Mercury Racing's New Turbocharged Engines Unveiled

[Sean H]

Don't forget TNT is offering all Mercury engines at cost this week at the show, get your 1300/1350 at cost... (well, you could at least ask :sifone

 

[TYPHOON]

Ok who wants to guess at the cost of a drive and of the motor? I dont know.

 

[endeavor1]

Ok who wants to guess at the cost of a drive and of the motor? I dont know.

Roughly more than I can spend......:sifone:

 

[Sean H]

pics

 

[Roger 1]

Holy crap!!! Amazing!!!

 

[Sean H]

It is also smaller in all dimensions than a 1075/1200, lighter and runs on 91.

 

[E Dock DD]

It is on the Mercury website:

http://mercuryracing.com/1300/

And it says it has a 1 year limited warranty for recreational boating

 

[Geronimo36]

pics

Do my eyes decieve me or am I seeing dual overhead cams on this engine????

 

[Pro1]

Looks like goodbye Stainless CMI exhaust.

 

[Pro1]

Do my eyes decieve me or am I seeing dual overhead cams on this engine????

Looks like Keith Black type Aluminum Block and Hemi heads with removeable slide in cylinders?

 

[cigdaze]

Do my eyes decieve me or am I seeing dual overhead cams on this engine????

552-cubic-inch, 32-valve quad-overhead-cam platform, closed-cooled, aluminum block and heads.
Click on Matt's link for more.

 

[Geronimo36]

552-cubic-inch, 32-valve quad-overhead-cam platform, closed-cooled, aluminum block and heads.
Click on Matt's link for more.

Very nice!! Bout time Merc jumped into the 21st century!!!:driving:

 

[LEOPAJM]

Hubba hubba !!!!

 

[DoTheMath]

Pretty tight looking package, the cav plate on the drive looks to have an "upsweep" to it - I am guessing that compensates for the shorter lower unit relative to prop clearance?

Any word on how the turbo's will effect the rebuild intervals? Longer - shorter - and what they are thought to be for this motor?

 

[AIR TIME]

cool I bet its 130,000 per set 32valves per motor how long before retune like the 1075 and 1200 theres are what 25 k so with this maybe 45k, I like the turbines for that money and you would only need gerry knot right to ride with you just in case:driving:. GETTING BACK TO THE TURBO MOTORS I thinkit will be interesting to see how the 32 valve set up holds up and cost to keep them running and why not go for it and come out with a 1600hp 1800 hp turbo since they have 1200 blower motors and turbines are at 1500 to 1800hp.

 

[BraceYourself]

Was just told...

80 hour valve adjustments
50 hour oil changes
250 hour life expectancy
265K for a pair

Just what I was told so don't hold me to it.

 

[cigdaze]

From the Merc Website:

Crankshaft-rated Horsepower 1300 (969 kW) ambient air induction
1350 (1006 KW) direct air
Full Throttle RPM Ranqe 6000-6500
Displacement Liter/CID 9.0/552
Bore (in/mm) 4.57/116
Stroke (in/mm) 4.21/107
Compression Ratio 7.8:1
Cylinders V-8
Alternator (amp/watt) 105/1481
Controller PCM distributorless
Fuel System Sequential Fuel Injection
Fuel Requirements 91 posted octane (R+M)/2 (98 RON) international
Transmission Mercury Racinq dry-sump hydraulic
Drive Unit Dry-sump M8
Gear Ratio Application dependent (contact Mercury Racing
for additional information)
Length (in/mm) 26.69/678
Width (in/mm) 34/864
Heiqht (in/mm) 29/737 (from crankshaft centerline)
Weight (lbs/kg) 1606/730
Warranty 1-year limited for recreational boating

 

[Geronimo36]

With 4 valves per cylinder the valvetrain won't have to be as aggressive as our regular 2 valve setups which probably equals the 250 hr rebuild interval!

I'm not a diehard Merc fan but kudo's to merc for stepping up to the plate into the 4 valve arena! Question I have is if this is based of a GM engine or something new?

Also, I notice it's a short stroke engine...must turn some R's!!

(ps, I didn't read the article so maybe it's alread stated...too busy at work)

 

[Coolerman]

anymore info on the drive/trannie setup?

 

[Steve 1]

That is impressive and Good Job Mercury.