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08-27-2016, 11:02 AM #3915000 RPM
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This last memo was asking for permission to proceed with the detail drawings necessary to build sand cast prototype powerheads. The overall detail design layout had been completed by Al Tyner and I working together for several months. I have a copy of that layout in my folder. As you can see, this was Oct. 1970.
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08-27-2016, 03:21 PM #392The Historic Photo Master
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08-27-2016, 03:23 PM #394The Historic Photo Master
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...Thanx Jerry!...
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08-30-2016, 01:08 PM #395
very very cool... now for a odd ball question... i have a 44 cid 1975 50 hp that pulls up no SN records its ADI but ive serviced even 76 and 77 model years 44 cid that were distributor systems.. could that motor been a test platform for the smaller 4 cyl engines that later went adi in 77?
4-16-2014. 25 years old today... the fishin boat doesnt look to bad for a classic does she
things that were are no longer as they are today...
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08-30-2016, 01:34 PM #396
Serial number is more important than year, Mercury sometimes changed things mid year or when ever.
Dave1980 Cougar 19 tunnel,90 2.4L Bridgeport EFI in middle of restoration.
1988 BAJA Sunsport 186, 96 225 Pro Max
79 12' Auminum, 95 Merc 9.9
RIP Stu
"So many idiots, so few bullets"
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08-30-2016, 03:28 PM #397
4-16-2014. 25 years old today... the fishin boat doesnt look to bad for a classic does she
things that were are no longer as they are today...
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11-01-2016, 02:53 PM #398
Jerry,
this is is a great thread with some amazing history and innovation. We love our Black Max on our Ski Boat. Owned it since new, never skipped a beat, never been rebuilt, still rips the ski rope out of my hand! Hands down the most reliable engine I have ever owned. We loved it then, and we love it now. Here is a pic, still lookin new......
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01-10-2017, 05:09 PM #399
I don't know why I just now saw this thread but glad I was surfing around S&F......Totally the best reading I've had in many years and read all 27 pages Non-Stop!!!
Brings up many memories from way back when....even thought about the old Merc78A that had no neutral!!!!
That thing would fly in it's day but hell in a cranking battery
Thanks to all and especially Jerry Hale!!!!
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01-26-2017, 04:03 PM #4005000 RPM
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I don't really remember what I did for the exhaust extensions in the DSH. It's fairly obvious there would not have been enough room for the tuners as is available in the production V6. I probably just squeezed in as much as I could and let it go at that.If Mark Wilson (presently restoring her at his shop in FL.) ever pulls that apart he can tell us what's there.
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01-26-2017, 05:09 PM #4015000 RPM
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I am open for questions. Just remember that I really was not involved in the T3 racing engine.You need to talk to Ron Anderson for that. Infact, I haven't had anything to do with Black Max for 41 years.I was taken off the V6 project in the summer of '76 and have had no contact with it since.
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01-28-2017, 03:44 PM #402
I don't have a question, but a huge Thank You for the role you played in helping to create the V6 Mercury's.
My first one was in spring of 1977, bought a 15' Checkmate that had the first year 1750 on it. It had destroyed the transom on that boat. I restored the boat and used the 1750 for about 1-1/2 years LOVED IT. Then bought a 1979 200 and sold the 1750. Rode that combo for YEARS...Never had issue with either of those motors.
Have had umteen Merc V6 motors since...still have 3 in my arsenal right now. They run hard, run fast, and are reliable, and easy to repair when they do fail.
THANK YOU !!
James H.
PS...And Thank You for all the time you invested in this thread with all the documentation provided.
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01-28-2017, 08:47 PM #4035000 RPM
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Thanx to you too James H. --- Here's to black power
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Jerry, Did you ever think that your design could produce over 400 H.P., as it does these days? Incredible. https://youtu.be/XZkxJJrB9ZM
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I really do find that hard to believe. I recently owned a Ford Mustang that pulled just over 400 HP., and that was with all the bells and whistles like dual overhead cams, variable valve timing, 4 valves/cyl, fuel injection, etc. etc. but that was a 5 liter engine -- twice the size of the present Merc T3. How have the engineers at Merc increased the power that much?? I know a lot of it is from upping the R's to nearly 10 grand, and of course, the whole induction system is much more free flowing, but that still seems like a lot!! And I'm amazed it still holds together with all that going on. I'd love to pull one apart to see how things have changed since '76. Can someone tell me just what the so called Bridgeport engine is all about?
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