How to ID a Mercury 2.5?

**oceanstatetuning** · 01-15-2018, 06:27 PM

Originally Posted by vnemous

I hope you like re ringing a 280 every 100 hours

That's probably what I mean by playing with one lol. I don't NEED a 280. I think the 260 is suppose to be the reliable version and the 245 is the same as 260 just with carbs and no EFI?

**rock** · 01-15-2018, 08:14 PM

When you talk 260/280 class motors the maintenance is costly and necessary. A nice steel sleeve 2.5 is something you can work with and has massive potential to run pretty good depending on how much ya wanna do and will hold up for a long time.

Rock

**oceanstatetuning** · 01-15-2018, 08:20 PM

This will be just a toy, and really unless I fall in love with it will be sold within a year I'm sure once I get out my want for playing with one. BUT I like where you are going with this since my original plan doesn't seem to be working. Do you know of any good threads or websites on getting more power out?

**oceanstatetuning** · 01-15-2018, 08:32 PM

So you suggest trying to find a clean 200/225 Promax 2.5 and building it? They seem to be rare in this area also. Does that first one I posted possibly look like a good start or steer away from it since someone has played with it a bit?

**oceanstatetuning** · 01-15-2018, 09:00 PM

So the first guy messaged me with the Bridgeport cowl on it, this is what he said:

**vnemous** · 01-15-2018, 09:38 PM

Custom boat rebuilder for 40 years and a Factory 1 racer. Post his name, maybe someone on here can verify that he is some one you could trust to deal with. I know if it were me I would have no problem you putting my name out there to check on my selling reputation.

**oceanstatetuning** · 01-15-2018, 09:48 PM

I found the race team the boat was on (Stylin) and contacted them via FB, this was the response "The engines it had were all stock for the most part. The original set was 2.4 bridgeports then 2.5 offshores. We rebuilt them every other race. Other than that they were stock"

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**vnemous** · 01-15-2018, 09:51 PM

Yeah so who you gonna believe, I'd keep looking if it were me. I can already see the next thread, I bought this motor that was a HP race motor and it turned out to be junk, what should I do

Contact Tux on here. He always has clean 225 promax's for sale.

**oceanstatetuning** · 01-15-2018, 09:56 PM

Originally Posted by vnemous

Yeah so who you gonna believe, I'd keep looking if it were me. I can already see the next thread, I bought this motor that was a HP race motor and it turned out to be junk, what should I do

search is back on... I may stay with that guy though and see if he will go any less and just take the gamble.

Maybe I should stop looking for one actually, I'm sure a bunch will pop up then.

Thanks guys