Evinrudes problems have been more corporate then mechanical. The engineering is fine

is the MBA folks that are screwed up.(IMO this is the case in many companies)
My 150's are ok. Some minor electronic problems with one but no show stoppers. After looking around and pricing jap 4 strokes and seeing the real data on some of them I may hang on another year and wait till 150-175hp ETEC's arrive to bite the re-powering bullet.