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I have an old 1962 Mercury 850 85hp 6 cylinder power head from a merc. Same block idea basically. I’ll never use it I should post it somewhere it runs!

Mercs are junk this is now a known fact in 2022

I had one of these Kiekhaffer MK 75 HP outboards. I never had a chance to run it and like a fool I traded it away.

So this is why Yamaha discontinued the F-350. I’ve been saying they need to take the XTO platform and do a 350 and then a 500 to compete with Mercurys V-12 500 & 600 Verado’s! The fact that Mercury has lower gear case steering is a huge advantage over Yamaha. The other thing is Yamaha in the higher HP range causes underpowered boats. Look at Pursuit Boats, look at the top end. They can barely reach 60mph although they manage to get a roughly 30mph cruise. I think they could get better top end and cruise with a 350 Yamaha rather than a 300 or even triple 300s. I mean you could save a ton of money buying 2 engines vs 3.

I had two outboard yamahas! We went years without problems. Our brand new mercury has a check engine signal in just months of use. Like the saying goes, Mercury will get you there quicker but yamaha will get you back.

Is this the granddad of the mercury tower of power?

And then came omc.

Always love Mercury's screwed up and bought a Yamaha never again.

always heard about lake X - now i know.. thanks for posting

And now they wouldn't believe

Imagine being so stupid that you think people will believe your video....

Pffffftttt whatever

Wish they would get more into small outboard racing again.

sounds like we got a merc fan boy lol

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Wish we could've heard the outboard

Hola tengo um mercuri 40 como con cigo la parte eletrica

the comments on here are something to look at! Oh yeah before i forget...Verados all day! Especially if comparing to a Yammy 350....any bad news on 425s yet? they might be working

Maybe if you'd actually put the engines into gear like your supposed to, and not budge the throttle you'll see how smooth the shifting is.

the biased hate is real. Yamaha FTW

Great video, Carl wouldnt like the 4 strokes. His baby the in- line six. !!

I have a 50hp 4 cylinder. I love it. Always thought Mercs were faster

Have you not heard the mercury shift?? Besides Yamaha aren’t made for performance they are made for reliability, clearly you haven’t heard Mercury’s steering it makes the same noise, are Yamaha actually doesn’t, and I get my 6 year warranty with Yamaha

And Yamaha still makes this outboard with a disposable flywheel! What's next, an outboard with a disposable engine block?

To bad the record was set in Seattle

Seattle sucks

WAIT,! Was that a Canadian built DHC2 Beaver on floats being used as a chase plane? Amazing!

Everyone here knows Yamaha is the better engine. Reliability and torque. There’s no replacement for displacement

It’s a obvious they haven’t cared for the engines in the saltwater

Yahmaha is the best though

Smooth as silk! Mercury outboards rock! GlennFHoward

Theres a reason why people choose the heavier, slower, less fuel efficient yamaha's...its called RELIABILITY

Here is a fun fact. I am a fisherman from Louisiana we only used Yamaha because it reliable. If you fish once a month or a year use Mercury. It you fish daily use a Yamaha

Blast from the past ! Carl was the man . mercury had such an advantage they stopped letting the older engines run to level the playing field .

Interesting these tests are never against Evinrude.

Sweet music to my ears when those chargers hum alongside each other

mercury is better

Twin 066 250s. Best motors they ever made. Ever

I run mercury and I'm happy..300hrs without problem. great sound and performance.

Burns up way too much fuel, could not justify that waste.

Mercury's tower of power.. impressive indeed.

i think yamaha uses diasil treatment .less friction.

The race never stops ......... While u are sitting here reading this , there is a merc out there winning and racing to excellence the race is always goings ...

Them new flywheels every 80 hours doe

All from 60HP. Impressive. If they got the pilot out of the wind could have gone even faster.

Yea but Yamaha is more reliable

Yall are stupid

That whining noise on the wheel is the power steering pump that hasnt been installed correctly. The noisy gear changes are because it hasn't got the proper prop spacers the merc will hole shot better because of the weight differace but the v8s are doing it easy while the mercurys are driven hard all the time using alot more fuel. Verados are troublesome expecially the gearboxes. Verado do a beefier gearbox that also doubles fuel consuption. The person who made this video is a silly yank who don't belive another country can make a better thing. Arrogant yanks!

Yamaha all damn day👌👌👌👌

Reliable is yamaha. Mercury just for short run and shorter life. Horses are the same. How the props does the rest is the PERFORMANCE. Nothing else. Just stay with yamaha. They rules marine.