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i had this question asked. I have no idea. The sender says the two blocks are the same. The 40 hp cannot be made into a 60hp. The 40 hp has a small lower unit and comes in a 15 inch midsection. TRUE?? Possible? These motors have been around for a few years and there are parts motors out there. I am sure someone would have done the switch before now. Or this fellow is on to something. If doable I for one is interested it how it ran.

The motors are 864 blocks. I cannot find a 15 inch 40 hp? Some pictures look like 15's but there all 20 inch.

Don,

From what i had researched before i THINK they are all 20 inch mids, the 40 -60 share the same big gearcase, the 60 has a different tuner.

it is unfortunate that they are not available with a better lower for lighter boats.

Thanks guys for the input. The 30 hp E-TEC is the highest hp model I can find with the short shaft version. There was a VooDoo up north with an E-TEC but I don't have information on how it ran. Down the road as the older motors become less popular with the racers I can see us using a custom mid and lower unit that racers can mount different makes of power heads .
Similar to what Bass manufactures. Then we will see E-TEC engines.

i was offered a deal on a 60etec when i was building the delta..at the time i did not know any better, turned it down,since then i read up alot on them... talk about kick myself as it would have been nice to try

Here is one for sale.
The large gear case would hurt, but, power wise these are said to perform as good as a 70 hp two stroke on the same hull.

http://www.kijiji.ca/v-powerboat-motorb ... nFlag=true


Looking at the mid it looks unlikely you could shorten it to 15 or 16 inches.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/2008-Johnson-Ev ... Gx&vxp=mtr

Lower unit looks just like a 70hp large case. I wonder if the bolt pattern is the same. Could maybe bolt a nitro to it?

From what I've read on other forums, the Etec 60 is not as strong as the older OMC 60/70hp 3cyls. Most of that comes from reports by Whaler Classic/Sport 15 owners on continuouswave.com, as they re-power older OMCs to newer engines.

Since I own a 15 foot Classic Whaler I had read some of the comments.
I based my comment on this thread on replies similar to this one;
http://continuouswave.com/ubb/Forum4/HTML/003720.html
Those E-TEC 60 numbers are very similar to the numbers I get with a 2003 Yamaha 70 on my 15 Super Sport. Looks to be a strong 60

Now you can be totally correct. The performance is equal to a 70 Yamaha but not equal to the 60 or 70 OMC motors. Set up means a lot on every boat so this is likely the reason some perform better than others. All seem to agree the 60 E-TEC has a lot of punch and that is very important if you were racing.