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Thanks. I sent an email to see if still available.

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Thanks for the input Steven. I understand the upgrade to a 19 footer for the money, and I have looked at them also. I am more interested in size for fishing tight areas.

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Not finding many 175s. How about any 150s? I have corresponded with several sabre owners and BCB and am now considering 150s also.

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3.73 vs 3.23 will make a significant difference while towing. However, the 3.73s will also make a significant difference in gas mileage while not towing. I had 5.3s (4wd) with both 3.42 and 3.73 rearends and I saw about 1 mpg difference on like trucks with different rearends. As already stated in a previous post, I would not recommend towing in overdrive unless on flat ground at speeds above 65 mph, however that will make no difference in acceleration, especially when using tow/haul mode. As you probably already know, tow/haul changes the shift points electronically to stay in the torque curve of the motor and firms the shift. It also causes the transmission to shift at any slight grade. I tow quite a bit and have never seen the benefit of tow/haul mode.

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I can comment on this since my tournament partner has had two different XS motors, 08 and 09 with the exact same intermittent problem. Mercury replaced the “bad” coils on first motor at roughly 50 hrs. Boat would take forever to plane off. I think it was only two of the six, I just remember that he was upset they wouldnt replace them all. At 100 hours, had the same problem and they replaced all six. He didnt keep the boat long enough to see if it truly fixed the problem.Second motor, 09, has had the coils replaced twice, all six. Still had the same issue but only periodic, but the boat would not plane at all when motor bogged. Strange thing was if it bogged, you could throw it in reverse and rev it up, put back in gear and everything was fine… They replaced the fuel rails about 40 engine hours ago and it appears to have resolved the issue. Each tech at two different Mercury shops immediately said it was the coils… not sure how to test a fuel rail, but you may want to look at that as well.

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This boat has been sold.

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