Now that is a vote of confidence.
Tim: I have been and still am a Merc freak of the craziest variety. Coming from you with your Merc and OMC background well, that is confidence in OMC castings for people like me just getting in to them. Yes some people did put some notions in my ears but that is changing obviously. Its quite real that the OMC 45 2 cylinder racing engine is one way stronger motor than any Merc or Mariner 44 cube stock racer, that is why they put the 45SS into Formula E and 45SS tunnel boat racing right off. This OMC loop technology was superior to Mercs old style deflector/crossflow techologies that really didn't change much other than peripherals since the early 1950s.