Looks like Merc has the answer to GM getting out of the marine engine biz, they are building their own engines.
http://speedonthewater.com/new-boat-hid ... sign-build
http://speedonthewater.com/new-boat-hid ... sign-build
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Link doesn't work for me....
EDIT: I think this might have been the article: http://speedonthewater.com/new-boats...e-design-build
I was thinking that building their own engine blocks was a big step, but then I remembered that Mercury has been doing that for decades. For example, my jetboat had a V6 Mercury engine and it was definitely not a repurposed GM or Ford block. And Mercury has been making (at least) 2.5L and 3.0L outboards based on their own blocks for a very long time.Last edited by IDBoating; 07-01-2014, 05:06 AM.Comment
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Plus mercury manufactured the LT5 engine for the corvette from 1990 until production ended. The design was done by lotus engineeeing. And I did the ECM SW for the first couple years! Great test trips around the country including farebanks Alaska...
I think their 2.5l and 3l engines were based on GMs iron duke engine. They bought the rights to the design and the castings started out essentially the same.Comment
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