April 28, 2025
By Jeff Weakley
The power-to-weight ratio of Mercury’s 5.7L V10 Verado outboards stands out right away: These are 350- and 400-horsepower engines weighing as little as 695 pounds. I’ll spare you the math but encourage you to look around and reflect on that.
They’ve a small footprint, too, mounting down to 26-inch centers, if called for.
Performance? Oh yes. High displacement, quad-cam design; torque-optimized spark timing; performance-tuned intakes and a Revolution X propeller engineered for the package promise gratifying low-end power and...
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