Yamaha f200 vs 175 vmax sho

Are there any real world comparisons out there? Actually torque specs, performance bulletin on the same boat?

If you find such a comparison don’t forget to take their weight into consideration.

I guess I have been looking at the 4 cylinders that are pretty much the same motor, not the v6 200.

Have you checked out the performance reviews on Yamaha’s site? No idea if they have them tested for the same boats or not, but that should give you a good starting point.

Couldn’t find any matching boats.

Even if you can’t find a boat like your’s on there, you can usually find similar boats and compare them. Obviously not ideal, and the rule doesn’t always hold true, but you can probably use those performance differences as a guide for how they would compare on your rig. For example, I found that they tested the 175 SHO, I4 200, and V6 200 on fairly similar G3 boats. I’ll post links, but they were all roughly 19′ boats that weighed 2900-3100lbs, give or take. It looks like the V6 200 doesn’t justify itself very well, although I would bet that it would feel a lot more “responsive” when you’re advancing the throttle, or going from mid-range to WOT. So a little “sportier”, if you will? I think since you’re adding 200lbs or so of weight, most of the performance would be wasted on that. However I know almost every guy I’ve talked to that’s ran both 4 and 6 cylinder versions of a motor prefer the 6. The 200 I4 is slightly faster than the 175 SHO, but it looks like the SHO is generally a bit more fuel-efficient. As with a lot of this kind of stuff, it’s mostly minor differences, you just have to decide where you want to draw the line in the sand.

https://yamahaoutboards.com/en-us/home/outboards/v-max-sho/in-line-4/vf175/pb_g3b_anglerv19f_vf175xa_2017-07-09_alm

https://yamahaoutboards.com/en-us/home/outboards/350-150-hp/in-line-4/f200-i4/pb_g3b_anglerv192sf_f200xb_2014-04-08_alm

https://yamahaoutboards.com/en-us/home/outboards/350-150-hp/v6-3-3l/f200/pb_g3b_anglerv185fs_f200txr_2011-06-15_alm

Thanks for the info and I have looked at all of that, I wasn’t looking for the same boat I’m looking at, just as similar models that both motors have been tested on, also. Just looking at the I4, not v6 because of weight, they are the same 2.8 I believe, just wasn’t sure which was actually better in the real world.