400 HP Mercury Verado

[hydro]

Need something to perk up the sluggish performance of that big ol' walleye boat? Just released by Mercury at the Miami show on Thursday.

[TR21HP]

That cant be for freshwater boats can it? Has to be saltwater.

[hydro]

Fresh or salt, does not matter. You can get it in a 20" mid and it will for on a bass boat, and there is a pic of it with a 15" mid and a SSM drive for race applications.

[TR21HP]

What bass boat is going to be rated for a 400 h.p.? Regardless of drive height I would think its primary application would be on the back of a 24-26 foot mako or yellowfin . They would have to redesign a bass boat entirely to put something like that on it to be able to handle that kind of torque and power. I've been in an Allison with a 2.8 Merc racing motor on it and that was crazy.

[TR21HP]

Just talked to a friend of mine in Texas. I was surprised to learn that they have put it on the back of a specially built 22' Stroker bass boat. The motor is actually a joint venture between Rolls Royce and Merc. and is a turbine. He has seen the monster go across the lake and said it was going 120 mph when they had to shut it down because of nose lift. Its noisier than hell though and right now its being demonstrated as experimental only as 300 h.p. is the highest rated motor you can have for a tourney. It will be at The Classic next week, don't know if it will be on the water though. Another thing, the motor weighs 687 lbs!

[Bryce]

Imagine the powerloading a guy could do with this beast

Back in my waterskiing days, I got to pilot a rig with triple 250 Johnsons around the show course for a few laps. This thing has got to give a similar rush when you lean on the throttle.

[jigginjim]

Does it come in a tiller model? Could be fun on my 690T Ranger.

[bustumup]

i was thinking of scoopin one of these badboys up myself, but if we got a couple inches of rain & went into "NO WAKE" it probably wouldnt troll down under 40mph. Dammit.

[hydro]

TR21, Logic would say that production bass boats would be a handful with that much weight on the transom, and that Ally with the 280 you rode in could easily have been putting out 300+ ponies, so I would think the weight would be more of a factor than the horsepower. Also note that this motor is currently a racing division product and not a "fishing boat" motor yet.

That said, as production motor horsepower goes up there is the ability to build larger and heavier freshwater fishing boats and have gymnasium sized casting decks. Think about a 24'-26' Ranger or Bass Cat type boat. (BTW, many boats over 20' do not carry Coast Guard horsepower capacity ratings)

Get out the checkbook.

[TR21HP]

I'll let you know what I think as I will be at the Classic working a booth with a friend but will make sure I get a look at that monster.

[hydro]

Thanks! Snap some pics if you get a chance!

[LMITOUT]

According to their web-site it's a supercharged 6-cyl. Not a turbine.

Quite the beast.

[harvey lee]

Merc will sell them to people who think they need to get somewhere real fast. Most lakes I fish, It would not get to FT before I hit the other shoreline.

[TR21HP]

Limit,

The one my friend saw is a joint venture of MTT,Bryant Industries and merc and is a Rolls Royce Allison gas turbine mounted on a Merc racing 2.5 upper and lower unit and placed on a modified Stroker for demonstration puprposes and will be at the Classic. With that being said the other 400r is starting production and was shown at The Miami Boat Show.

[RebelSS]

http://youtu.be/NJL_7S3CQCs