I used to be the owner of a '68 Merc 1250 ... a nice machine.. back
then it was THE ****kicker motor

Matt

"Clams Canino" wrote in message hlink.net...
Today they do.... but I think he meant "large" as in 100 and **up**.

It take a minimum of about 90hp at the propshaft to propel your "average"
family runnabout and be able to use it for fishing / skiing / tubing etc.
Granted, tournament bass boats need a bit more corn to be competative.

Two stroke outboards broke "the 100 hp barrier" in 1962 with the Merc 1000
that was featured in popular mechanics magazine.

A quick flurry of improvements saw the "Tower of Power" go to 110, 125, 135,
140, and 150hp over the next 10 years. Between 1962 and 1988 Mercury made
hundreds of thousands of these critters, each *still* quite capable of
powering a brand new runnabout.

-W (who has new Seaswirl runnabout with about 50 hours on the hull, powered
by a 16 year old Tower. Order it "Mercury pre-rig please!" and go find your
own Tower hehe )


"Matt Lang" wrote in message


I agree its BS. Aside from that, large 2 strokes have 200+ HP not 100+ HP



Matt

Ya, that was the 1st 99ci block, and they grew up fast.....
1350 in 1970,
1400 in 1972,
1500 by 1973.

For a time there in the 70's all those beasts were the kings of the
lake.....
1500's still win the top NMMA titles in the "under 100ci classes" , they're
done screaming when we say they're done screaming.

There's a '68 1250 near me that's powering an 80's vintage family ski-boat,
seems to be doing just fine out there.

-W

"Matt Lang" wrote in message
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I used to be the owner of a '68 Merc 1250 ... a nice machine.. back
then it was THE ****kicker motor

Matt