New 60 hp engines... Which brand?

[QuintonUK]

Good evening all! Unfortunately one of my evinrude 75 engines died so I'm having to reengine. I'm looking for a pair of 60hp to reduce the weight and am pretty close to placing the order on a pair of the new Tohatsu 60s which they now make themselves. Any verdicts on tohatsu reliability? If not what brand would you go for?

[a64pilot]

Tohatsu’s are very good motors.
However what kind of boat? If a sailing Cat etc. I would look only for high thrust motors, and I would rather have a smaller HP high thrust myself than a big non high thrust.

Yamaha has a 60 HP high thrust, I don’t know about
Tohatsu.

https://yamahaoutboards.com/en-us/ho...st/high-thrust

On edit apparently they do.
https://www.tohatsu.com/marine/na/ou.../60PT_4st.html


However I don’t know if either is EFI, and in my opinion EFI is better than a carburetor.

Oh, and I think Tohatsu has always made their own motors, in fact many others are actually made by Tohatsu.

[flyingfin]

Tohatsu is a rugged outboard mainly used by commercial fisherman. Buy one or a pair of Suzuk's

[a64pilot]

Suzuki has a slightly lower gear ratio so ought to swing a bigger prop and is fuel injected.
But what does it weigh?
Suzuki Marine - Product Lines - Outboard Motors - Products - DF60AV - 2012 - DF60AV

[QuintonUK]

Originally Posted by a64pilot

Tohatsu’s are very good motors.
However what kind of boat? If a sailing Cat etc. I would look only for high thrust motors, and I would rather have a smaller HP high thrust myself than a big non high thrust.

Yamaha has a 60 HP high thrust, I don’t know about
Tohatsu.

https://yamahaoutboards.com/en-us/ho...st/high-thrust

On edit apparently they do.
https://www.tohatsu.com/marine/na/ou.../60PT_4st.html


However I don’t know if either is EFI, and in my opinion EFI is better than a carburetor.

Oh, and I think Tohatsu has always made their own motors, in fact many others are actually made by Tohatsu.

It's on a motor catamaran...Motorcat MC30. Cruising speed will be 12-18 kts, topping out about 22. The new ones are EFI. The 60 used to be a rebranded Honda but they launched their own since last season.

[QuintonUK]

Originally Posted by flyingfin

Tohatsu is a rugged outboard mainly used by commercial fisherman. Buy one or a pair of Suzuk's

Why Suzuki, have you had a bad experience with Tohatsu?

[Stewie12]

I have had great experiences of Tohatsu. Absolutely fantastic motor.

[Hermia II]

I must recommend Suzuki. On my 9 meter RIB i use two 250hp Suzukis since 13 years. They are extremely reliable, totally quiet and uses larger props and lower output rev than the Yamahas I have compared to. This is why a lot of working RIB's use Suzuki. My have been absolutely faultless.
Check out: http://www.suzukimarine.com/Product%...12/DF60AV.aspx