You can look back at previous posts I have made where I have said I'd love to see Merc bump the HP on their V6 line and keep it in the sub-500lbs range. Nice to see they are doing that. I bet there is a lot more left on the table in those engines too and a good tuner can get a few more ponies out of one putting it close to the power-to-weight ratio of a 300R save a few pounds.
Likely a pretty short list
Stoker, 19 daytona, probably my Lavey mod VP....(it runs in the high 80s with a worn out 1983 200 merc), Allison, Checkmate, Hydrostream, Mirage....basically anything cool.
It will be interesting to see some real world tests... When the 300R came out there were a number of those where top end did not vary much between the lighter two stroke and the heavier four stroke... but the response of the boat changed quite a bit with the 4 stroke.
The APX engine just handed the 2 stroke field their ass in Kankakee a week or so ago.
Jet bote's with 455's run 100mph, so . . .
That's good but I am not familiar with that race. Was it driven by a top driver that just recently switched or a mid pack driver? The results have been different on the F1 circuit. It would be interesting to see what one of the top drivers could do with the new platform.
Tuff says 86 with 225 4 stroke.
Mine.
Yeah a bunch of carbed fishing motors. A proper champ motor would hand that thing it's ass so bad.
I am with you on that...it would have to be ultra light Mirage or STV with HUGE prop IMO...
It would be nice to be able to get 100-105 out of a Mirage, able to shift at low speeds around docks and run 87 octane... Or wonder how 2 200's would run on a new trick... if there was a big price difference may be another option...
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