Blew my 225 johnson a couple years ago. I parted it out on ebay and did pretty well, within a month almost all of it was gone. Lots of aluminun in the destroyed powerhead too, if I remember correctly, got about 100 bucks at recycling center. It was a lot of work but without a boat motor what else did I have to do? If you switch form an omc you'll spend a lot on new controls. I bought a used etec and love it! Hung it and had it running in an afternoon.