Mercury Through The Years...

**25ss** · 01-12-2023, 01:41 AM

Originally Posted by FUJIMO

Gotta love the choke and timing advance.
There is alot of bet ya cant do this going on there.

**2us70** · 01-12-2023, 10:44 AM

An old friend and mentor of mine did several conversions and installations of 44in Mercury motors into cars. They ran quite well as I recall.

**WaterZebra** · 01-12-2023, 09:09 PM

Originally Posted by 25ss

Gotta love the choke and timing advance.
There is alot of bet ya cant do this going on there.

How was oil bleed handled when the engine is on its side? Al Copeland had (4) 2.4L on their side with the PopEyes offshore boat. EFI was easy (injectors)Never could figure out what they did with the bleed system? How was power transferred to the tread belt between the chain drive and the engine crank end? Why not mount the engine transversely? How was the ignition timing tied to the crank instead of belt driven under the flywheel? The choke system was easy (cable)

**FUJIMO** · 01-12-2023, 10:12 PM

...eight powerheads actually...

**FUJIMO** · 01-12-2023, 10:13 PM

**GENE LANHAM** · 01-13-2023, 12:52 AM

Originally Posted by 2us70

An old friend and mentor of mine did several conversions and installations of 44in Mercury motors into cars. They ran quite well as I recall.

—-and his laSt name was REID??

The car did run good til it got hot
driven by Earl Hatch—

**WaterZebra** · 01-13-2023, 11:51 AM

YES! I can't imagine the time it took to rig this set up. I would have loved to be involved in this project. Does this boat still exist today? I'm thinking a lot of this stuff disappeared when Al died and the business was sold.

**GENE LANHAM** · 01-13-2023, 12:01 PM

Originally Posted by WaterZebra

YES! I can't imagine the time it took to rig this set up. I would have loved to be involved in this project. Does this boat still exist today? I'm thinking a lot of this stuff disappeared when Al died and the business was sold.

----and Bill Sirois and Peter Birkett have passed away--

**Mark Poole ModVP** · 01-13-2023, 03:25 PM

The boat caught fire on a SAW record attempt, most likely the result of a loose or broken fuel line/tube as one of the powerheads was replaced just before it happened. The boat was not destroyed but I think it was charred pretty bad and that was the end of it.

**Lake X Kid** · 01-13-2023, 05:55 PM

Rafael Nadal is joining the world’s first all-electric boat racing league (powered by Mercury Marine). The 22-time Grand Slam Winner has just purchased a team in the UIM E1 World Championship, but he’s yet to name it.

His is the third team announced so far, with ten to 12 teams in the series, each with two boats and two pilots. The season is set to start later this year and the races will be held over the course of two days.

RaceBird boats, were designed by Norwegian designer Sophi Horne and Italian naval architect Bruno Acampora. The boats use innovative hydrofoil technology, have a small one-pilot cockpit, and are put in motion by electric motors from Mercury Marine. They will reach top speeds of 50 knots (58 mph (93 kph), although their battery time only lasts for about 15 to 20 minutes.

**Lake X Kid** · 01-13-2023, 06:06 PM

My guess is Mercury's Outboard division had the exhaust pipes before the Snowmobile division.

Originally Posted by FUJIMO

**FUJIMO** · 01-13-2023, 09:15 PM

...pretty sure that the pipes on the above 3-g-80 boat were made by this gentleman. he later worked at the lake during the bp years...

**JFL** · 01-14-2023, 06:23 AM

I worked with him at the Lake

**bernie** · 01-14-2023, 09:50 AM

Originally Posted by JFL

I worked with him at the Lake

Who we talking about?

**OLEGATOR** · 01-14-2023, 11:32 AM

Originally Posted by bernie

Who we talking about?

i suppose chris. i also worked with him on a couple projects. one project, we broke a fuel fill pipe and had to weld it back. i had been repairing props with ox/ctl for 15 years and wanted to learn tig. chris, who i had known for years, says , no problem and handed me the tig. i finished the job with his oversite. when i went back to hagood's, we had a tig machine in less than a week. my job became ssooooo much easier. i am so thankful to chris for teaching me how to use a tig set up.