Any one got experience of Verado 300's

[Aries]

Good, bad, ugly?

[PeterM]

On the basis they're like the 250 and 275....just great! Super quiet with the four stroke , then great pick up from the super charger :-)

[chris.moody]

I used one a few times this year. It seemed to average around 100 litres per hour, cruising at 40kts with frequent bursts of speed up to 60 plus kts on a twin hull powerboat. So that's around 2 litres per nm, not bad considering the speeds we were doing. Sounds great when the supercharger gets up to speed.

Chris

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[Turbodiesel]

Amazing! Outclasses everything else on the market.

[ring20johnson]

Originally Posted by Turbodiesel

Amazing! Outclasses everything else on the market.

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I quite agree!!

[Oscarguitar]

I have a 275 Gen 1. Fantastic bit of kit, and the controls are amazing. The later Gen 2 are more economical and improved from the Gen 1. Very smooth, quiet and powerful. Try this link for everything you need to know.

Your Source for Verado and 4S Information - Index

If you get a Gen 1 make sure it's had the updates.

[Bigtalljv]

Oscar beat me to it.

There is a Verado Forum out there that is full of good information. The number one thing they stress is that you need to live near a very good Verado mechanic. They sound a bit more complicated than any other engine out there and it takes some know how and training to make them run right. I don't think the forum attitude is selling a lot of engines for Mercury.

I toyed with the idea of fixing up one with a broken head for a little bit but that ended up not sounding like a good idea.

Jason

[CJL]

Originally Posted by Turbodiesel

Amazing! Outclasses everything else on the market.

+2

[Cookee]

Love them!

[Aries]

Hmm...

So after the Round the IOW I thought I could use a few more ponies on the back and there is an 2011 6 cyl 300 with 450 hours on it, fairly locally.

Don't suppose anyone knows it's history? It's on eBay and b&o from a dealer near Fareham. I will call them today but one of you local chaps might be aware of it.

Sounds like I should look down the back of the sofa and see what I can scrape together. Sell a few other toys and maybe consider it.

[matt h]

Awesome engine, i took out a shearwater 760 with a 275 on it, virtually silent on tickover and very quiet up too WOT with 60 knots indicated.. Loved it!

[Lee argyle]

I run a 300 verado on the back of my stingher, fantastic engine! The rig isn't probably the most economical package and in no way do I mean to sound flippant but I didn't buy it to worry about the odd litre of fuel, performance is great ,just a gentle nudge on the fly-by- wire throttle and instant pick-up. She's done about 270 hours and had no issues, serviced as per book. Pretty much silent on tick-over and growls on full chat , only reason I'd ever change from the current rig was to upgrade to a boat with twin 300 verado's!!

[Oscarguitar]

Originally Posted by matt h

Awesome engine, i took out a shearwater 760 with a 275 on it, virtually silent on tickover and very quiet up too WOT with 60 knots indicated.. Loved it!

I seem to recall you driving mine between Weymouth and Poole as well!

[Alf]

Hi, my 250 is brilliant, done 400 hours without a problem. As others have said, very quiet, great power delivery but only average economy. Still, we don't buy Ribs to save money! Fly by wire makes it very easy to helm, Love it

[matt h]

Originally Posted by Oscarguitar

I seem to recall you driving mine between Weymouth and Poole as well!

Ah yes of course.. aaaawsome.. .. More more more.. i really liked that..

[Ribbed41Pleasure]

Owned a first gen 275 and now a 300. For a big end outboard I would not have anything but a Mercury. For all the reasons quoted above. Plus, they actually tilt fully out the water which saves the leg fouling up. They give good performance, run quiet yet sound lovely at full chat, good controls and most importantly . . they look the best in my view!

[peterwhite]

Definitely +1 from me. I look after a pair of 300s on a commercially used cat. 1000hrs in 2 years and no failures at all. Usual servicing and nothing else. Recommend them for sure.

[Steve_B]

We have 2x 250 verado's with silly hours and would not have anything else.

Steve