Outboard Engines

[Barryd]

Are any engine manufactures building outboards large than 350hp?

Barry

[ScarabChris]

Not at the moment but there is rumor that Merc will have a 400 Verado and Yamaha will have a 400 V8. But the way the economy is it might be a while before we see them hit the market.

[Barryd]

Thats what I thought.

None of the manufactures had anything larger than 350 on their sites. A friend swears that he has seen plenty of 400hp's but can't seem to remember where.

Barry

[geronimo]

Perhaps in his dreams.. Funny ,,he has seen so many he can't remember where. There have been sitings in LA LA Land I'm told.

[Chisox]

Well, this is the deal. Suzuki had an engineer over here a couple of years ago to do a feasability study on ramping up the 300 to 400...and above. Yamaha didn't put out the 350 to leave it at that. Easily capable of 600 reliable HP. Verados, well, I think they are going to have to up the displacement a bit to get into the 500-600 HP range.

It WILL happen, but right now, there are other priorities...

Chris, Etecs are in line with Suzuki. It's just a matter of the economy...

But we remember Merc Bridgeports, don't we?

Damn, sorry about editing. The equal part of the equation is gearcases. Know of many a 300/350 Vrod gearcase blown out, so that is an issue that has to be addressed as HP increases. Honda has been wary of building a higher HP motor than the 225 simply because of gearcase reliability issues.

Edited September 4, 2009 by 250 Osprey

[v70cat]

For Honda I think its a V8 issue the company does not build a V8.