Volvo Penta D4 300hp.

joakimhansson · 02 September 2007, 20:55

Anyone know if this engine is a better choise than a yanmar 315 on a revenger 29?

It´s only 4 cyl and i must save much weight compare to yanmar... Or what do you say....

codprawn · 02 September 2007, 21:43

The Volvo weighs 669kg with a sterndrive - the Yamaha ME432TRP 315hp weighs 567kg. Yanmar quote their weight without sterngear.

jwalker · 02 September 2007, 21:50

Given that Yanmars frequently break Bravo drives and that Volvo have developed their latest drives to handle the output from the D6, it's not too difficult a decision if reliability is important to you.

codprawn · 02 September 2007, 22:01

Yes Volvo drives are pretty good - don't hear of many problems with them.

peterb · 02 September 2007, 22:04

Cant help with the weight/drive questions but I have done a couple of hundred hours on a D6/300 and on a D4/260.

To my surprise, the four cylinder D4 is equally as smooth as the D6. I happily confess to being "anti-volvo" and preferring the Sabre-Perkins range - but it needs saying that these two engines are absolutely splendid.

I'm sure the D4/300 will be just as good.

Although some say that this is taking just too much out of the block - its a 3.7 litre engine - so its not exactly tiny.

OceanEco · 03 September 2007, 02:04

We are dealers for volvo penta as well as yanmar. the warranty for volvo penta is much better. it is a lot easier to get warranty work done with volvo, yanmar tends to drag thier feet, at least on this side of the pond. parts also seem to be much more available for volvo.

joakimhansson · 03 September 2007, 08:59

Thanks, and about fuel economy and speed.

I don´t know the weight of a yanmar leg but say that you save 100kg with volvo? And 100kg must be close to 15hp?

Do you think a can get a revenger 29 stepped hull to get 54knots with volvo? Revenger say yanmar 315 will do 54 knots....

peterb · 03 September 2007, 09:38

Fuel consumption curve for the D4/300 attached.

jwalker · 03 September 2007, 09:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by joakimhansson

...Do you think a can get a revenger 29 stepped hull to get 54knots with volvo? Revenger say yanmar 315 will do 54 knots....

62mph with about 300horse in a boat nearly 30 feet long carrying over half a ton of diesel engine sounds a bit optimistic to me. It must be light and empty.

Gordon McMath · 03 September 2007, 10:09

Revenger 29 stepped hull.Yanmar 315 with Bravo 1, teak fordeck & swim platform,deluxe console with sports seat will do 66mph,some customers have said more but 66/67mph is our experience.

joakimhansson · 03 September 2007, 10:17

And with a volvo D4 300? what do you think the topspeed is?

Gordon McMath · 05 September 2007, 09:34

I will ask the question for you,another important thing to do would be to look at moving the fuel tank(s) slightly further forward to maintain the balance of the rib,is the Volvo drive you want to use single or duoprop ?

joakimhansson · 05 September 2007, 13:54

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gordon McMath

I will ask the question for you,another important thing to do would be to look at moving the fuel tank(s) slightly further forward to maintain the balance of the rib,is the Volvo drive you want to use single or duoprop ?

Fastest! single?

Weight between...

Yanmar 315
Volvo D6 350/370
Volvo D4 300

joakimhansson · 30 September 2007, 12:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by joakimhansson

Weight between...

Yanmar 315 or D-Max
Volvo D6 350/370
Volvo D4 300

Incl. bravo one or simular, Not duoprop.

Anyone have an idea?

etraitel · 14 May 2008, 02:53

Hi, I'm looking at buying a D4-300 - can anybody advise me on price and what is the best place to pruchase 2 of these?

Many thanks in advance!

Regards,
Eli