Evinrude/jhonson v8 outboard or Mercury v6 conclusion ??¿¿

[Tony440]

Hey guys Tony here !!

So in conclusion from doing research and hearing all of you guys opinions it would be a waste of time to build a v8 jhon/rude outboard, my best bet is to go with a mercury 2.5 ,2.4 efi v6 and or a 3.0 3.2 optimax motor.

Although my original plan was to finish building a 21 superboat/challenger , I ran out of luck and sold the unfinished hull to a good friend of mine with the rest of the funds my plan is to build an engine and with out a boat (yes i am crazy).But what truly does make the v8 a bad platform aside from the shortage of parts to support it wouldn’t a fully souped up v8 be even more powerful then a new four stroke v8 Mercury outboard??

[amtree]

Don't know your budget but talk to Gordon at Monty racing in FLa. His v8's are serious machinery. No real shortage of v8 stuff out there that I have seen. It's all expensive, any way you go. Gordon will treat you right.

[wideglide55]

Too thirsty too heavy,and the best reason of all,good luck trying to keep an OMC gearcase in one piece when run up on the surface with a high pitch prop

[amtree]

That's why I run a 2.5 sporty on mine

[FUJIMO]

...1 burns twice the amount of fuel AND oil than the other. run a little heavy on the oil too. they still give a discount for cash at the gas pumps?...

[Revenge22]

550lbs is actually pretty darn light for a V8. But weight is weight. i always liked the 3.0 merc carbed motors, but good luck finding a good one in 20'' now. if going with OMC a 3 liter v6 is hard to beat, especially with the digital pack and timer upgrade. starts instantly like a car after that.

[MrG]

Even a 3.3 will do the best Dave Bush sleeves , pistons and the big rods 8500rpm and over 400hp with lots of torque environment friendly XD100 ya good Ta go !! He got a sweet slide intake now also