New Mercury Racing Diesel OptiMax Outboard

anyone see the new Renaults ( prototype) 2 cyl ( wet crankcase) turbo+supercharged 2 stroke diesel, 750cc same power weight as 1.5ltr gas 4 stroke.
I reckon for a outboard to be a success as a diesel it will need boosting IMHO

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Originally Posted by Jerryrigged

A "display" Mercury 175hp Diesel was shown at SOFIC. It had a full cowl with shiny paint and pretty graphics with no mechanical diesel parts in view. This performance datasheet was published without a reproduction disclaimer and is available on the Mercury racing website http://www.mercuryracing.com/optimax...ting-for-duty/ which also states it is not EPA certified and therefore not available to civilians. Spark ignition heavy fuel engines are dirty by today's exhaust emissions standards and packaging a DPF in an outboard would be near impossible with the water proximity. I am sure Mercury now owns this market with sound engineering.
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Looking at the graph , maybe I'm wrong and can't see and I'm reading the graph wrong but that looks like under 140 prop at full throttle.

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Originally Posted by FMP

Looking at the graph , maybe I'm wrong and can't see and I'm reading the graph wrong but that looks like under 140 prop at full throttle.

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140 KW not horsepower.

Yup, that's better.

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