2.4?

[tlwjkw]

very first year of tha 2.4? was thinkin' '80 (225)? I kinda remember havein' a 2.0 200 in '79 maybe?.. don't hold me to that.. way to many burnt up cells...

[Merc 2.5]

very first year of tha 2.4? was thinkin' '80 (225)? I kinda remember havein' a 2.0 200 in '79 maybe?.. don't hold me to that.. way to many burnt up cells...

Never owned or seen in person , but seen a pic of a 2.0 200 fishin mota on YouTube or craigslist, but I wanna say it was newer than 1st gen. Possible they put decals on it but the guy that owned it was clueless ,so he didnt do it. Would like to know if theres one out there

[Dave Strong]

very first year of tha 2.4? was thinkin' '80 (225)? I kinda remember havein' a 2.0 200 in '79 maybe?.. don't hold me to that.. way to many burnt up cells...

The first 200's were 2.4, got all the old brochures at home. Would look but I'm stuck at work.

Dave

[Merc 2.5]

The first 200's were 2.4, got all the old brochures at home. Would look but I'm stuck at work.

Dave

Ya but we all no merc did crazy chit , I swear I seen 1 to 2.0 200. maybe not tho , I'm sure it wouldnt b n brochure

[tlwjkw]

The first 200's were 2.4, got all the old brochures at home. Would look but I'm stuck at work.

Dave

I know they were supposed to have tha 200 same year tha 225 came out ('80) but I never saw one! all I saw was tha 225. it was tha only horizontal motor I saw also.. never saw tha five petal till '82 even though they advertised tha 200 thru tha years of '79, '80, '81, '82 etc... jus piss'es me off cause I don't remember..

[Dave S]

I think it was 78... not sure.....I had a used on.... it was rotted out.....had the bad back cooling plate.... they still had the things on the sides of the block that looked like places to put on reed cages. They had light pistons.... prone to crack.

[tlwjkw]

that's why I was thinkin' tha early 200's were 2.0 motors mainly cause of tha vertical fronts.. I do know tha tha horizontal didn't make it till '80 and only on 2.4's which was only in tha 7 petal that I actually saw, owned till tha 5 petal 200 in '82....

[tlwjkw]

there was also a "finger ported 200" made in those years sometime that I never saw for myself.. like 1 or MAYBE 2 years of it???

[Dave S]

Finger ported ...2.4....old style heads....early Off/s.....7 reed motor.

[tlwjkw]

I had two of tha 225's.. both '80 models.. neither were finger ported?.. maybe depended on when they went through "production"?.. merc was doin' a lotta different, unpublished things with 'em from tha beginin' in late '75 all tha way to tha late '80's... production and high performance... who knows what all could be found with 'em?...

[Dave S]

The one I had was on a fisn boat...un/painted block, 7 reed front, finger ported, and early style heads........ The first V6 200 I had bought.....many moons ago was a 1978? vert reed. old heads. and the early back plate. Like I said... the early ones had what looks like places on the side of the block where reed cages might have been put on for??????

[Dave Strong]

I had two of tha 225's.. both '80 models.. neither were finger ported?.. maybe depended on when they went through "production"?.. merc was doin' a lotta different, unpublished things with 'em from tha beginin' in late '75 all tha way to tha late '80's... production and high performance... who knows what all could be found with 'em?...

Mercury was, has and I'm sure still does that stuff. CLE case is a great example of out of no where changes mid year production,end year.

Dave

[tlwjkw]

they use to thrive on "customer purchased R&D"...

[Merc-Cruiser]

never any 2 ltr. 200's from merc. 1976 & '77 were 175's only. 1978, '79, '80, '81, '82 vertical reed 2.4 ltr. 200's. 1980, '81, '82 horizontal reed 2.4 ltr. 225's. in 1983-84, the 225 was re-rated to 200, the 200 re-rated to 175, the 175 re-rated to 150. in 1983-84 the two previous years mod-vp/offshore finger-port block porting became the new standard 200 merc v-6 block. 1978 thru '82 offshore gearcase, was a standard gearcase with a large but tapered water intake hole on both top sides of the nose area. CLE's(cresent leading edge) gearcases (mod-vp & offshore)came later.

[tlwjkw]

agree with "almost all" of that except tha re-rated 225 to 200.. all 225s (80/81's) were 7 petal fronts.. never re-rated in that build.. never another 7 petal 200 till tha '91.. only tha 2.0's were re-rated to 150/135's...

I remember tha gear case well.. I liked 'em...back then.