Help Figuring out which engines I have

[Streetsnake]

I’m in the process of trying to finalize a purchase a ‘17 chaparral vrx. My question, the owner doesn’t know, does this boat have twin 200s or twin 250s. However, I’m not sure where I need to look to see if it has an inter cooler. Can anyone help me out? I’m new to jet boats so I’m learning on the fly. Please help. This is the only pic I have.

 

[Thermobrett]

Best I can tell, they are twin 250's.
Below is a link for the 2016 boattest.com review, engines look very similar.

https://boattest.com/boats/chaparral/243-vortex-vrx-2016

 

[ripler]

Is there a tag on the motor that shows the power output? It will be in kW, divide that number by 746 to give approx HP.

 

[Luc Lafreniere]

@Thermobrett is correct. I can see the two metal external intercoolers in the back of the bay. The ones with the rubber straps holding them. Those are 250s.

 

[Luc Lafreniere]

@Streetsnake FYI, your boat uses the same engines as Scarabs. So if/when you have questions, it's a good idea to post in that section to get more Scarab people looking at them. But obviously there's a lot of expertise among the larger group as well, but it's predominantly Yamaha as they hold a much bigger market share.

 

[Streetsnake]

Best I can tell, they are twin 250's.
Below is a link for the 2016 boattest.com review, engines look very similar.

https://boattest.com/boats/chaparral/243-vortex-vrx-2016

Thank you that. Nice write up.

 

[adrianp89]

Could pull the HIN and reach out to manufacturer.