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October 24, 2018 at 12:16 pm
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The 650 was a very good motor. Many of the techs considered it one of their best, and without saying, they were head and shoulders above the later 3 cylinder motors. The later large in line 4, 800 & 850 were prone to out of round cylinder wear due to folks trolling them. Other than that, they were not bad, (full disclosure, I have a 1971 800 that I bored +.030 and I really like it) but I have not heard that the 650 were prone to the same condition. That said, the addition of a proper trolling motor is good advice.
Steve