Orca 8hp Standard Shaft 4-Stroke Outboard Engine

2nd Review...Update, I have now been using this engine for 4 months now and as expected, it's a great engine, never missed a beat. for a single cylinder of 140cc or 8hp, it's not quite as noisy as I would of expected, so that's a wee bonus. Again with a larger single cylinder you would also expect a good amount of vibration, but I've got to say, it's no more than I have experienced on any of my 4,5 and 6hp units, again, I'm impressed. Fuel economy has been superb and better than I expected. I started using this engine on an aluminium 12ft open boat with a shallow 'V' hull and it performed impeccably, however, I have now switched to a 3.1M poly boat, (Whaly 310) and again this engine is so well matched. The new boat is rated to 10HP Max but I thought I'd stick with my Orca 8hp, so pleased I did, because of the reduced rate, the boat doesn't suffer from bow rise as much and she is quick to flatten out to the plane with relative ease :) If like me, you run a small 10 to 12ft open for lochs and occasional inshore rock hopping or a SIB and want the ease of lifting and carrying a light weight unit with plenty of power, look no further, the Orca 8hp is a cracker, thanks again Boat World ! JG, Scotland.

Like a lot of small boat owners, I am limited to the weight I can apply to my transom and of course this limits my power options as well. I have an open 12ft aluminium, shallow 'v' hull. It's a little heavier than a lot of the more modern aluminium offerings of today, it was built in Finland in the late 80's and is all welded and has a very thick hull plate, still a light boat but 5hp was simply not enough to get her on the plane. I had this engine from a previous boat and thought I'd try her out, thought about going up to a 8 or 9 2 stroke keeping the engine down under 30kg.
well, when they say this is a game changer, it really is ! 8hp 4stroke under 30kg, unheard of, brilliant, what can I say, I just had to buy one. A friend of mine has had a 6hp Orca now for approx. 2 years and it has never missed a beat, he loves it, quiet, smooth and pushes his 340 SIB along nicely. I have put the Orca 6hp on my boat and it will Plane, just with weight forward, so I am pretty confidant the 8hp will get her there. Will post another review, once I have run her for a wee while. All I can say for now is, Boat World are a pleasure to do business with, so helpful and friendly and great products, all at superb prices, hopefully it will stay that way :) I unboxed the engine as soon as it arrived on Wednesday and she's a cracker, oil was supplied ! fired her up for a short spell, started 2nd pull, very pleased, thank you all at Boat World, Jay, Dumfries & Galloway

purchased the 8hp orca short shaft along with the black 330 pro, great outboard and great boat, pushes boat along nicely on loch tummel where i keep it at my caravan, never had any problems with boat or outboard, all good.

8hp orca short shaft and 330 pro been on loch etive 5 times with it as soon as you get going the boat gets right up on the plane and your off what a buy would be happy to get from boatworld again well done team keep up the good work

Hi Phillip. Thanks for taking the time to tell us about your experience with your Orca 8hp. I can only apologise for the confusion with fuel filters this was as a result of sending out a sealed unit rather than a screw top filter. Regarding the issues you are having with a lag with accelerating, I will be in touch with some information on this and we can try to get this sorted asap for you. Thanks for the feedback on having to do the work remotely, these are just suggestions we are always happy to undertake the work ourselves, but we will be more clear about this moving forwards. Thanks.