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Mercury verado 250
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03/29/18 07:11 PM
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Joined: Feb 2012
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mikep
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Guys, I’m looking at a 2005 Mercury Verado and wanted know any likes/dislikes with this motor. It’s got roughly 338 hours on it so any help would be appreciated . Thank again
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Re: Mercury verado 250
[Re: mikep]
#12695333
03/29/18 10:48 PM
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Joined: Mar 2010
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T Bird
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Good for Center Console or rated Pontoon boat. Not a Bass Boat motor.
Okie by birth, Texan by choice. USAF "Thunderbirds" Alumni 1985-1989
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Re: Mercury verado 250
[Re: mikep]
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03/30/18 02:13 AM
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GODSDOZER
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T-bird, not sure where you get that info from ................have you owned one? I had a 2005 procraft 210 sp with a 2005 Verado 250 horsepower and it was a beast of a motor. jumped on plane, top speed gps was 73 mph. I sent my PCM off to simmon motorsports in California for around 800 bucks and got it tuned to 320 HP. Never ran top speed with the tuned PCM but I could tell it would scoot. There are original verados out there with 4000+ hrs (go to veradoclub.com) Those are the peps who really know the motor................you have to remember Verado came out when 4 strokes were not popular with freshwater fisherman most said they would never run a 4 stroke motor, now we know 4 stoke is the future. The biggest complaint was 605lbs back in the day. Yes that's a lot weight but no difference in 100 lbs of extra tackle a person wont ever use in a day of fishing. Or 10' talons hanging off the back. Or guys who are overweight by 150 lbs. .........Get the motor checked out by a verado tech.............if its good by him then don't hesitate to buy it. The fly by wire shifting, power steering, and ultra quiet just to name a few. It was a motor way ahead of its time. Don Weed over at BBC on the mercury forum is a verado guru ask him his opinion of the motor, he will shoot straight with you the good , the bad and the in between. Good luck !
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Re: Mercury verado 250
[Re: mikep]
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03/30/18 02:15 AM
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GODSDOZER
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One last thing...................if you do buy it. Get the Bravo 1 FS propeller
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Re: Mercury verado 250
[Re: mikep]
#12695774
03/30/18 12:15 PM
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Joined: Nov 2007
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ssmith
TFF Celebrity
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TFF Celebrity
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they are not as popular on bass boats as optis because of weight an when running high rpms they chew a lot of fuel.
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Re: Mercury verado 250
[Re: mikep]
#12700586
04/03/18 03:33 AM
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Posts: 509
BCB
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Great motors from our experience. This will be an original series and while they have been extremely durable and dependable they do make some oil and require a change.
BCB
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