Originally Posted by Wildman_grafix (Post 4888844)

You know for a reliable bravo pleasure boat those are not bad numbers on 87. Particularly if you look at the TQ curve.

We all talk about how the Mercury intake stops flowing but they knew what most of these were going in, boats that spend most of their life in the 3000-4500 rpm range, and in that range they are pretty strong feeling.

My feeling is if you want to get in the 700 range its just easier to go boosted.

Originally Posted by offshoredrillin (Post 4888854)

Agreed, that was with afr 305s, i changed out to afr 335s and put on whipple 4.0s and at 9.25 lbs boost im at near 1000 per side. cr is 8.1, had to switch to 93 with the 4.0s.