Old Mercury Outboards

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Originally Posted by crayzkirk

They don't seem that old; sometimes it seems like just yesterday I was learning to ski behind the 66 1100SS and then I realize that it was 57 years ago.

Yeah, these have carburetors, distributors and you premix the gas and oil. The later models use alternator driven ignition systems.

The V6 is a great motor, you might want to check out the Scream & Fly site.

Those are a whole lot simpler than this EFI motor with it's oil mixing system.

In fact, a lot of the discussion I have read on them has been about discarding the oil system and going to pre mixing the oil/gas.

I was very tempted to do that, but seem to have it working right now. This is boat number eleven for me but only my second two stroke. I will say this though, it does have some serious power at WOT.