when is mercury going to re-place the 850 with new technology?
 

twiddling my thumbs waiting....

Why wait on Mercury? There are alot of builders, some reputable some not, that can build you a motor as well if not better than Mercury. My .02 cents.

Bingo.

Besides. The price for something like an 850 DOHC N/A or single turbo based on the current 1100 and 1350 design, is not someting most looking for that kind of power will pay. DOHC and turbos is however, the way of the future. Just too expensive when it comes from merc, as with all of their products.

If someone did a marinized motor based on NRE's Evolution block, that would be cool. DOHC 500 cid small block with closed cooling, very cool.

where you been, AO?

Until the run out of a warehouse full of superchargers

Clear your inbox, answer comming:)

why does mercury wait to change anything, well they have the market. As long as you have the market and have a fairly descent product there is no sense in changing anything. Why change tooling, suppliers, train employees for something new. If you think about it the I/o concept and the bravo drive has remained mostly unchanged for the last 20-30 years. But then again you could say if its not broke dont fix it.

I think you just answered your own question. Oh, and someone might want an actual warranty.

I spoke to the Mercury people at Desert Storm this year and I was told they have no plans to use the 1100/1350 tech on the smaller motors due to cost and the maint on them is not as bad as the bigger ones so the 1100/1350s are all they are making at this point and will keep the others as is for now.

If someone did a marinized motor based on NRE's Evolution block, that would be cool. DOHC 500 cid small block with closed cooling, very cool.[/QUOTE]

call marine power in louisiana and get there 500hp/550 blower based of the cady cts motor. they marineised it and its a sweet package!