any boats out there WITHOUT a Mercury product on them?

[masher44]

any?

 

[stecz20]

my buddys skater has 0 merc on it... 32 skater arnesons, 650 hp... nice little package.... hes really not my buddy, hes joe d's 2nd daughter.....

 

[Wrinkleface]

Seems like tests from alot of west coast stuff has Teague engines, his drives , Imco drives, Ilmors, etc!!!!!!????????

 

[glassdave]

I'm think'in bout dump'in the Merc stuff on the back of my Scarab for a pair of Volvo DPX's. . . . . seriously . . . .

 

[Audiofn]

If my Formula ever floats again it will be Konrad, BW, Dorres Engines

 

[glassdave]

If my Formula ever floats again it will be Konrad, BW, Dorres Engines

dude . . . where you at? . . . i'm west of Naples by about 10 miles

 

[Madpoodle]

Yammies on one of mine, and if you start that eggbeaters don't count shiot I'll sick MM on ya... :boxing_smiley: :sifone: :biggrinjester: :rofl:

 

[Chris]

Konrads going on the Cig and home-brew blower motors. I'm all for getting away from getting hammered at the Merc parts counter.

 

[masher44]

what about the small parts? water pumps etc

 

[Top Banana]

We are finding that Evinrude really makes a great product and they are much better with their two stroke as far as the enviornment is concerned.

I have been a Merc guy from way back.....I asked them why I should consider an Evinrude for my customers. They said, no break in, just run it for 3 years and then bring it back....so far so good.

They have a warranty claim percentage that is equal to the auto industry...now they are trying to get one equal to the electronic industry...they really know small engine technology.

PS They also own Lear Jet....so they know something abut speed too.

 

[old377guy]

Charlie,
Here's comes the E-Tec-Yamaha-Optimax deal all over again BUT I will go for the E-Tec if that fateful day ever comes - Jeff

 

[chewylewis]

step dad has the DCB 32 with #6's and teague 1110's. it was the on in powerboat mag that did in the 160's.

 

[chewylewis]

sorry.....i've been drinking.....It's my fatehr in law and it's got 1100"s

 

[shifter]

100% non merc:sifone:

pat W

 

[Tank]

100% non merc:sifone:

pat W

Side bar:

Pat, is that one of the old Extreme race boats?


And on another side note...Our boat; all Merc...I even got 6 free quicksilver life jackets/vests as part of a class action lawsuit for Merc monopolising the market a few years back. anyone else get anything out of that?:sifone:

 

[shifter]

We brought her back from the dead.

Tank, Thanks for sending me that roll of film soooo long ago, funny how people still think that pic is a fake.

Here is some more non merc stuff boats

pat W

 

[Ryan Beckley]

Predator has Merc tabs, and prop shaft covers...... I would bet that Taboo has a couple or Merc parts on her too.

Pat, correct me if I am wrong, but did Mother Mercury PAY YOU when they built there Dry Sump #6 AFTER you guys built the first ones?

 

[Break'inWind]

Seems like tests from alot of west coast stuff has Teague engines, his drives , Imco drives, Ilmors, etc!!!!!!????????

Wasn't sure if that counted... I fall into that category. Ilmor w/a Teague Platinum Drive... But Teague starts w/an XR and then goes from there... that's why I figured it didn't count. :huh:

 

[shifter]

Ryan,

The tabs on Predator Have a big K on them for Kiekaffer. I have all the respect in the world for Karl. We do not offer propshaft covers.

I guess the valve covers and count on Taboo but the motors were built by Leon and dynoed at Innovation. On those pics I did not say 100%.

Merc never paid me when they built their wet-sump pumped drive. They paid us for one of our dry-sump conversions. I am sure they made that back after monopolising the club racing for the last 12 years.

Step away from the koolaid.

pat W

 

[Ryan Beckley]

Pat
I am not a Kool Aid drinker believe it or not......but yes Mercury makes a lot of money off of performance boating, but they also do the most to support it. Evolution is a catch 22 in our sport. I think the world of your innovations and the ideas behind them, as well as the amount of work to actually see your projects through. I personally respect anyone that does there homework and gets it done no matter how big or small. I just don't understand how you continue to bash the bigger guys that are out there competing. Get your products on a new extreme class boat or more P1 stuff.......we all know it's good stuff but why aren't more people using it? Do you guys want your products to be more main stream production????