That bloody F&#$ed sound at each scene change is gonna be death of me

Nicely Done ~ I'm running the same motor. LOVE IT !

Hey Steve, great review mate, we re powered our 7.0 offshore plate boat with the 175 6 cylinder in around July August last year and were blown away. It is like driving a different boat. We swapped from a 2004 140 Johnson 4 stroke (which was the Suzuki painted white) and the way the boat handles now I s phenomenal, better in every aspect and safer, especially when crossing a sloppy bar.. Bet some choice words came out when you snapped the corner off the cavitation plate in the first hour of running... keep up the good work...👍

Got my 2021 Bass Cat Pantera II ordered with a 200 Merc. 2nd one Feel The Rush!

Hiya Scott, Bloody awesome set of your Boat and Motor Mate :-)

that sound when it fires up at 8:36 oh my lol

Lovely boat

The sound 😊 needs a bi modal button though

It does look nice though, please do an update a few 100 hours in

Informative video i also bought the exact same motor however the drum jingle every 20 seconds is super bloody annoying

Love all your reviews but this is the best, being very personal to you. I’m thinking of a 21’ fibreglass deep v (23°) cuddy cabin for family use (toys, cruising, Bluewater and large lakes) would you suggest the fourstroke, pro Xs or Verado here, at 250 hp? 1800 kg hull. Same engine but different tuning. Thoughts?

Don't know what it is but Australian boat and engine reviews are so much better than US ones. Maybe more honest and straightforward? Keep at it!

Hiya, i m in love with these new engines and i want to put one on my fibreglass boat, if you have a max of 200hp, would you go for the V6 or the Pro XS? Is the V8 more thirsty for fuel? I m more looking for a very good cruising speed not WOT.

I didn’t know that you had bass in Australia. Love the engine cover, does that come standard with the engine?

Where did you get your motor cover? I’ve been looking and can’t find one anywhere.

Hi, my name is Frank, i am from Germany. I would like to know where do you get the outbordcover ? Thanks

Not sure how they got a V8 down to 228kg without cutting to much weigh out of vital components. Hopefully it lasts the distance

Hey Steve. Great Vids mate, found them very helpful. I’m about to put either a 250 Pro XS or standard 250 CMS on my extreme 695 game king. Stepping up from a 200 L4 Verado. Not much in it with price, any advice you can provide to make the final decision? Cheers

Sounds like a Rattle Can on Acceleration. But 2km/liter, that's 5.6 miles per Gallon(Imperial) and at 50mph. I remember the Old V6 200 HP 2 strokes getting about 1 mpg at those speeds

55 mph is pretty dang good

What are 2 blue bars at both sides of the engine? Thank you.

Is it faster than the old PROXS???

hey Steve I like your work...........however if that is the best beard you can grow I reckon shave it off quick smart (a stiff towel will probably get it off also). Any chance you can do a 60Hp outboard comparo? Very popular segment so reckon it would be well received.

6 year warranty is useless, now if they had a 600 - 700 hour warranty that would be impressive. I had a optimax 175 on my boat, came with a 5 yr warranty, the problem was that after 10 yrs and only 135 hours on the motor the power head blew and needless to say the expense of replacing it fell solely on me.

What prop have you found to get top speed with your 200hp?

Cool vid. I work for Bass Cat. ✌

Btw what prop are u running to hit 100kph?

How would a 23 fury work on the motor.

Interesting to compare it to the G2 Etec?

How much did it cost to have the digital throttle and digital hot added to ur bass boat. I am from the USA.

Please introduce all new Johnson engines. This giant company is not used to as it was in 1980. Its engine was absent for what and what is the reason.

He says hear this 08:35 yes on idle it sounds but not when you put down the throttle. A V8 with less fuel consumption, high output and a design only a mother would love but has it a soul and a sound that could shake your body like the old 2 stroke pro xs in accelleration, the answer is NO!!! If you put that on a old boat its going to sink. It has only one purpose and that is too get the tone-deaf a mening of a life and better accelearation of course. But it doesn´t help that it was born V8!!

4.6l V8 seems like an expensive way to make 200hp....

My 4.2 V6 Yamaha 250 Sho Still Beats you out of the hole