If you make 6000 - you might be a little underpropped - unless your hole
shot is important to you.

My inline pulls good to 6000 - but I cruise it at 4200 - and run any
"sustained" WOT at 5500 max.

I did do about 3 minutes at 6000 recently.... a bunch of kids in some new IO
hotboat tried to run me. They finally pulled ahead - but *very* slowly. I
wouln't have done it except that I could see that with 5 "kewl dewds" in the
boat - they had too much weight. Next time they see an old inline - they'll
remember me.

-W

"Bob La Londe" wrote in message
...
This thing feels good all the way up to 6000 RPM. Not like my 150 that
felt
good at about 4800


"Clams Canino" wrote in message
et...

They usually rate in terms of Max RPM, minus the "sustained" word.

Most of the Merc V-6's are about 5200 or a little more - Max RPM. You
*can*
run an outboard "sustained" at max RPM rating. But, they'll last a while
longer if you instead find a nice "cruising RPM" where the motor just
"feels
happy". For a Merc that usually around 3800 - 4300 or so.

You'll save a lot of gas too.

-W



"Bob La Londe" wrote in message
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What is the max sustained RPM for a 1994 200HP injected Mercury
Mariner.


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