Mercury Racing’s New V-6 four-stroke outboard engine the 200 APX

[Lake rat Skater]

Mercury Racing Releases First V-6 Four-Stroke Outboard Engine—For Competition – Speed on the Water



A step in the right direction

[OceanMarine]

Good. Now put a 15" mid and bolt up a sportmaster case and we got ourselves a 200+ HP light enough motor for us smaller single outboard fast boat guys. Come on Mercury its so easy!! Bring us a V-6 200R or 225R thats under 450lbs

[Lake rat Skater]

Good. Now put a 15" mid and bolt up a sportmaster case and we got ourselves a 200+ HP light enough motor for us smaller single outboard fast boat guys. Come on Mercury its so easy!! Bring us a V-6 200R or 225R thats under 450lbs

My thoughts exactly, the fact they increased compression and are turning them 6800 rpm is a great thing.

[Capt.Insane-o]

Still can't buy one.

[OceanMarine]

You can build one yourself. Essentially you can take a V-6 225 and the 250R/300R solid mounts bolt right on and throw a sportmaster case right on supposedly. Wouldn't be very cheap but essentially you can make one. So why cant mercury just put those parts together and do it already? Seems so easy to do you almost have to think that they will maybe just a matter of time. Now with this motor they released it seems even easier to make the consumer 15" sportmaster version and be done. But then again you never know maybe it will never happen.

[LakeFever]

I’m thinking a small better engine with boost. 300hp in the 250-300lb range sounds good

[Whaaaaat]

No mention of what it weighs. All that money they'll be saving on gas, props, maintenance. Will go to building new hulls to float that pig.

50% less emissions that an opti? I don't believe that for a second.

[22R]

At least right direction for repower on smaller older boats.

22R

[wicheckmate]

25 lbs more than a 200xs...

[XstreamVking]

Problem is, they seem to keep the hi-po stuff out of the consumers hands. Not the mercury of old that sold us the 280 OS and the 300 X thru a dealer.

[Lake rat Skater]

Hopefully the approach with the 360 and now 200 APX motors is to give something to the racing guys and allow them to work some of the bugs out then in another year we see the 225R V6 and 350R V8

[Capt.Insane-o]

25 lbs more than a 200xs...

I can get my boat to deal with that.

[HydroSkreamin]

Check out the sound clip just a bit down the page...

https://www.mercuryracing.com/engine...n/200-APX.html

[LakeFever]

That sounds and looks good. Merc what the heck in heck are you guys doing? Release the hounds!!!!

[Capt.Insane-o]

sounds good on the limiter.