Re: Searching for a 10 hp Johnson or Evinrude

[20mercman]

I totally agree that the 9.5 motors are down on power in the 10hp class, I have 1970 that is pretty good, but I have run both brands, J&E that would not plane a boat as was posted by outbdnut. These motors have several advantages that I really like, but power isn’t one of them. My 110 Mercury’s are significantly more powerful than the 9.5’s, but they really need the right prop. Too often they were equipped with 10p props that they can’t spin with any kind of weight. The horsepower really falls off on them if they can’t get to full RPM. We can easily top 20mph with our 63, but not with too much weight in the boat.

As for the older Johnson/Evinrude 10hp motors, I agree that they were much more powerful than the 9.5’s that replaced them. We just picked up an early 60’s Johnson 10hp last night that came with a boat we purchased. This needs some TLC to get it to run, the previous owner replaced the coils and couldn’t get it to run after that, but it is in pretty good cosmetic condition. We will be looking to repair this to good running condition and then sell it as it doesn’t really fit our collection. We also have a good running 1974 Johnson 15hp with 1 new coil that we will also have for sale. It is in good/average cosmetic condition.

Steve