Great find. :thumbs

Those Aussies don't fock around when it comes to outboards. They have been making 450HP Yahama SHO outboards (with aftermarket superchargers) since 2017.



https://www.nizpromarine.com/shop/f3...ercharger-kit/

Very cool

I don't know if the QC4V package is an indicaiton of the price that outboard ECU's might be.

https://www.racebeat.net/products/mo...acing-qc4v-kit

Seems pretty expensive at first glance until I realized that I have $4500-5000 wrapped up in a Holley Dominator setup for my hot-rod.

Really cool thing about the MoTec is that they're saying it can integrate with Smartcraft gauges / displays as well as using MoTec displays.

There is goikg to be a new outboard next year. Hearing possibly dual fuel 500/550r

Thats really amazing if you think about it... What lower do you think will be under it? Correct me if im wrong, but isnt the 350, 400, 450 just a repurposed Bravo to some point? Is there the ability to run 1.25 shaft on the 450 or is it already 1.25?

Everything MoTec makes is badass. That being said, if/when there is an issue their tuning/diagnostic software is far from simple.

I ran into a fellow in summer of 21 who had 500r outboards on a 39 MTI......everyone I mentioned it to said they were just decals ....had a chance to chat with him a few months ago.....he told me they were prototype motors that Mercury put on his boat via MTI for real world testing...he ran the boat a year and traded....he said he never had a minutes trouble from them.....very credible person.

How many hours in that year? I know people that do 30 others that put 200-300 in a year.

If Merc is aiming for a 500 HP outboard, couldn't they convert the powerhead into a I/O application? A Bravo 1 could handle that easily.