The 44XS engines we bought from Mercury were $1800

Exactly, you can get it with electric start if you want. I would. I’m pretty sure Tom Smith won the DSH Nationals with electric start on one of his 44’s.

there are 10 air vents along the top of the sides. the unit can breath but in the east i don't think we have the humidity you may have.

I'm glad I was way wrong on the price. Now it sounds like a huge win for SO racing. I wouldn't think twice about a brand new Merc with no carb or points to mess with. And being that I don't have anyone to help me at the races I could start the thing myself.....that would be huge for me instead of having...

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In your opinion would a box stock motor including the foot (no quickie) address your concerns? For me it would. I can relate to what you are saying and I do all my own work. Everytime there is a rule change I adjust my engines accordingly. Like for instance the head dimension delete for yamato heads....

Who said anything about a remap. Everything can be tweaked, you could run a piggyback to manipulate what the ecu sees, you can manipulate something as simple as a engine temperature reading by adding inline resistors this can effectively lean or richen up the fuel mix. Heck you could gut the stock case...

Remapping an outboard ECU is not as easy as you think and not cheap to do! I looked into doing it when I had my Evinrude ETEC 50. The current version of the Mercury 20 4 Stroke is a stand alone platform from what I have seen so far, therefore I do not see anyone doing any computer remapping. Where as...

Plus some of us are a lot more adept at cheating with efi than with a carb! I mean I’m sure the apba will required a sealed ecu....

It was not to many years ago that stockoutboard pissed in Mercury's and OMC's boot to get rid of them so members of the good old boys club could make a buck on their engines. Thats what is killing stockoutboard! Originally stockoutboard was formed so the average person could compete with a stock boat...

Uploaded several photos and was able to edit old posts from both a PC and my phone. All worked smoothly. Thanks for getting this sorted....

Well for us here, I’m in Ontario and I was finding the engine for 3800 Cdn before tax and with a factory discount. To buy a 300 series Yamato you are looking at 2800+ US and that’s a used 302 (sure you might be at the right place at the right time and get one cheaper). For the 321 and 331...

I think your last point there has a lot of merit. Having a stock, recognizable products with parts support in every major center would make things easier for new racers such as myself.

Yes the upfront cost would be more than buying a Yamato as I did, but EFI and Electronic Ignition would...

It’s not that expensive. It’s about 3300 US and 3800 Cdn before taxes and that’s a tiller model, would probably be cheaper without the tiller. Mercury gave the SORC committee an engine to try out. This engine has been flying out of the showrooms, Now if it were to be raced as is the...

Yamato 80 is the chosen power plant on this one.

Your probably looking at 7-8000 dollars for this engine from a dealer. You could buy 2-3 Yamato's for that and props and spare parts......Still the times are changing and alternatives will have to happen. Should be interesting to see what happens.

Nice weight, what engine will you be using ?

Don’t know Brian. But I saw pics tonight on the Hot Pit of the Merc on a Runabout and it looks good. Haven’t heard any numbers yet but the motor is box stock. It’s an EFI engine that weighs 99 lbs. They are testing with the stock foot, that is huge. No special foot and modifications...

Spent four hours today sanding down the epoxy and trying to get the back of the boat flat. Top is ready to hit with 320 then 600 for paint and clear. Bottom looks like it will need one more coat of epoxy to fill some dips and get the back level.


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-what happened to this clean looking B Honda prototype ?...

l/u's are no problem .

Komatsu(sp?), Konny, Sidewinder/ OMC, Yamato, .....

Thank you. Sounds so easy; the way you describe it, I could probably do it.

I kind of remember that!

I kind of remember that!