Jackie Wilson..

[Lars Strom]

Why then did OMC always claim not to have a 2 liter motor---when they clearly did.

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Well..As an OMC dealer I can clearly see/ understand the OMC way of thinking

OMC never made a 2 liter production V-6..

The first 200 hp production V-6 1976 was 2.4 liter..cross flow design
OMC used that block for OZ racing around the same time..

Next generation production V-6 loopers was 2,7 and 3.0 liter..
Well...that block was to heavy for OZ racing..

Instead of making a special race 2 liter V-6 ON engine , OMC stepped up and made the first V-8 race engine..and followed up with a production V-8.
I think that was the right thing to do..

See..Merc started with the 3,4 liter OZ V-6.. T-4 ..(First race Bristol 79)..
A few years later the production 3.4 liter V-6 came...That engine was never a success and Merc pulled the plug..

Mercs 2 liter production engine was good for racing to and it made sense to race the 2 liter class with that powerhead..
Well..Merc stopped making the production 2 liter engine 10-15 years ago..
F1 today is 2,5 liter and the new Optimax SST 200 is 2,5 liter..
See..not even Merc want to build a "race only".. 2 liter....


Picture of the production 3.4 liter Merc 275/300hp