Modern Outboard Motors. Mercury, Evinrude, Honda, Yamaha, Suzuki and Tohatsu-Nissan are the companies that make the outboards today. All make boat propellers in aluminum, and stainless steel propellers too. You can also get after market boat propellers for these engines that in many cases perform just as good and some times even better and usually cost...
Read MoreJapanese outboard motors. Honda, Suzuki, Tohatsu/Nissan and Yamaha are the Japanese companies that manufacture outboard motors. They all started out making other motorized things including motorcycles and got into outboards in the 1950’s and 60’s and they all are still in business today.The boat propellers used on these early engines were all...
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The 1950’s. This decade was a time when two manufacturers became the dominate outboard motor makers. Evinrude-Johnson ( OMC ) and Mercury Marine. Mercury fast out paced OMC after WW II ended until about 1950 and 1951 when Evinrude came out with newer designed motors that sported a gear shift handle the Mercury engines did not have until a few years...
Read MoreOur best selling aluminum boat props brand is Solas Amita propellers. We offer hundreds of boat propellers at the lowest prices. The reason they are the most popular is because they perform great and they are a one piece boat prop that has a rubber hub already installed at the factory and is ready to be used. Just use the propeller attaching hardware that...
Read MoreBoat propellers for pontoon boats can be hard to match up right sometimes. The main problem is cavitation, meaning the boat propeller is hitting air when you trim it up and the RPM’s shoot way up and the boat slows down.. The reason for this is the transom on a lot of the newer pontoon boats is too high so the engines lower unit is not in the...
Read MoreSolas Propellers has been in business since 1985 and produce aluminum props and stainless steel boat propellers for outboard motors and sterndrive boats. They also make impellers for personal watercraft. They constantly strive for improvement thru an outstanding research and development team that does all aspects of R & D including a huge amount of...
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