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09-19-2020, 06:00 PM #1Screaming And Flying!
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Mercury Give Us A V6 4 Stroke 225 Pro XS
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Hello .............. Mother Merc? You are building some great new stuff but why not give us a 200 and 225 Pro XS and not just the 175 Pro XS.
You have the 87 octane V6 platform all ready to go. We need 475lbs of lower center of gravity fun with warranty. Come on Mercury
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09-19-2020, 06:57 PM #2
Don't think it going to happen.
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09-19-2020, 08:49 PM #3
The V8 200 & 225 pro xs is only 35 more pounds than the 175 V6 pro xs which is not bad and turns 200 more rpms.
Ralph Musser
27' Fountain Fever W/ 525SC
22' Rapid Craft W/ Evinrude 300 V8 January 2009 BOAT OF THE MONTH SOLD
24' Triton 240 Gold W/ Mercury 60
14' Royalcraft W/ Evinrude 75 father/daughter project
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09-19-2020, 08:53 PM #4Screaming And Flying!
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The V8 sits way to "tall" for smaller boats which hurts handling. The 4 stroke V6 is a little lighter as well as having plenty of 3.4L torgue for boats under 20'.
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09-19-2020, 09:05 PM #5Member
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Simple math says in F-1 trim the V-6 is 270 ish at the Prop
A nicely done Production V-6 at 240-250 @ 7000 has a nice ring to it.
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09-20-2020, 08:34 AM #6Member
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forget the ProXS we really need a 200 or a 225 "R" with a sportmaster and solid mounts out of either the inline 4 or the V6 with the lightweight cowl and shave weight maybe a 15 mid to keep these under 500lb (the v6 is currently about 520lb despite advertisement wt and the v8 i believe around 560 or so) We basically need a replacement for the 200xs
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09-20-2020, 07:03 PM #7
I'm with you all. Those would be some great motors. The sub 20 performance boats got kicked to the curb when Merc quit making the 2.5 performance engines.The V8s are great,just for bigger boats.
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09-20-2020, 08:01 PM #8
Ain't happenin'..hoard your 2.5 parts. That boating demographic that made Mercury "racing" has left the station. Now Mercury Center Console that is another thing!
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09-20-2020, 09:56 PM #9New Member
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Mercury really has abandoned a market segment for sure. I bought my first performance boat this year. It’s a Allison SS2000 and I love it. However if I want to go with something newer then what? I have a good income but I will not be buying a twin 450r sport cat setup.
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09-21-2020, 08:06 AM #10Screaming And Flying!
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09-21-2020, 04:50 PM #11Screaming And Flying!
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09-21-2020, 04:55 PM #12Member
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09-22-2020, 07:37 PM #13Screaming And Flying!
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09-24-2020, 12:37 PM #14
I do believe it is possible Racing will do something with the V6, they are tight lipped but it's very likely. They make a niche market 15" 60R and they sold it out in no time, so they can easily do a 200/225 V6 with parts they already have.
Here's the thing, the 175 ProXS is a good value. You can take a 225 V6 and add the Racing lower mounts: part# 8M0149561 (the V6 and V8 share many parts). And you can swap out the V8 TM case, if you feel you need the 1.75 gears, and you have a pretty decent setup. But it would make way more sense for Racing to just offer the turnkey version with optional SM.
I'd actually like to see the 250R as a V6, just makes more sense. I might have some numbers for a 225 V6 with the TM that's being tested soon.
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