i've been looking for info on the motors.. saw then in the FL Boat show... anyone have anything they want to share.. all i heard was $$$$$$$$

What I have read/heard so far.......

557CID
2 twin screw Lysholm screw-type superchargers
Multi-port fuel injection, 2 injectors/cylinder
Eight ignition coils, one/cylinder
Smartcraft controller
Merc dry-sump #6 drive standard
PCM038 micro-processor controller handles all spark, knock, variable boost control (electronic bypass valve), timing etc. ; has capability to automatically decrease engine power if any monitored parameter is out of accepted levels.

Not sure of $$$$$- I'm sure it will be obscene.

sounds like fun... would be nice to run in a tiger...

thanks

It will be nice, it WILL be extraoridarily expensive.

Also requires unknown quantities of "expensive fluid"

I probably couldn't even buy the flame arrestor/inlet silencers for it. (they are made from carbon fiber- and patented)
For what these 1075's are going to cost, turbines make a lot more sense, and actually will last thousands of hours, not tens.) The only reason people don't get into them is because they don't understand them.

i heard 100 per side

Yes sir, Thats about right with free rebuilds. We will soon find out on a pair of 1075"s when they become available late spring from Merc Racing for our new 396 Sunsation project.

I also think many people feel that the sound of a piston powered V8 is simply too pleasing to the ear to give up for a turbine.