POLL: favorite Mercury motor
 

It seems like Mercury Racing has covered all the bases in the performance engines dept with the 525, 600, 700, 850 and 1075 lineup. What is your favorite and why? I like the 850 SCI engine...it's pretty sweet. I cannot afford it, but I really like it. That would be my personal choice.

I also wanted to point out that I find it unusual that alot of people would stay away from blower motors for reliability reasons, yet 4 out of 5 Merc engines have blowers.

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What ???

No Outboards? :confused:

:drink: :drink:

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That should be another thread entirely......2 different animals :D

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Just kiddin' with ya! :D

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300xs

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525s would suit me just fine in something like a 33' Powerplay. Good enough to get you just above 80, naturally aspirated and reliable power that won't blow a drive.

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i like the big 3.0L TKS, great on gas, easy to winterize, ussualy a ton af room left in the engine bay to get in there and work on your mills....even in twin applications :D

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Never owned any of them. But I beat the poop outta my trusty 502 's

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Isn't "Mercury" outboards and I/o's and inboards "MerCruiser"?
I thought this was going to be an outboard poll by the title.

Anyway, I picked the 525's for reliability, cost and the fresh-water cooling.

Any Opti-Max outboard would be my choice of O/B's.

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I like my 525 efi's.

LS

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I realize this poll is for current Mercury motors.However,what is general opinion of the 900 SC ?

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Id rather have NA's

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The 525EFI appears to be a great motor. Good power, operates on low octane fuel, closed cooling and should run for a couple hundred hours no matter how far and often the sticks are hammered. :evilb: The blower motors make the big power but also put alot of stress on parts. It seems the EFI and screw style superchargers have brought marine supercharging to a new level. However, I think supercharging a motor is like juicing an athlete, sure they put up big numbers but most of the time the careers are shortened by injury. :(

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I know :D Maybe an outboard poll would be a good one also.

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Ed,
yes you are correct........I'll go in timeout for 1/2 hr :D

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300x's...but the 850's are badass, and for everyday usability 525

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You forgot to include the 350 MAG - one of the best engines out there. :drink:

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The poll engines are the "Mercury Racing" brand of engines which can include the the hot rod outboards. Otherwise Mercury is outboards and Mercruiser is I/O for the family stuff.

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The T2x.....of course.


:p

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900 sc

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Barry Bonds may be a good example.

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Kinda hard to include the 700SC since no one has experience with it, other than seeing pictures and what not.

I like the 850SC though! :cool:

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The 850 and 1075s are great but recommended rebuild every 100hrs is tough. The 525 is my choice because of reliability/longevity.

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We love our 525EFI's. They are very rugged and run absolutely mint with 225hrs on them! We are thinking of going with the new 700 motor in our next boat but I would have to say 525 for now because of our experience with them.

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I think the 525 is an awesome motor; its versatility with many types of boat applications is pretty much unmatched. I also like the components used in it, and it looks good too.

I also like the 850 and 1075 engines, I like the look and the lower profile with these new engines. I don't know much about the 700 obviously, but think it'll fit the gap better than that 600 does. Of all the merc. racing engines, I don't really see the point of having the 600 around, especially now with the 700 out.

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I always loved and had no problems after going to dry exhausts with the 502/465hp.
The sound was just AWESOME!!!!!!

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What the hell were the old school 900hp N/A Motors from Mercury called? They had 8 velocity stacks, sounded wicked, and ran way hard. I'm sure reliabilty was a factor, but that was my favorite. Second would be the 900SC. If ya ever get a chance to see one apart take a look, Mercury put some nice peices in them.

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HP500 - Rock Solid and proven :cool: