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To: Maverick who wrote (3614)	12/20/1998 3:31:00 PM
From: Maverick	Respond to of 4908

Yamaha does indeed launch cat in 1999 lineup: Boating was correct about that, they just had the model wrong: yamahausa.com Notice the reference to platinum. Also, Dec-Jan issue of "Jet Sports", a publication of the IJSBA, or International Jet Sports Boating Association, announces the use of rhodium and platinum substrate cat, which supposedly reduces emissions 60% (p.47). If they get that kind of reduction from an oily (no DFI) exhaust stream, imagine how effective the cat will be with DFI. Jet Sports indicated Yamaha "will deal with the fuel injection question 'internally'". This same issue has a big article about "New Wave" FI boats. While OE and Sea-Doo get hardly a mention, Ficht is presented as a godsend. "One key to this bright future lies in FFI". There is a photo of an FFI injector spraying a spark plug in the combustion chamber, along with a diagram of the FFI system. Text remarks that "the FFI system is in fact, distinctly simple." They claim the injector can be easily serviced or replaced, and comment about the high quality materials used in the FFI components. Of course they also remind readers of the awards Ficht won from Popular Mechanics, IMTEC, and MB&S. As if the virtual absence of OCP isn't bad enough, they describe Sea-Doo's arrangement with OE to be a "tentative agreement". OE's PR strikes again. Siemens+Mercury+Bombardier+Tohatsu+Lotus+Sundiro+Aprilia+Texmaco-BHP-RGC-RS=$3