any comments would be appreciated....its for a 36 cat mostly freshwater, pleasure and poker running with bravo xr drives with sportmaster lowers. price is not an issue because they are all pretty close.

COME ON GUYS .YOU ALWAYS HAVE GOOD OPINIONS!

The only motor I know a little about is the Teague motor (N/A 509 running a single 1050 Dominator). A friend had one in a DCB 26' cat. Pushed the boat 92 mph on gps. DCB also did a 34' with twin 620's. The boat ran 122 on gps. It is a strong well built motor, and it sounds very nasty. If you are paying the same for the Teague as the Merc motors the prices must have gone up. I think my buddy payed about 21k for his.

Something else to think about is warranty issues. I think Teague gives a year, and I think at least with the 525's you can get 5 years. I just bought a Top Gun with 500's and XR's and bought 5 year warranties on motors and drives. It is nice to have a little piece of mind with the warranties. I will say though that everybody I know running Teague motors (most blown) have had very good luck with them.

IN ADDITION I GET A COMPLETE XR PLATINUM DRIVELINE FROM THEM ALL WARRANTIED FOR 1YEAR

25k for the motor and a Teague Platinum drive is a good deal. I have been running one of his Platinum XR's behind a 800 hp blower motor in a 26' cat for the past year. I have had no problems with the drive at all.

What company were you able to buy the warranties on the 500s from? Was it qguard/merc or a aftermarket company?

thanks

I would buy the EFI motors 500 or 575 over the dual quad motors. 4 x 4-barrels are very inefficient. KE 675's are sweet! Why not 6 drives in a 36 with power, You'll break the bravos in a 36.

I purchased the warranties from another company (not Merc). I can't remember the name off the top of my head. I went through the dealership where I bought the boat.

Cobra Marty,

The Teague motors are not dual quad motors, they run a single 1050 Dominator.

PLUS I THINK UNDER 600HP IS WASTE

A couple of things to add.

The 525 is closed cooling and has MPI injection. The 575 is a throttle body injection and uses fresh water cooling. I don' t know anything about KE except they speak well of them. I went with a single 575 because I wanted the ITS and when I sell the boat in a few years that Merc power will have a litle more appeal to the masses than a custom motor.