Mercury Verado

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john211880

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Does anyone in the community have experience with a Mercury Verado? How reliable are they? Does the supercharger make up for fewer cubic inches?
 
I don't normally refer folks to another forum--but The Hull Truth--will have a lot of information on the Verado's. There are some who love them, and then there are others. I suspect with the recent addition of the Sea Ray Dealer ship you will see the C Dory products offered with the Mercury engines more. It will be interesting to see how they compare.
 
john211880":fzfdjn2p said:
Does anyone in the community have experience with a Mercury Verado? How reliable are they? Does the supercharger make up for fewer cubic inches?
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John,

I am not sure what size HP you are looking at since I am under the impression that most C-dorys will not need an engine larger then the 150hp version. Those would be non-supercharged but still carry the "Verado" model name.

As mentioned the Continuos(sp) Wave crowd discusses them a lot and this site http://www.veradoclub.com/ does as well. The VOG club is really into the larger HP supercharged versions but there is some good reading over there either way.

The current owner ^^^^^ of a C-Dory and a Verado is going to be your best source though. :wink:

Andy
 
According to this thread:

http://continuouswave.com/ubb/Forum4/HTML/005118.html

the 90 Veradito is an entirely different engine (heavier, bigger) than the two 90 hp 4-stroke Mercs I own.

The two I have, have been absolutely flawless. Great power, completely reliable, fast, easy to start, and trim up to get into extremely shallow water (I've surprised kayaks and flats boats). On this last trip to Okeechobee I got some bad gas and it sputtered a bit while chewing through that and just kept running. I understand the old 4-strokes are a Yamaha powerhead mated to a Merc lower unit.

I'm pretty conservative, when a new engine comes out I wait a few years until I'm sure it's been de-bugged before buying.
 
I have heard that the Verados require a special hydraulic steering system made by Mercury. The after market units will not bolt up to a Verado. Anybody know if this is true?
Tnx, Jimbo
 
Jimbo-

I believe the really big motors have power steering incorporated into the motor system which would make it specific to the Mercury motor and therefore not compatible with generic hydraulic systems.

Joe.
 
Jimbo":22bs4f25 said:
Sea Wolf
Would you consider a 135hp a really big motor?
Tnx, Jimbo
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No, but I did know that the 200-275 hp Verado's have the power steering incorporated in the motor. Didn't know how far down it went in the line, that's all!

They talk aboaut the big Mercuries and other big motors on "The Hull Truth" website all the time, but the discussions are so mean-spirited and unobjective that I can't stand to read them!

Joe.
 
I haven't received my boat yet, but it has the 150 Verado. It is super-charged and has its own hydraulic steering system...that much I know.

I test drove it last Friday and it worked well and was fairly quiet. To be honest my last boat had an i/o so I don't have anything to compare an outboard to, but it wasn't something that I thought was annoying or drew my attention.

The linkage was very smooth and the motor was very responsive.

Once I get the boat and have a chance to run it through its paces, I'd be willing to answer questions about it.

One last thing...because it is so new I opted for the extended warranty. Hopefully it was wasted money :wink:

-Sarge
 
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