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tobusy4 01-03-2011 10:18 PM

Anyone running Merc 300 verados on a cat?
 
Just wondering if anyone is running a pair on a skater, spectre, or motion cat? Are there any advantages to the 4 stroke outboards versus the XS's? I know they weigh more so will they be slower than the 2 strokes?

How about the 350 verado's?

OL40SVX 01-03-2011 10:23 PM

Put 300XS on it.

stainless 01-04-2011 02:06 AM


Originally Posted by tobusy4 (Post 3288264)
Just wondering if anyone is running a pair on a skater, spectre, or motion cat? Are there any advantages to the 4 stroke outboards versus the XS's? I know they weigh more so will they be slower than the 2 strokes?

How about the 350 verado's?

I thought about doing this for quite a while , but after much research, the conclusion was reached that if you can't surface the lowers (you can't) it won't work.
While there was talk of surfaceable lowers for an application like this, it never happened.

yahoo 01-04-2011 06:19 AM

Why cant you put a bobs nosecone on the lowers ?

It what they did before the sportmaster lowers.

SVL-WARLOCK 01-04-2011 08:56 AM

Bobs wont work on torque masters. They have the new lower for the verado. You can surface it.

Catmando 01-04-2011 10:15 AM


Originally Posted by tobusy4 (Post 3288264)
Just wondering if anyone is running a pair on a skater, spectre, or motion cat? Are there any advantages to the 4 stroke outboards versus the XS's? I know they weigh more so will they be slower than the 2 strokes?

How about the 350 verado's?

The Verado weighs about 120lbs more than the XS so you'll take that hit if you go with them. That might not be too bad for a V, but that much extra transom weight on a cat will not be good.

SS930 01-04-2011 10:42 AM

As stated, the lowers on this platform make it a fail. The lowers are also not interchangeable with the sporties.

Weight is also an issue. I suspect the lower RPM's would be as well.



EDIT: I thought i heard they were making a HD lower for this, but I heard it was a 5" hydrodynamic fat pig that defeats the purpose...

Maritime_Eng 01-04-2011 11:15 AM


Originally Posted by SS930 (Post 3288510)
As stated, the lowers on this platform make it a fail. The lowers are also not interchangeable with the sporties.

Weight is also an issue. I suspect the lower RPM's would be as well.



EDIT: I thought i heard they were making a HD lower for this, but I heard it was a 5" hydrodynamic fat pig that defeats the purpose...

The only reason the lowers between the 300xs and the 300 verado are not interchangeable is becasue the drive shaft splines are different. You could re-spline a sportmaster to work. The RPMS between the 300 verado and 300xs are about the same. The verado uses the 1.75 gear ratio but a 1.62 SM would work well. The only concern I would have is the the midsection of the verado. I think it is weaker than the HD 300xs mid.

If someone had unlimited funds and alot of time it would be a cool package.............

OL40SVX 01-04-2011 11:30 AM

Mercury is not making a sporty lower for the Verado the last time we talked to them.

Maritime_Eng 01-04-2011 11:37 AM


Originally Posted by fountain40icbm (Post 3288529)
Mercury is not making a sporty lower for the Verado the last time we talked to them.

Correct, but you could modify a Sport Master from a 300xs to work on a verado.


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