600SCii in powerboat $$$$
01-06-2005 | 01:22 PM
#11
Registered
Joined: Feb 2004
Posts: 4,909
Likes: 9
From: Northeast,Fla
Re: 600SCii in powerboat $$$$
Originally Posted by bouyhunter
Just a thought,
Maybe Merc isn't really interested in selling that motor to the general public, but instead to the boat builders, something of the caliber of Baja, Formula... (I'm not comparing those two boat makers, but instead the way they market and sell there boats). I'm sure they are going to sell the motor ALOT cheaper to a builder.
Then the guy at the boat show is looking at a boat with a pair of those under the hatch thinking there's $128,000 in motors alone on this boat, this would allow a dealer to use this in a sales pitch of "what a great deal he's giving you".
Maybe Merc isn't really interested in selling that motor to the general public, but instead to the boat builders, something of the caliber of Baja, Formula... (I'm not comparing those two boat makers, but instead the way they market and sell there boats). I'm sure they are going to sell the motor ALOT cheaper to a builder.
Then the guy at the boat show is looking at a boat with a pair of those under the hatch thinking there's $128,000 in motors alone on this boat, this would allow a dealer to use this in a sales pitch of "what a great deal he's giving you".
01-06-2005 | 07:56 PM
#13
Registered
Joined: Aug 2002
Posts: 5,646
Likes: 9
From: Apache Jct. AZ
Re: 600SCii in powerboat $$$$
If you really know anything about powerboats you could build ( or have one built) for less than that. But...... they are selling the warranty. myself, I'd rather build it and know I have exactly what I want, and also know how to treat it accordingly.
01-06-2005 | 09:45 PM
#15
Registered
Joined: Nov 2003
Posts: 726
Likes: 0
From: Oakland N.J.
Re: 600SCii in powerboat $$$$
I for one was hoping the new motor for merc was going to be a 600 hp 572 ci mpi. So I could get one in a 42 fountain lighting and then have it wippeled for about 900 hp.Ya baby!!! Dream on.
01-06-2005 | 10:09 PM
#16
Registered
Joined: Sep 2002
Posts: 604
Likes: 0
From: Charlotte, nc.
Re: 600SCii in powerboat $$$$
Originally Posted by Greig Lutz
I for one was hoping the new motor for merc was going to be a 600 hp 572 ci mpi. So I could get one in a 42 fountain lighting and then have it wippeled for about 900 hp.Ya baby!!! Dream on.
01-07-2005 | 07:18 AM
#17
Diamond Member #001
Joined: Oct 2000
Posts: 4,808
Likes: 5
From: Coastal North Carolina
Re: 600SCii in powerboat $$$$
I had to chuckle when I read the article on those engines in a 382 Formula. I had a 382 built with "someone else's" 600's five years ago. The engines weren't blue, they weren't supercharged, they were all good parts (GM/Crower/JE/Crane/Mellings/Holley/Sen-Dure), 540 cubic inches, injected, freshwater cooled, came with full-length Stellings headers, a 1-year warranty and drives that will (and do) handle full-throttle starts.
For $20,000 less.
PER ENGINE.
At $64,000 a side, 600SCii's are not a joke - they're a crime.
For $20,000 less.
PER ENGINE.
At $64,000 a side, 600SCii's are not a joke - they're a crime.
__________________
Retired! Boating full-time now.
Retired! Boating full-time now.
01-07-2005 | 07:40 AM
#18
VIP Member
Joined: Dec 2001
Posts: 10,398
Likes: 404
From: Cape Coral, Florida
Re: 600SCii in powerboat $$$$
Originally Posted by C_Spray
I had to chuckle when I read the article on those engines in a 382 Formula. I had a 382 built with "someone else's" 600's five years ago. The engines weren't blue, they weren't supercharged, they were all good parts (GM/Crower/JE/Crane/Mellings/Holley/Sen-Dure), 540 cubic inches, injected, freshwater cooled, came with full-length Stellings headers, a 1-year warranty and drives that will (and do) handle full-throttle starts.
For $20,000 less.
PER ENGINE.
At $64,000 a side, 600SCii's are not a joke - they're a crime.
For $20,000 less.
PER ENGINE.
At $64,000 a side, 600SCii's are not a joke - they're a crime.
__________________
Happily retired and living in Heavens waiting room.
Happily retired and living in Heavens waiting room.
