Originally Posted by lurknomo

Longtime lurker, former marine business employee, driven out of hiding on this one.

First, wrong as it might be, I'm pretty sure that price is right. Not a misprint, but correct. That doesn't make it any less ridiculous.

Second, I wouldn't equate posting rumors of a 600 from Mercury with "breaking a story." Let's not slap ourselves on the backtoo hard. PB has made its share of mistakes, but this time around it appears they were first with any kind of meaningful details.

Third, OK, I know spelling isn't such a big deal here but, for the record, the word is "appallled," not "uphauled." Ask your kids.

Originally Posted by Chuck

Wow , I'm afraid to tell anyone that I'm probably putting these in my new boat. I have been told that the 600 hp rating is a very conservative figure. This figure is being published for insurance purposes. As many of us know, when the ins. company gets out the speed calculator for us cat owners the 600 hp is going to keep alot of those figures under that 120 m.p.h. . The magic number if you don't want to pay a thousand a month for insurance. Has anybody else been told this? Secondly , I would bet that within 6 months of this motor being on the market there will be half a dozen aftermarket companies with a diffrent pulley and an e.c.u. re-programing putting the motor at the upper 700hp range. Anybody agree? I also agree with some of the other posts, Merc can ask an msrp of whatever they want, it isn't always what they are sold for in the open market.