stated on the cowling. these were used motors and this is the way they were purchased. The Hp rating on the 4.3 efi is 210 hp so we had a small gain at propshaft hp. hope this answers your questions

we bought used motor for 19500, plus we installed a generator. this affected the total bill. The conversion in labor and supplies to perform the conversion should be about 15000. the overall cost would depend on the motors purchase and rigging parts selected

I am impressed. You guys really did a lot of work in a very short amount of time. Great planning and no drama. Really great videos.

Thank you