350 Yamy 780lbs x2 = 1560 300 Merc 635lbs x2 = 1270 300 Yamy 571lbs x2 = 1142 Almost 300lbs difference. I own both a Yamy and a Merc, both great motors it's a preference. But if you head down to Venice LA or any major fishing city you will find out 90% of the outboards are Yamys. Hauling fish\crab\shrimp\oysters, why do you think most hard working ppl shell out their own money purchase Yamaha? Contractors\government\independent companies that buy motors for all types of boats choose Yamaha as well for work? I do ask a lot of these workers why Yamaha, "they break down far less than Mercury especially on heavy loads". I think Mercury makes great motors but if I owned a company that relies on my motor to work hard, I would not sign a check to Mercury. My 2 cents, it's my opinion, no reason to get upset.
Hahaha welcome to 2022 mate, 8yr and you look a right tool. They don't even sell mercs in the UK now that they've became so unreliable. The only thing we are sad about is Jonnyrude stopping making outboards for the time being as they can at least make a reliable motor that lasts more than one winter here.. unlike Merc. Dont even bother defending Merc now they are known as Fisher Price outboards here.
yes my friend what you have said is some what true.people do not understand that with out bords your pat for what you get.with the merc they use the super charger to get to the 350ph.but Yamaha use 2 exta pistons.this means that it comes at more of a price tag than the merc. what Yamaha like to do is make engins that are not under alot of stress i.e not having a v6 inline super charged. for all the merc fans this is another fact that you can shove up there!
I completely believe it. Merc has taken back the lead in outboard technology. The Verado is the most technoligically advanced outboard motor out there - by far. While I'm sure the Verado beat it in a drag race, I'm not sure which would have a higher top end. You'd think the Yamahas would eventually catch up, but who knows with (literally) a ton of outboards hanging on the back.
i have a everglades 32cc with twin yamaha 350s and it will do 64 no problem and thats a heavy boat weighing in around 14,000 pounds with full tank of fuel. i like mercurys and yamahas but i dont understand why so many people will hate one or the other, they both have their positives and negatives. Yamahas being a more fuel efficient long lasting outboard, while mercury is more of a light weight go fast engine. thats why its a v6 with a turbocharger (i think the new 350 sci even has two)
I ve had a mercury mariner 75hp for the past 17 years and I ve never spent a penny on repairs. This is my experience. See the different boat races around the world and then tell me what is the most famous outboard brand name...
No, Verado's are four strokes. I said put these two boats up against an identical boat with two strokes and the two strokes will walk right off from those. That gear clunk is due to rigging. The linkage needs adjusted. Yamaha doesn't have the gear lash like Mercury does. It's more direct. I know, I've owned both.
Would really like to know how they are propped and watch a drag race like that right up to the top end. All this talk of peak horsepower is fine but I'd love to see a dyno curve of some of these modern outboards and see whose making what torque where. That verado supercharger could run some serious boost then bypass on the top end, not sure merc does this though. The naturally aspirated engines are limited by the cams they run. Would be good for these mfgs to publish some sae standard dyno runs.
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.
Yamaha makes a great outboard but these just got their butts kicked by a greater and faster Mercury outboard. Too bad that some cant deal with it. Solution is, buy a Mercury.
DYNO DON Hey you guys dont realize it ut ur wrong my is a yamaha dealer, i saw a well kept 4000 hour f350 and it perfectly fine and it ran fine and quiet then we went on a service call to a mercury verado 350 and it was only 260 hours and it looked like cr*p! point is unless ur a billionare and can buy a new engine every 100 hours the go with yamaha's and dont even get me started on evinrude and etec sh*it
The verado's supercharger means torque early on in the rev range more than matches the big yam v8 when you take the weight into consideration. But I wouldn't all get excited and pro American or slate the yams. Yams are excellent quality powerheads and mercurys heads are generally Japanese sourced anyway. Yes the mercury seems like a good choice for 200 hrs worth of hard fun filled work but beyond that I think the less stressed a yamaha will out live it.
Our friend have rentaboat service too and two Mercury fourstroke outboards and one Optimax >> every summer at least one week out of order...boats anchored, engines driven to service, money flied away...
Get suzuki's i've had boats with Mercury and Yamahas and the best was Suzuki I own a 33T contender with triple 300 suzukis and they run sooooo much than any other outboards.
hay all nice merc got the win but as it being lighter is one point but the fact that they are supercharged kinda plays a role wouldnt ya think heavy v8 or supercharged light 6 cyl
I'm not a big fan of Yamaha brand anchors either :) "Ignorance is bliss in your case", Ive owned 3 mercury products. They were expensive, broke down fairly quickly and cost a fortune to have worked on. The only mercury product Ive had any luck with was a mercruiser alpha one drive, the mercruiser engine on the other hand was a piece of crap that quickly broke down right out of the shop....multiple times. Who knows maybe I've just had bad luck with their products, the newest ones might be better.
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.
My twin 350s do "clunk" a little when going into gear, but so what? I blow by Mercs all day long. Can't beat the V8 when running 100 miles offshore at 55mph+ the whole way. Its cute to see the Verado guys pout when I catch up and then leave them in my wake...
Every type of engine will have its fair share of problems. i drive a 17' launch with a 2001 yamaha 25 on the back of it. it gets slammed into reverse and pinned every dock landing. it gets driven at full throttle rather often. this boat is running at least 8 hours a day, 7 days a week for three months a summer since it was new in 2001. we havent had a single problem with the motor. we have had two mercury's and one only lasted two summers and other lasted 3. now we have all yamahas.
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
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
If he was a Merc fan he should have been in the boat with the verados. Yamahas have their place and so do Mercs. Leave it at that, it's all up to the owner of the boat and how he wants to power it.
Yamaha is a 327cid V8 quad cam 32 valve from Japan (60°funny that, this revolution was in the 1955 Chevy V8), Verado is a 161 cid supercharged/Intercooled straight 6. Both of these are expensive to service/repair. Guess i'll stick with my 1993 186 cid looper 225 OMC. Been running for years and still will. I will not see a gas mileage difference of AU$20K by going to an Evinrude ETEC. forget 4 stroke outboards in small craft to 40 ft to heavy . Try 3 Packards in an ECTO 75 footer instead better.
horsepower does not necessarily mean top speed. top speed has everything to do with the amount of rotations the engine is capable of withstanding continuously while moving the craft a certain distance with every rotation... meaning prop pitch, rpms, and boat wieght = top speed... not horsepower.
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
Amen to that! Finally somebody said what really matters! Sure.. Yamaha makes a great engine. But how much of this country's fortune do we have to send to Japan before we realize our economy is in trouble? I wouldn't trade my twin 275 Verados for anything!
Force : Bring You To 100 km/h Torque : Hold You at 100 km/h I'm a Tractor Trailer Driver. It the Same Think with All Engine in This World. Water, Ground, Air... Same Thing !!!
I actually wrok in at an outboard service center on the coast of SC. We have kept records and statistics of all repairs done. We have done virtually no repairs to verados besides one guy who tryed to power his through the mud and burned up his engine. Yamahas and Mercurys in terms of reliability are statistically very close with yamaha only behind Mercury by a little. Every other outboard is far inferior. I am unbiased I repair them all and i would definatly buy a merc before anything else
cool. I live on a lake by the ocean in australia. my experiance that mercury's arnt as reliable as yamaha. that being said theres probably a larger mercury to yamaha ratio down here. With the most popular 4stroke being a honda. i was a salesman at a local boat dealer. most outboards that came in our workshop with problems were mercs, johnsons and evinrudes. Yamahas came in, but a lot less frequent. I dont like verado's because they dont run well on normal unleaded, and premium fuel is expensive
The Yamaha F350 Is The Heaviest Outboard In The World. Verado Is Much More Fuel Eficient. But Etec Is Better Than Both Verado And Yamaha Cause Its 2 Stroke
i have an everglades 35cc with triple yamaha 350s and we do 70 mph the verado is a sucky engine and in your video the yamaha was about to fly past the other boat
io invece ho provato un gommone di '24 piedi con un 300 verado. 50.7 knots (propeller21) un altro gommone della stessa ditta di '26 piedi con un 350 yamaha. 54.5 knots (propeller23)
Your insane!!! Yamaha and Evinrude are far behind Mercury!! Come to any professional Tournament event and see which motors are having work done!! Etechs and HPDI'S!! Mercury is and always will be the top dog!! Drive one or better yet race one!!
you probably going up river fully loaded with an HPDI, and the fact that you hit a rock and didnt shatter your lower unit is shear luck. the verados, yamaha's high output, and suzuki's (MPS)EFI's are the 3 top selling outboards in the offshore theatre so any "piss poor" performance had to have been operator induced.
@yoyoyopop40 I suppose you did some real research??? with this statement: "Yamahas take longer to accelerate. But Yamahas have more torque." Everyone knows torque=acceleration and horsepower=top speed
Shifting-sound problem is very easy to solve...I have two fourstroke Yamaha's and after fine adjusting wires (or hydraulics) there's no any kind of unwanted gearbox sounds. With this video, you can just show us how bad is your knowledge about outboards and speedboating...especially because of your praise of Mercury engines with no argument.
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!
+18Christopher Ravosa, exactly what I was thinking, double my ass... I have 1480 hrs on a 05 275 Vrod on a 25' single Fountain CC. I run 58 MPH at 30 Gph WOT (4 blade rev 4 prop. Cruise is 10 Gph @ 38 MPH. I haven't had any problems out of the gear case, and I have only had 1 problem, supercharger cap ($800), in 11 years of running the balls off it. I hate to see the computer readout of the percentages spent at certian rpms... This Nov I'm repowering with a 350 Vrod and a torque master lower, I'm gonna do an elaborate before and after video. Oh, I raced an identical hull at the boat races this year and it had a 300 Yamaha, wasn't even comparable.
regarding the drag race .. its all about the prop so u shouldent have cut the video when the boats start to plane any way you cant go wrong with both moto they are ALL goood i tried both
Yamaha will outlast all other engines, for the moment. Its not one youtube video which can proove the opposite. All of the world is covered in yamaha, because they are RELIABLE. And that is all that counts out on the sea.
Go to any SKA or Redfish Cup tounament walk by and look at the support tents Mercury guys are busy all night long repairing their garbage...powerheads, lowerunits, or whatever else breaks....the Suzuki and Yamaha guys are back at the hotel long asleep Etecs are very bad about blowing up right out of the box the run it wide open out of the box is false watched a guy who bought a e-boom blow smooth up at 4hrs and the lowerunit went boom at 26hrs seen other e-booms go bye-bye with less than 50hrs
its funny how things work. the american muscle racing car was all about big engines and relaible power. the japanese racing cars were all about the same power in a tiny engine. why the opposite in outboards? Why because at sea you want relaible engines that last long... yamaha is doing the right thing as usual.
Ignorance is bliss in your case....I'm not wild about the Verado either. Outboard engines with valve trains, cams, tappets, valves, timing belts, etc...are far more likely to fail than modern 2 stroke designs. I've owned numerous outboards during my lifetime and the current high tech 2 strokes Mercury Optimax, Tohatsu and Etecs are all simple reliable engines. The big Yamaha is a 900 pound boat anchor.
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.
350 Yamy 780lbs x2 = 1560
300 Merc 635lbs x2 = 1270
300 Yamy 571lbs x2 = 1142
Almost 300lbs difference. I own both a Yamy and a Merc, both great motors it's a preference.
But if you head down to Venice LA or any major fishing city you will find out 90% of the outboards are Yamys.
Hauling fish\crab\shrimp\oysters, why do you think most hard working ppl shell out their own money purchase Yamaha?
Contractors\government\independent companies that buy motors for all types of boats choose Yamaha as well for work?
I do ask a lot of these workers why Yamaha, "they break down far less than Mercury especially on heavy loads".
I think Mercury makes great motors but if I owned a company that relies on my motor to work hard, I would not sign a check to Mercury.
My 2 cents, it's my opinion, no reason to get upset.
leaving the mercury to be more expensive when it brakes
My oneYamaha was a mechanical nightmare. My last 3 Mercs have been trouble free as has my fishing partners Etec.
Hahaha welcome to 2022 mate, 8yr and you look a right tool. They don't even sell mercs in the UK now that they've became so unreliable. The only thing we are sad about is Jonnyrude stopping making outboards for the time being as they can at least make a reliable motor that lasts more than one winter here.. unlike Merc. Dont even bother defending Merc now they are known as Fisher Price outboards here.
@@bigduphusaj162 Yea....you bet you limey prick!
Force : Take You To 100 km/h
Torque : Hold You at 100 km/h
speed is a need but reliability is a must have in outboards. yamaha are kick ass
Ah now that explains it! that must be why my brand new Mercury dingy outboard keeps on failing on me.
thats awesome. i got a wellcraft 22 walk around with the evinrude 300 e-tec and it hits 65mph no problem
@yoyoyopop40 DUDE. Torque is what causes acceleration. The more torque, the better it accelerates!
I run mercury and I'm happy..300hrs without problem. great sound and performance.
How is that possible? My GM is a pushrod and the Yamaha is overhead cam.
And Yamaha still makes this outboard with a disposable flywheel! What's next, an outboard with a disposable engine block?
dude do u know which ones the verado??
my wheel makes no noise on my yamahas.
since when are 2stroke more economy than 4stroke?
i agree with that lol Yamaha and there gear case never had so many problems with a outboard motor but hey they look good atleast
Verados are 2 strokes?
yes my friend what you have said is some what true.people do not understand that with out bords your pat for what you get.with the merc they use the super charger to get to the 350ph.but Yamaha use 2 exta pistons.this means that it comes at more of a price tag than the merc. what Yamaha like to do is make engins that are not under alot of stress i.e not having a v6 inline super charged.
for all the merc fans this is another fact that you can shove up there!
Yamaha all damn day👌👌👌👌
the website says they need 97octane. in australia standard unleaded is 95 octane. we have shit fuel.
I completely believe it. Merc has taken back the lead in outboard technology. The Verado is the most technoligically advanced outboard motor out there - by far.
While I'm sure the Verado beat it in a drag race, I'm not sure which would have a higher top end. You'd think the Yamahas would eventually catch up, but who knows with (literally) a ton of outboards hanging on the back.
I work at marine techs inc. just wanted to clarify that mercury and Yamaha blocks are made in the same place do better research
i have a everglades 32cc with twin yamaha 350s and it will do 64 no problem and thats a heavy boat weighing in around 14,000 pounds with full tank of fuel. i like mercurys and yamahas but i dont understand why so many people will hate one or the other, they both have their positives and negatives. Yamahas being a more fuel efficient long lasting outboard, while mercury is more of a light weight go fast engine. thats why its a v6 with a turbocharger (i think the new 350 sci even has two)
I ve had a mercury mariner 75hp for the past 17 years and I ve never spent a penny on repairs. This is my experience. See the different boat races around the world and then tell me what is the most famous outboard brand name...
No, Verado's are four strokes. I said put these two boats up against an identical boat with two strokes and the two strokes will walk right off from those.
That gear clunk is due to rigging. The linkage needs adjusted. Yamaha doesn't have the gear lash like Mercury does. It's more direct. I know, I've owned both.
@lexmark136 lol i have 3x 350hp yamaha v8s on a rib u wanna race lol
Would really like to know how they are propped and watch a drag race like that right up to the top end. All this talk of peak horsepower is fine but I'd love to see a dyno curve of some of these modern outboards and see whose making what torque where. That verado supercharger could run some serious boost then bypass on the top end, not sure merc does this though. The naturally aspirated engines are limited by the cams they run. Would be good for these mfgs to publish some sae standard dyno runs.
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.
Scratch that post forgot to hit the 'Reply'
Verados ARE 2 strokes Alaskan20
Yamaha makes a great outboard but these just got their butts kicked by a greater and faster Mercury outboard. Too bad that some cant deal with it. Solution is, buy a Mercury.
DYNO DON Hey you guys dont realize it ut ur wrong my is a yamaha dealer, i saw a well kept 4000 hour f350 and it perfectly fine and it ran fine and quiet then we went on a service call to a mercury verado 350 and it was only 260 hours and it looked like cr*p! point is unless ur a billionare and can buy a new engine every 100 hours the go with yamaha's and dont even get me started on evinrude and etec sh*it
Nah! I’ll stick with my 6 year warranty
should have gotten an evinrude e-tec lol got one and love it
American made Mercury outboards are the best.
The verado's supercharger means torque early on in the rev range more than matches the big yam v8 when you take the weight into consideration. But I wouldn't all get excited and pro American or slate the yams. Yams are excellent quality powerheads and mercurys heads are generally Japanese sourced anyway. Yes the mercury seems like a good choice for 200 hrs worth of hard fun filled work but beyond that I think the less stressed a yamaha will out live it.
Our friend have rentaboat service too and two Mercury fourstroke outboards and one Optimax >> every summer at least one week out of order...boats anchored, engines driven to service, money flied away...
The supercharger on the merc does the job. Mercury Marine are the best outboard manufacturers.
sounds like we got a merc fan boy lol
@duckboyd when the yamaha breaks down, the verados can town it in....
Get suzuki's i've had boats with Mercury and Yamahas and the best was Suzuki I own a 33T contender with triple 300 suzukis and they run sooooo much than any other outboards.
Twin 066 250s. Best motors they ever made. Ever
lol, I think our boats would just get flooded if one of em mofos rode by us at full speed.. hahaha
It doesn't matter who is faster when the mercury engine is in the shop alot more than the yammi
if you want econemy a DFI 2 stroke is the way
hay all nice merc got the win but as it being lighter is one point but the fact that they are supercharged kinda plays a role wouldnt ya think
heavy v8 or supercharged light 6 cyl
I'm not a big fan of Yamaha brand anchors either :) "Ignorance is bliss in your case", Ive owned 3 mercury products. They were expensive, broke down fairly quickly and cost a fortune to have worked on. The only mercury product Ive had any luck with was a mercruiser alpha one drive, the mercruiser engine on the other hand was a piece of crap that quickly broke down right out of the shop....multiple times. Who knows maybe I've just had bad luck with their products, the newest ones might be better.
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 think yamaha uses diasil treatment .less friction.
My twin 350s do "clunk" a little when going into gear, but so what? I blow by Mercs all day long. Can't beat the V8 when running 100 miles offshore at 55mph+ the whole way. Its cute to see the Verado guys pout when I catch up and then leave them in my wake...
Every type of engine will have its fair share of problems. i drive a 17' launch with a 2001 yamaha 25 on the back of it. it gets slammed into reverse and pinned every dock landing. it gets driven at full throttle rather often. this boat is running at least 8 hours a day, 7 days a week for three months a summer since it was new in 2001. we havent had a single problem with the motor. we have had two mercury's and one only lasted two summers and other lasted 3. now we have all yamahas.
Oh and the sound coming from the steering has vary little if none at all to do with the weight of the engines.
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
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
Interesting these tests are never against Evinrude.
Kenneth N. Shortlidge because Evinrude doesn’t come near merc or Yamaha
no, its the exact opposite. Torque is how fast you can rev to a given rpm and hp is the effect you have AT the rpm.
i do, however, agree that torque= acceleration in most cases
@lexmark136 O yah boi me n u got tha canoes on deck! $hp Tohatsu, 15' Old Town!
If he was a Merc fan he should have been in the boat with the verados. Yamahas have their place and so do Mercs. Leave it at that, it's all up to the owner of the boat and how he wants to power it.
Yamaha is a 327cid V8 quad cam 32 valve from Japan (60°funny that, this revolution was in the 1955 Chevy V8), Verado is a 161 cid supercharged/Intercooled straight 6. Both of these are expensive to service/repair. Guess i'll stick with my 1993 186 cid looper 225 OMC. Been running for years and still will. I will not see a gas mileage difference of AU$20K by going to an Evinrude ETEC. forget 4 stroke outboards in small craft to 40 ft to heavy . Try 3 Packards in an ECTO 75 footer instead better.
horsepower does not necessarily mean top speed. top speed has everything to do with the amount of rotations the engine is capable of withstanding continuously while moving the craft a certain distance with every rotation... meaning prop pitch, rpms, and boat wieght = top speed... not horsepower.
fwiw, yellowfin puts all engines on their boats, not just mercs
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.
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
Amen to that! Finally somebody said what really matters!
Sure.. Yamaha makes a great engine. But how much of this country's fortune do we have to send to Japan before we realize our economy is in trouble? I wouldn't trade my twin 275 Verados for anything!
Not even twin 300s?
Haha thumbs up for merc
Force : Bring You To 100 km/h
Torque : Hold You at 100 km/h
I'm a Tractor Trailer Driver. It the Same Think with All Engine in This World. Water, Ground, Air... Same Thing !!!
verado is the best
I actually wrok in at an outboard service center on the coast of SC. We have kept records and statistics of all repairs done. We have done virtually no repairs to verados besides one guy who tryed to power his through the mud and burned up his engine. Yamahas and Mercurys in terms of reliability are statistically very close with yamaha only behind Mercury by a little. Every other outboard is far inferior. I am unbiased I repair them all and i would definatly buy a merc before anything else
idk what this video talking about? but i like yamaha boat
Mercury gets you their first, everything else will get you home.
It’s a obvious they haven’t cared for the engines in the saltwater
Yamaha anyday! I speak from experience. These guys are Mercury fans hence the skwed video.
cool. I live on a lake by the ocean in australia. my experiance that mercury's arnt as reliable as yamaha. that being said theres probably a larger mercury to yamaha ratio down here. With the most popular 4stroke being a honda. i was a salesman at a local boat dealer. most outboards that came in our workshop with problems were mercs, johnsons and evinrudes. Yamahas came in, but a lot less frequent. I dont like verado's because they dont run well on normal unleaded, and premium fuel is expensive
Everyone here knows Yamaha is the better engine. Reliability and torque. There’s no replacement for displacement
Put a set of 2 strokes on an identical boat and it will leave both of these.
Always love Mercury's screwed up and bought a Yamaha never again.
The Yamaha F350 Is The Heaviest Outboard In The World. Verado Is Much More Fuel Eficient. But Etec Is Better Than Both Verado And Yamaha Cause Its 2 Stroke
i have an everglades 35cc with triple yamaha 350s and we do 70 mph the verado is a sucky engine and in your video the yamaha was about to fly past the other boat
So much for a "test"
io invece ho provato un gommone di '24 piedi con un 300 verado. 50.7 knots (propeller21)
un altro gommone della stessa ditta di '26 piedi con un 350 yamaha. 54.5 knots (propeller23)
Your insane!!! Yamaha and Evinrude are far behind Mercury!! Come to any professional Tournament event and see which motors are having work done!! Etechs and HPDI'S!! Mercury is and always will be the top dog!! Drive one or better yet race one!!
Theres a reason why people choose the heavier, slower, less fuel efficient yamaha's...its called RELIABILITY
Yahmaha is the best though
Them new flywheels every 80 hours doe
the biased hate is real.
Yamaha FTW
put the verado up against an etec
more torque = faster acceleration ;)
Mercuries are in my opinion the equivalent of muscle cars while yamahas and sazukis are like the corolla you've owned for the past 6-8 years. Lol
you probably going up river fully loaded with an HPDI, and the fact that you hit a rock and didnt shatter your lower unit is shear luck. the verados, yamaha's high output, and suzuki's (MPS)EFI's are the 3 top selling outboards in the offshore theatre so any "piss poor" performance had to have been operator induced.
You guy are all butt hurt. Just face it mercury is the best outboard engine on the water.
the engine idling to high just tune it down and u would b cool yamahas all day
@yoyoyopop40
I suppose you did some real research??? with this statement: "Yamahas take longer to accelerate. But Yamahas have more torque."
Everyone knows torque=acceleration and horsepower=top speed
Shifting-sound problem is very easy to solve...I have two fourstroke Yamaha's and after fine adjusting wires (or hydraulics) there's no any kind of unwanted gearbox sounds. With this video, you can just show us how bad is your knowledge about outboards and speedboating...especially because of your praise of Mercury engines with no argument.
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!
+18Christopher Ravosa, exactly what I was thinking, double my ass... I have 1480 hrs on a 05 275 Vrod on a 25' single Fountain CC. I run 58 MPH at 30 Gph WOT (4 blade rev 4 prop. Cruise is 10 Gph @ 38 MPH. I haven't had any problems out of the gear case, and I have only had 1 problem, supercharger cap ($800), in 11 years of running the balls off it. I hate to see the computer readout of the percentages spent at certian rpms... This Nov I'm repowering with a 350 Vrod and a torque master lower, I'm gonna do an elaborate before and after video. Oh, I raced an identical hull at the boat races this year and it had a 300 Yamaha, wasn't even comparable.
I agree Yamaha is much more reliable.
regarding the drag race .. its all about the prop so u shouldent have cut the video when the boats start to plane
any way you cant go wrong with both moto they are ALL goood i tried both
Yamaha will outlast all other engines, for the moment. Its not one youtube video which can proove the opposite. All of the world is covered in yamaha, because they are RELIABLE. And that is all that counts out on the sea.
Listen to it bog, definitely not propped right.
I bet it would have flew by with the extra 100 Hp in the top speed though...
you can go and pull that merc back to the boat dock when this expirement is over cuz that yamaha is gonna last after that run. this i know
Go to any SKA or Redfish Cup tounament walk by and look at the support tents Mercury guys are busy all night long repairing their garbage...powerheads, lowerunits, or whatever else breaks....the Suzuki and Yamaha guys are back at the hotel long asleep Etecs are very bad about blowing up right out of the box the run it wide open out of the box is false watched a guy who bought a e-boom blow smooth up at 4hrs and the lowerunit went boom at 26hrs seen other e-booms go bye-bye with less than 50hrs
its funny how things work. the american muscle racing car was all about big engines and relaible power. the japanese racing cars were all about the same power in a tiny engine. why the opposite in outboards? Why because at sea you want relaible engines that last long... yamaha is doing the right thing as usual.
Ignorance is bliss in your case....I'm not wild about the Verado either. Outboard engines with valve trains, cams, tappets, valves, timing belts, etc...are far more likely to fail than modern 2 stroke designs. I've owned numerous outboards during my lifetime and the current high tech 2 strokes Mercury Optimax, Tohatsu and Etecs are all simple reliable engines. The big Yamaha is a 900 pound boat anchor.
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.