Quote Originally Posted by SonOfLegend84 View Post
.... 1983 Mercury built some new T4's with real EFI ..... but never got to race because when they showed up at Chattanooga they got escorted out of the pits by the police. All the testing and development was done at a private test lake in Jim Merten's back yard for these engines...... Mercury also built and tested a 2 speed shifting gearcase for the new T4 but never raced it due to an fatal accident that I was just told NOT to post any info about.
What's the story about the police escort.....I don't think I have heard that one?????

Mert lived on a little bay off Lake Winnebago. He set up Merten Marine there and did some testing for Merc.....I was long gone by then and don't know too much about the arrangement. I seem to recall that someone told me he was testing with an OZ boat in the bay when he had the accident.