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Old 11-11-2013, 08:37 PM
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Hey Moose.....that's funny!!! My opinion.....Small displacement engines with either turbo or superchargers to get HP is for race cars that only have a limited life span by design.
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Old 11-11-2013, 10:06 PM
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Hey Moose.....that's funny!!! My opinion.....Small displacement engines with either turbo or superchargers to get HP is for race cars that only have a limited life span by design.
Agreed Don, naturally aspirated engines (diesel and gas) have proven longevity over their boosted induction counterparts without question. So far, I have 1700+ hours at sea on my naturally asperated 2006 250. That's not a lot of hours for a 4 stroke but its more than I've ever had on any other motor I've owned over the years. I will say though that the technology is improving and we may see reliable boosted outboards that can be trusted without being configured in twins or with a SeaTow captains membership.... I'm sure the Verado cops have been alerted by now to by blasphamy and will arive here any minute now to defend their brands honor.

The funny thing is that I have a friend with twin 275 gen 1s. He loves them but they sure have been problematic. One time while his boat was in the shop getting a new powerhead I told him I heard Merc was replacing all engine mounting hardware with wingnuts to reduce repetitive costs on future warranty work.... I thought he was going to physically throw me off the boat.
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Old 11-12-2013, 03:56 PM
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well, enjoy fishing, its cold and over up here till next year and that really hurts. lol. if I want to troll, will wait for april and some tuna.
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Old 11-12-2013, 04:00 PM
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"One time while his boat was in the shop getting a new powerhead I told him I heard Merc was replacing all engine mounting hardware with wingnuts"

There ya go....nylock wing nuts!!
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Old 11-12-2013, 07:39 PM
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well, enjoy fishing, its cold and over up here till next year and that really hurts. lol. if I want to troll, will wait for april and some tuna.
At least you have tuna to troll for. I have to go out 90 nautical to get blackfins. Weather is starting to suck for the rest of grouper season here. Its gusting to 40 knots tonight with 8 to 10s for tomorrow.
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Old 11-12-2013, 08:49 PM
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well, enjoy fishing, its cold and over up here till next year and that really hurts. lol. if I want to troll, will wait for april and some tuna.
And that`s when they start getting grumpy. Wait til April !

You could always troll a Nazi Mullet. They don`t washout. Josh, you could always hop a flight down to Dixie.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuhJZT5dnSc This is classic.

The 7 as of now has 557 hp and 750 ft lbs of torque. 557/750. If they can get 800 hp with no issues, that is a game changah.

I have the guy`s card who came in our shop.

I wonder if they want a sexy, proven race hull to use as a test mule. Hmmm,
Three TOP Mercs weighed around 900 lbs. One Seven right around 1,000.

Hmmm
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New Mercury V-rod unvailed today! The 350 is now in the normal line up.

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Old 02-12-2015, 07:48 PM
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I would love to try a 400hp once or twice, but I'm really interested in seeing how their 3.0L 4stroke 150hp would do on the back of a 23. Lots of reports of the 3.0L 150 putting out close to the same power of a old 2.5L 200hp fishing motor (without mods). The 150 is such a well thought out simple 4 stroke motor.

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Old 02-13-2015, 12:01 AM
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I'd love a new 400 on a new 25!
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Old 02-13-2015, 11:49 AM
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I would love to try a 400hp once or twice, but I'm really interested in seeing how their 3.0L 4stroke 150hp would do on the back of a 23. Lots of reports of the 3.0L 150 putting out close to the same power of a old 2.5L 200hp fishing motor (without mods). The 150 is such a well thought out simple 4 stroke motor.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4xq...layer_embedded
I have to agree on that, They are simple, and seem to be a good technology that has been working out well. Not to mention they are very very price competitive in comparison to other 150's out there. There is roomer going around that they may expand this motor into a 175 or 200 hp possibly! Now that would be the cats meow if they keep the price about the same. These are a great option for those looking twins that are light weight and a lot of people are using these in that application with good results. I heard they will not want to dump the v-rod low horse power motors for theses too, but if they become popular like it is trending they will do it if there is money there to be made. Everything else is going super high tech, give me a good reliable simple motor at a good price point and that will be marketable.
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