Question about Mercury Racing motors?

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The reason they can charge what they do is because there isn't another engine builder out there other than maybe Ilmor and possibly Teague where you can run their motors at WOT for 300 hours with only oil changes.

Grads, you think Merc has a corner on the market for parts made from Unobatainium? You really believe that their engines, even the 1350 and 1650 quad cam have only the best of the best in them? Not even close!!!! The prices may reflect that, and you may think that, but that doesn't make it so.
When you get into the higher HP Mercs, their overhaul schedule IS NOT 300 hours. Think more like 50-60.
In the lower 565 and under, the power they make is nothing for an engine that size.

You started this thread with a question, and now you are an expert on the engines.
Stick to "look at me" and "look what I found" threads Grads.

Maybe something like this???
{Warning, if you look at this, you can never unsee it. You have been warned}
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=83b_1392415161

I can't bring myself click on that.
Some years ago, when you googled Scat Crankshaft, the first website on the screen WAS NOT Scat engine crankshafts.
Our I.T. that had the job of fixing my computer at work called "getting hit by a pornado" I saw more in 30 seconds flashing on the screen than I ever care to see again.
Had a little bit of a time explaining to the boss how and why I was on a site that had that stuff and how I came to be on it.
Luckily, he has known Tom Lieb, the owner of Scat Crankshaft since they were teenagers and he kind of chuckled when I explained it to him.
It was not a pretty site