Was there a HP competition Merc vs OMC?

[Chris1956]

I know Johnnyrude developed the Fat-Fifty in 1958 as a stepping stone to the 60HP, 70HP, 80HP and eventually 90HP V4 motors. What was Merc doing at this time? Was OMC playing catchup or was it leading?

 

[tashasdaddy]

Re: Was there a HP competition Merc vs OMC?

OMC had the powerful V4's . Merc was working with the inlines. they had a good inline 2 cylinder, and all they did was just stack them on top of each other, to create the bigger motors. 4cylinder 50's 6cylinder 90 100 1150 1350 1400 1500.