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Old 14 March 2005, 11:12   #1
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New Yamaha V-Max 300hpdi

Is there anyone who has one of these.

Once I have read on this forum that the 250V-Max has more power than the 300 HPDI.
I'm wondering If this engine will give any differance.

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Old 14 March 2005, 11:51   #2
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I have read of quite a few people having probs with the 300hp Yamaha - don't know how true these are though. Personally I would go with the Evinrude Etec 250 - have heard nothing but good reports on them and they are pretty good on fuel as well.

Try doing a search here on Ribnet and you will find plenty of feedback.
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Old 14 March 2005, 13:33   #3
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I have read of quite a few people having probs with the 300hp Yamaha - don't know how true these are though. Personally I would go with the Evinrude Etec 250 - have heard nothing but good reports on them and they are pretty good on fuel as well.

Try doing a search here on Ribnet and you will find plenty of feedback.
I know that my dealer sells lot's of big yamaha engines but he is not very keen on the 300hp version. the ones he sold have often problems.

Ask Petrov. He has 2 x 300 hp HDPI on his rib.

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For now they only sell the 300VMAX HPDI in the US.
Lovely machine, hope it will come to Europe, something i would like
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I have seen Petrov's replies. I was wandering if there would be any more positive signs about this new VMAX model.
Everyone seems to be very positive about the VMAX 250 range. I was hoping that this engine would be better than the normal 300 HPDI.
I don't know how new this model is. Maybe it hasn't proven itself yet or no one has bought one yet.

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For now they only sell the 300VMAX HPDI in the US.
Lovely machine, hope it will come to Europe, something i would like
I saw one in Amsterdam some weeks ago at one of the main dealers shop.

Looked really awesome.

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I saw one in Amsterdam some weeks ago at one of the main dealers shop
Yamaha said to me that his engine doesnt come to Europe, was it imported from US maybe or maybe the guy i talked to had the wrong info.


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Everyone seems to be very positive about the VMAX 250 range
I have been driving the 250 VMAX pretty much and thinks its a great engine, no problems so far, the 300 VMAX i dont know anything about and havent heard anything bad.
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For now they only sell the 300VMAX HPDI in the US.
Lovely machine, hope it will come to Europe, something i would like
Petrov. It will be worth waiting for then.
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300 Hdpi

I have talked to a few people about these engines , and everone says that the pistons are made from chocolate!!!!!

Barnet told me , that everyone he has fitted has died , Redbay said the same.
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Did they say anything about how Yamaha has handle the warranty on the engines?
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By all accounts, very Badly, Barnet said that if they had a problem with an OPTI ,Bauras would just replace/fix the problem ..... But with YAM ,they just burried there head in the sand and hoped it would go away... And claming it could have been user error etc ....
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Same in Scandinavia, would like to here more about how they handle the case, did they take it on warranty in the end or are they still fighting with them?
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to be honest I dont know how it finished up, but From what Barnet said , it sounded like it was more that one engine , and I could have involved a 250 too ..... I would give Laurance a call , he seems a nice guy , and I am sure he would tell you .
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Will do Tim, thank`s for info.
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I have talked to a few people about these engines , and everone says that the pistons are made from chocolate!!!!!

Barnet told me , that everyone he has fitted has died , Redbay said the same.
Tim.

Just to be sure, we are talking about the VMAX 300 hpdi. Not to be confused with the standard HPDI.
I know there are enough problems with this last one and was wondering if the VMAX makes a difference.

(Though I will be very interested anyway in the end of your story.)

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Yamaha said to me that his engine doesnt come to Europe, was it imported from US maybe or maybe the guy i talked to had the wrong info.




I have been driving the 250 VMAX pretty much and thinks its a great engine, no problems so far, the 300 VMAX i dont know anything about and havent heard anything bad.
Just recieved an email.
They are on stock here in Yamaha Holland Amsterdam.

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At last I found something.

http://www.bassandwalleyeboats.com/s...e_page_176.cfm

Might be of interest to you, Petrov.
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Also available as a Z300 HPDI in 25- and 30-inch shaft lengths, the hot model is the VZ300 VMax, which is a 20-inch-shaft engine intended primarily for bass boats.
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