Heres a pic of an Etec powered drag boat

[mercguy]

theres alot of Etec's over here racing at the moment we have a class called SMOC (Standard motor open cockpit) and the 250 HO's are killing the mercs and all that! they are towing 2 skiers up to 85Mph not bad if you ask me!

ya, but the 250HO's are 3.4L.................Mercs 2.5L.............a Merc 3.0L, if built, can easily put out 300 reliable hp.........

are the HO's outrunning the 2.5L Mercs? Or are they running the 250XS?

BTW, I am not knocking the ETECS (I am a certified ETEC tech too, along with Merc), but there is no replacement for displacement...........

[E-tec1]

its an alternative to whats out there, i run with alot of the mercs, do pretty well,now we're talkin modified merc 260 280 motors here, thers still more to develope, theres a new class thats gonna put the stock motors against each other, we'll see what happens, i out wiegh all of them by alot right now, it still womps on most of them, i wanna run againts the 300 xs and see what happens

[mercguy]

its an alternative to whats out there, i run with alot of the mercs, do pretty well,now we're talkin modified merc 260 280 motors here, thers still more to develope, theres a new class thats gonna put the stock motors against each other, we'll see what happens, i out wiegh all of them by alot right now, it still womps on most of them, i wanna run againts the 300 xs and see what happens

it would be interesting to run the 300XS against the 300 ETEC! The 250 ETEC is actually underated in HP aspects..........more like 265ish.............but, is a GREAT motor, but so is the good old 2.5L Merc. Simon Motorsports can build a bad AZZ 3.0L Merc that puts out a RELIABLE 350hp........

we have a couple 250HO's on our "shop boat".............they are good runners..........

[E-tec1]

is in compliance with emisions.....thats the mission here, i have no doubt what we could do if we went outside those boundries, i ve had some converstaions with eric on all this

[mercguy]

is in compliance with emisions.....thats the mission here, i have no doubt what we could do if we went outside those boundries, i ve had some converstaions with eric on all this

ah, I hear ya. Anyone running the Verado's down there? They are alot heavier thugh.

Eric is a great guy! We used to be pretty close neighbors (before the first big California wildfire burned alot of his shop).

[E-tec1]

i dont think they spool up quick enuf, my mission is to see alot of emision motors get involved, lets keep this racing thing goin

[mercguy]

i dont think they spool up quick enuf, my mission is to see alot of emision motors get involved, lets keep this racing thing goin

interesting. .......I have not noticed that myself, but maybe on your applications? The only downfall I would foresee is the added weight of the Verado and the Verados are more than 1.0L smaller, but the supercharger has an advantage.

so, are they running the Merc 250XS?

but, I am glad to hear you guys are working with the current engines!! They are the future for sure!

[E-tec1]

is the 260 and 280s in the lake racer class, rumor was even a couple drags that were snuck in..........if u go to www.racine-extreme.com, look at the blarney island races, ull see lots of pics, ive been runnin this there for 3 years now, dont laff, but started doin it with a ficht, its been fun

[mercguy]

is the 260 and 280s in the lake racer class, rumor was even a couple drags that were snuck in..........if u go to www.racine-extreme.com, look at the blarney island races, ull see lots of pics, ive been runnin this there for 3 years now, dont laff, but started doin it with a ficht, its been fun

"dont laff, but started doin it with a ficht"

..............that would be hard not too!!!! Just kiddin! Boy, you must be tickled pink with the ETEC vs. the old FICHT!!

[E-tec1]

just couldnt keep pistons in one peice, have yet to fail anything on an etec, last two years i ran a 3.3 that had cut heads , plastic reeds and the rev limiter removed, this year was a bone stock 250 ho without the limiter, the 3.3 is quicker as of right now, might do the same to this for next year