New Aritcle - thoughts on a Mercury Racing 3.4-liter R-series engine

[PanRonnie]

Its a 162 sport master from a 3.2 Opti. Had to mod the drive shaft and shift shaft.

What did you have to modify on the shift shaft?
I thought that would be a drop in

[Tcatrett]

What did you have to modify on the shift shaft?
I thought that would be a drop in

I used the 150 shift shaft. Not sure why they did it but the spline was off. Would not line up in neutral. I put it in my lathe and twisted it a little.

[dgscroggs]

Anyone see or know MSRP? Glad we have a option though still a bit heavy.


22R

I heard around 22-23 with the sportmaster

[Greg G]

Testing the 150 pro xs on my XB02 soon. Installing this weekend.

Testing this week a few days after work.

Storm is headed to us so testing will be delayed.

Were you ever able to get out and run the 150 Pro XS ?

[Tcatrett]

Were you ever able to get out and run the 150 Pro XS ?

Yes. Been testing props. 24 fury is fun. Ran a lil over 80. The 28 bravo is slow to plane but after that it pulls hard to 87. Going to put about 20 hours on it then work on a stand alone pcu with a wide band O2 sensor. The stock system does not like prop ventilation.

[Greg G]

What size Sporty gear case is the 200R V6 using?

[skialot2]

What size Sporty gear case is the 200R V6 using?

I read somewhere it is a 4.8" sporty. But now I cannot find where I read that.

[Tcatrett]

What size Sporty gear case is the 200R V6 using?

Its the same case as the 300r. 5.44"

[David]

5.44 is big. Probably too big for small v bottom boats

[hellbents-10]

The large gearcase and the speed control stuff while surfacing a prop in a single application I hear is not super ideal or fun to drive. If I ever go 300r I will have a Motec on it for sure.

[aj06bolt12r]

I didn’t know “Speed Control” was a thing until I read your post and looked it up. Damnit. No reason for that to be on an R motor. Or there at least needs to be a way to turn it off. That last thing you want in a small pad v is the computer changing the throttle position without driver input. Ugh

[Greg G]

Wait, so not only does the 200R have the big 5.44" gearcase, it also has a computer that restricts and changes throttle like a robot?

[skialot2]

Its the same case as the 300r. 5.44"

There are 3 different gearcases available on the 300R. The Sportmaster, the Torquemaster and the larger 5.44HD. The Sportmaster and Torquemaster are not 5.44" diameter.

[JLanier571]

The Sporty is 5.44", the torquemaster is narrower.

[Greg G]

So on the V6 you can choose at time of order what gearcase you want with a 200R ?

You can get the 5.44" Sporty with a torque tab, or you can get the Torquemaster which has less diameter (probably bigger than 4.75") and water inlets on the top of the bullet as well as the side.