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Originally Posted by t-islands (Post 2043273)

I talked with Merc's Fusion boys in Miami (consumer motor referb division) and they are about to release a 383 motor that is very close to the same numbers as the Raylar motor. I do not remember the exact details, it was so new there was no price set at the time of the show.

They are taking the base 350 (I am assuming that is 5.0) boring and stroking it, doing a hand build up to what they referred to as a small block beast.

Was an interesting discussion and I got a little green man out of the deal.

I think they were blowing a little smoke T...
To get 500+HP out of a 383 (6.2L) and be marine friendly would be tough. Unless, of corse, you bolt a blower on it. Merc Racing did build the 377 Scorpian for a while and I believe that was rated 350HP at the prop.
I have seen some nice 450HP 383 cube sbc marine engines offered by some builders.

This new Raylar is a 550HP 450cube (7.4L) small block...:evilb:

and it looks the chit too. :cool:

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Originally Posted by Pat McPherson (Post 2043643)

I could not say if it is chit or not. I did ask how this "new" motor would compared to the old 377. The response was this motor was being developed to replace a big block in some applications, with the HP and torque numbers to match. They quoted numbers but I cannot remember what the heck they were. I guess we will need to see what they release over the coming months.