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How fuel efficient are the inboard/outboards?
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<blockquote data-quote="Gotem" data-source="post: 372176" data-attributes="member: 9901"><p>I went and looked at the boat tests reports on the Mercury Marine website While the information is still comparing apples and oranges, the results seemed closer than expected. The major difference when looking at the Verado 250 outboard and the 4.7 Liter Mercrusier that also puts out 250 hp is the outboard seems to have greater acceleration, runs at higher rpms, and is a bit more thirsty. The Mercrusier seemed to be faster at around 5200 rpm (I'm assuming that is around its max rpm) than the outboard at a similar rpm. The tests show that outboards seemed to go faster when they run in the 6000's rpm but fuel consumption increased exponentially as expected.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gotem, post: 372176, member: 9901"] I went and looked at the boat tests reports on the Mercury Marine website While the information is still comparing apples and oranges, the results seemed closer than expected. The major difference when looking at the Verado 250 outboard and the 4.7 Liter Mercrusier that also puts out 250 hp is the outboard seems to have greater acceleration, runs at higher rpms, and is a bit more thirsty. The Mercrusier seemed to be faster at around 5200 rpm (I'm assuming that is around its max rpm) than the outboard at a similar rpm. The tests show that outboards seemed to go faster when they run in the 6000's rpm but fuel consumption increased exponentially as expected. [/QUOTE]
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