Oh okay, that makes more sense. And thanks for the answers on the dry-sump and such!

I used to work at a West Marine in San Jose, and remember having exactly one 2-stroke Mercury outboard left...it never sold in the entire time I worked there, while people were buying the 4-stroke engines regularly...

One way or another, I'll bet the number of 2-stroke outboard motors decreases drastically over the next 15 years...