Shifting gears: a two-speed automatic transmission for stern drives offers tantalizing performance advantages

Article Abstract:

MerCruiser is introducing its BlackTrac two-speed automatic transmission. The transmission optimizes the bottom-end pulling power of a stern-drive engine without compromising mid-range fuel economy or top-end speed. The BlackTrac is estimated to cost between $3,000 and $4,000.

Product introduction, Equipment and supplies, Boats and boating, Boating, Boats, MerCruiser

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We build a prop

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Mercury Marine's propellers are designed in its advanced engineering facility using computer technology and then tested using electronic instruments and underwater photography. Production models are cast of stainless steel using the lost wax method.

Propellers, Brunswick Corp. Mercury Marine Div.

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We build a stern drive: pumping iron on the power line at OMC

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The Outboard Marine Corp plant in Lexington, TN, converts Ford and GM engines into Cobra stern drive marine engines. The operations involved in converting the Ford 351HO engine into the King Cobra 351 are described.

Boat building and repairing, Marine engines, Outboard Marine Corp.

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