Etec 350

**helios2001ve** · 05-16-2009, 10:43 PM

ETEC 350 HP??????

Is etec coming out with a 350?

**NNT** · 05-18-2009, 02:04 PM

They need to, maybe then they can come closer then 47 laps at next years 24 hours on Rouen against Mercs 200hp

**Mark Poole ModVP** · 05-18-2009, 02:11 PM

Maybe Merc can get a little close to 176 mph. How long has this record stood now?

**jphii** · 05-18-2009, 05:58 PM

Originally Posted by Mark Poole ModVP

Maybe Merc can get a little close to 176 mph. How long has this record stood now?

31 years ain't too shabby

**Fish** · 05-18-2009, 06:19 PM

Originally Posted by jphii

31 years ain't too shabby

no doubt, with a record like that no wonder they have not felt the need to win anything else over the past 3 decades.

would love to see a 350etec tho, especially with a 15 inch mid and some sort of surfacing lower unit. that would be badazzzz for sure.

**NNT** · 05-18-2009, 08:23 PM

Originally Posted by jphii

31 years ain't too shabby

Takes 8 Omc cyl's to run with 6 lil ole Merc cyl's

**Michael J Giesler** · 05-18-2009, 09:08 PM

Didn't Guido Cappellini just break that record i might be wrong but I thought it was not to long ago

**Sam Baker** · 05-18-2009, 09:09 PM

Nope. World record in a Kilo still stands. I heard the OMC was VERY fast at the Champ boat race in Texas. Having a hard time keeping a gearcase together to handle the power, but heard they were running some very fast laps.

**Michael J Giesler** · 05-18-2009, 09:24 PM

Sam what record did Guido break than and how fast plus you might know did omc use a two speed gearcase for that run that would be big rpm's

**gfinch** · 05-18-2009, 09:50 PM

Originally Posted by Sam Baker

Nope. World record in a Kilo still stands. I heard the OMC was VERY fast at the Champ boat race in Texas. Having a hard time keeping a gearcase together to handle the power, but heard they were running some very fast laps.

Started something like 4th on the dock. Blistered the prop on the start. Past the Seabold entry before the 1st lap was over. And ran away with 1st in race #1

Race#2 they ran to finish. Seabold windowed his block. Before they either threw a blade or blew the prop shaft out of the lower unit. Theres a good short clip of the start of the first race out there somewhere.

**gfinch** · 05-19-2009, 12:07 AM

Only took six cylinders here to best the best Merc had to offer.

http://www.hydroracer.net/forums/sho...threadid=15749

1.06 seconds in.

This was the first race, possably a begining.

**Freddie Webb** · 05-19-2009, 02:36 AM

Mercury has had the same opportunity to build a v8 so making excuses doesn't set records. As Larry "the cable guy" would say just gitter dun.

**NNT** · 05-19-2009, 06:48 AM

Like Fred K said to me a couple years ago at the Miami boat show "V8's belong in a car, not hanging off a boat transom", don't think you'll ever see a Mercury V8 outboard.