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  1. #61

    Re: Mercury are making an announcement

    Quote Originally Posted by shortthenlong View Post
    Modern tower of power

    Matt
    Thankfully with modern reliability!

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  3. #63

    Re: Mercury are making an announcement

    Quote Originally Posted by tunaticer View Post
    I wonder what happened to the engine design from the Gold Coast inventor that was bought out in the 80's.
    Completely different engine that worked on cam lever actions instead of pistons or rotors.
    From memory it developed over 1000hp and was about the same size as a 4 cylinder engine.

    It wasn't Sarrich....
    Most probably put on the shelf by the oil elites, like all new tech for motors.

  4. #64

    Re: Mercury are making an announcement

    Quote Originally Posted by CT View Post
    Thankfully with modern reliability!
    What about this doesn't speak to reliability?



    Matt

  5. #65

    Re: Mercury are making an announcement

    Quote Originally Posted by gazza2006au View Post
    Oh dear i dont think there going to take off in australia, here are the USA prices
    There is probably an "abalone diver" somewhere in Australia right now working out how many kgs he has to sell to pay off the new V12 going on the back of his Coota

    Matt

  6. #66

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    There’s some very interesting things about this outboard. The pivoting gear case is very very cool but the thing that I think has game changing potential is the gearbox is a two speed!

    it’s been something I’ve been wondering for years. Especially how smooth modern automatic gearboxes are. Potentially you’ll be able to run much bigger props/pitches than current HP engines can handle. This technology can’t come down the horsepower range fast enough.
    Democracy: Simply a system that allows the 51% to steal from the other 49%.

  7. #67

    Re: Mercury are making an announcement

    Just thinking with aprice tag of 100k+ aussie dollars can u imagine the cost to rebuild one in 30 years just that pivoting gearbox means one huge costly driveshaft + seals and mentioning seals its submerged theres going to be corrosion near seals that leak whats the pressure of salt water at 2-3 foot deep? This design just screamsits going to be a pain in the ass?

    I think that swivel joint is going to be a design failure and a costly one at that

  8. #68

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    I wonder what the automatic gearbox is worth and maintenance costs are

  9. #69

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    There was gossip around long before anything was official, that the actual gear change system is not in the lower section, but further up the leg, no idea how true that is...yet.

  10. #70

    Re: Mercury are making an announcement

    V12 - 600hp + merc

    imagine how deep you anchor with that !!!!!

    the black anchor.

    BigE

  11. #71

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    I think the only boat under 6.5m to accomodate a v12 merc would be something like a Cootacraft or something supper solid custom hull to handle thekind of weight and torque

  12. #72

    Re: Mercury are making an announcement

    This two speed gearbox could be a game changer if Merc can build it strong enough and small enough to come right down the HP range. If they’re fast enough doing it they will take huge chunks out of the market share of the other manufacturers.
    Democracy: Simply a system that allows the 51% to steal from the other 49%.

  13. #73
    Ausfish Silver Member
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    Re: Mercury are making an announcement

    2 speed props were around years ago. Didn't seem to change anything...

  14. #74

    Re: Mercury are making an announcement

    Quote Originally Posted by giddyup58 View Post
    2 speed props were around years ago. Didn't seem to change anything...
    how did they work?

    having an automatic gearbox in an outboard opens up a ton of possibilities.
    Democracy: Simply a system that allows the 51% to steal from the other 49%.

  15. #75

    Re: Mercury are making an announcement

    its nice to see tall poppy syndrome is alive and well in australia

    Well done mercury, fantastic piece of kit.

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