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McLaren Engineering—as distinct from McLaren Automotive—is tuning Honda's BF250 outboard to 300 hp. So now you can say you've got McLarens on your boat. There's a New McLaren Outboard, Sort Of
The Waterman outboard engine appears to be the first gasoline-powered outboard offered for sale in significant numbers. [11] It was developed from 1903 in Grosse Ile, Michigan, with a patent application filed in 1905 [ 12 ] Starting in 1906, [ 13 ] [ 14 ] the company went on to make thousands of his "Porto-Motor" [ 15 ] units, [ 16 ] claiming ...
The original company that made Johnson inboard motors and outboard motors was the Johnson Brothers Motor Company of Terre Haute, Indiana, United States. They started building inboard 2-cycle marine engines in 1903 in a barn behind the house, along with matching boats. By 1908, they were making V4, V6, V8, and V12 aircraft and marine engines.
For 1958, an enlarged version of this engine was introduced. The new "Mark 78" had 70 horsepower with 66 cubic inches of displacement. No "H" version was offered. Also in 1958, a stock Mark 75H set a new world speed record for outboard motors, of 107 mph. [citation needed]
Today a few Mercury KG-7Q Super 10 Hurricane's have survived the years waiting to be run or displayed at a local Antique Outboard Motor Club, Inc. (AOMCI) Event. In demand and also rare; today a KG-7Q will go for the price of a brand new 10 hp motor.
By 1921, Evinrude was back in business, in a venture he called the ELTO Outboard Motor Company. His new offering was the Evinrude Light Twin Outboard, a motor partly made of aluminum, reducing its weight by a third. Popular with the fishing fleets, this revolutionary engine outstripped sales of Evinrude's original outboard motor within three years.