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By Rick Mackie - Mercury Racing

Happy New Year! 2014 is Mercury Marine’s 75th Anniversary. The year will be filled with a variety of exciting events to celebrate our company’s rich history. Mike Butler’s restoration of “Little Red,” a historic Mercury Twistercraft tunnel race boat, is the first in a series of stories I’ll be posting throughout the year in celebration of Mercury’s rich performance heritage.

You will not find a greater authority on Mercury’s outboard ...

By Jim Russell, Aeromarine Research

The Vee-bottom hull is the most common design in modern performance powerboats. The Vee design has a number of variations and near-endless modifications – including the pad-vee design - that can enhance particular handling characteristics of the boat. If going fast is the objective, it’s worthwhile knowing just how a vee pad can affect vee hull performance.

I’ve had many inquiries about vee hull modification, vee-pad hulls and pad modifications. High performance vee pad hulls must be carefully designed for each boat, as the balance of lift from the pad is crucial. The good news is that there are ways that we can engineer our way to the best performing ...

QC4v Engine Emerged Among Thousands as Voted on by Panel of International Judges

FOND DU LAC, Wis., Nov. 7, 2013 –. Mercury Racing was recognized with a 2013 Global Media Award at the SEMA Show in Las Vegas for its QC4v crate engine.

“We are honored to be recognized ...

Mercury Racing has unveiled a concept automotive crate engine at the 50th annual Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) show this week in Las Vegas. SEMA consists of a diverse group of manufacturers, distributors, retailers, publishing companies, auto restorers, street-rod builders, restylers, car clubs, race ...

By Rick Mackie, Mercury Racing

We are excited to unveil our concept QC4v crate engine this week at the 50th annual SEMA show. The A multitude of configurations are possible, fom basic long block form to ready to run engines. The project has to be one of our best kept secrets ever.
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I just got some great news from Mike Griffiths – our resident product integration expert. Mike has been helping me dial-in an assortment of props for various applications. Mike and I tested props with anglers during Mercury’s National Walleye Tournament in Fond du Lac ...

FOND DU LAC, Wis. – Addressing the related topics of increasing fuel costs and environmental stewardship, Mercury Marine is pleased to introduce the new Enertia ECO propeller today at IBEX in Louisville, Ky.

The Mercury Enertia ECO was specifically designed for high-horsepower outboard-powered boats, ...

FOND DU LAC, Wis. – Mercury Marine has launched a new consumer promotion featuring outboards 30 horsepower and higher, as well as Mercury’s popular 9.9 and 15 horsepower ProKicker trolling motors. Running from September 1 through November 30, the Repower ...

It’s been a busy summer. Last week we introduced our new 520 sterndrive and our our new mobile marketing truck at the Lake of the Ozarks Shootout in Missouri. It was developed to provide recreational boaters a low-cost option for gaining access to Mercury Racing’s exclusive group of high-performance sterndrive propulsion systems. By the response we’ve received thus ...

The LED position indicators eliminate the need for mechanical 33C cables which are typically used for drive and tab indication. These cables have a tendency to deteriorate, will fail over time, and are inaccurate due to lost cable motion. With the Livorsi LED indicators, mechanical cables are replaced by more reliable network wiring that allows 'plug n play' connectivity into existing tab or drive position sensors.
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FOND DU LAC, Wis., Aug. 21, 2013 – Mercury Racing is proud to introduce the latest addition to its high performance sterndrive family; the 520. The naturally aspirated engine provides recreational boaters a cost effective power option that fits nicely, in both value and performance, between MerCruiser’s 8.2L MAG HO and Mercury Racing’s 525 EFI. The low-cost sterndrive features digital throttle and shift and is backed by an unprecedented two-year limited factory warranty.

The 520 shares the same CNC machined cylinder block used on its MAG ...

New Garmin displays available through Livorsi Marine.
Our new brochure features GPSMAP® 720, 721, 721xs, 740, 740S, 741 and 741xs.
These affordable combination chartplotter/sonar displays offer all the information you need right at your finger tips.

Livorsi Gateways
With the Livorsi Data Gateway you can export CAN ...