Not Coming Anytime Soon: The Mercury Racing 360 APX For Pleasure Boats
09-16-2020 | 09:02 AM
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Not Coming Anytime Soon: The Mercury Racing 360 APX For Pleasure Boats
Exciting as the prospect may be, a consumer version of the 360 APX outboard engine from Mercury Racing is not on the horizon for any number of reasons, https://www.speedonthewater.com/not-...leasure-boats/
09-17-2020 | 03:59 PM
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When you say the pleasure versions of the ROS were not successful, what do you mean?
I think there are people out there who don’t necessarily want the performance aspects of this engine (or the ROS), they just want the midsections.
Are there any plans in the current line of engines for the smaller midsections?
The current engines for some applications are simply too big and have to be mounted too high. Plus some of the offshore rigs would look much better mounted six inches lower.
I think there are people out there who don’t necessarily want the performance aspects of this engine (or the ROS), they just want the midsections.
Are there any plans in the current line of engines for the smaller midsections?
The current engines for some applications are simply too big and have to be mounted too high. Plus some of the offshore rigs would look much better mounted six inches lower.
09-18-2020 | 09:35 AM
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When you say the pleasure versions of the ROS were not successful, what do you mean?
There were a couple of ROS sport catamaran installations I'm aware of that were handled by two top-notch riggers. Both were scrapped. Neither produced results that wouldn't have been realized by a pair of standard 400Rs. There were no gains in top speed, acceleration or handling—both turned out to be expensive experiments. And while the 400R is plug and play and it's oiling system is self-contained, the ROS is anything but and has a remote oiling system, which makes it much harder to install. Both owners returned to 400Rs.
I think there are people out there who don’t necessarily want the performance aspects of this engine (or the ROS), they just want the midsections.
As you know, this engine has a 12-inch mid, which is pretty much useless—per Mercury Racing director of engineering Jeff Broman—to anything other than a tunnel boat. I'm sure the application you're thinking of is one I have. Regardless, the likely of Mercury Racing being willing to "part out" a new engine designed exclusively for competition is low.
Are there any plans in the current line of engines for the smaller midsections?
No idea. Mercury Racing's policy regarding future plans is not to discuss them outside Mercury Racing.
The current engines for some applications are simply too big and have to be mounted too high. Plus some of the offshore rigs would look much better mounted six inches lower.
There were a couple of ROS sport catamaran installations I'm aware of that were handled by two top-notch riggers. Both were scrapped. Neither produced results that wouldn't have been realized by a pair of standard 400Rs. There were no gains in top speed, acceleration or handling—both turned out to be expensive experiments. And while the 400R is plug and play and it's oiling system is self-contained, the ROS is anything but and has a remote oiling system, which makes it much harder to install. Both owners returned to 400Rs.
I think there are people out there who don’t necessarily want the performance aspects of this engine (or the ROS), they just want the midsections.
As you know, this engine has a 12-inch mid, which is pretty much useless—per Mercury Racing director of engineering Jeff Broman—to anything other than a tunnel boat. I'm sure the application you're thinking of is one I have. Regardless, the likely of Mercury Racing being willing to "part out" a new engine designed exclusively for competition is low.
Are there any plans in the current line of engines for the smaller midsections?
No idea. Mercury Racing's policy regarding future plans is not to discuss them outside Mercury Racing.
The current engines for some applications are simply too big and have to be mounted too high. Plus some of the offshore rigs would look much better mounted six inches lower.
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09-18-2020 | 10:06 AM
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09-18-2020 | 04:49 PM
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The performance and reliability of today’s engines is amazing. But they are so big.
With a lot of the smaller boats the COG is too high.
