{"id":60543,"date":"2023-07-11T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-11T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yachtingmagazine.com\/?p=60543"},"modified":"2023-07-11T14:22:22","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T18:22:22","slug":"mercury-racing-adds-v8-500r","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yachtingmagazine.com\/gear\/mercury-racing-adds-v8-500r\/","title":{"rendered":"Mercury Racing Adds V8 500R"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n The Mercury Racing V8 500R outboard is designed to perform on pump fuel with a minimum 89-octane (95 RON) rating.<\/span>\n Courtesy Mercury Marine<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t <\/figcaption>\n <\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\n\n\n

Mercury Racing has introduced the Mercury Racing V8 500R outboard<\/a>, which the company says it created \u201cfor no-compromise owners of the fastest luxury sport boats.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stuart Halley, Mercury<\/a> Racing general manager, stated in a press release: \u201cCapable of delivering more than 500 horsepower in a wide range of conditions and weighing as little as 720 pounds, the 500R establishes a new benchmark for outboard power density. This motor offers incredible mid-range punch and pulls with unrelenting authority all the way to wide-open throttle. This is the most exciting production outboard to ever emerge from the Mercury Racing shop.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 500R has more than 500 eager horsepower, which is 50 more horsepower plus 10 percent higher torque than the 450R model. Its 4.6-liter, 64-degree, V8 FourStroke powerhead is boosted by a Mercury Racing supercharger. The engine<\/a> is designed to perform on pump fuel with a minimum 89-octane (95 RON) rating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also on the 500R are upgraded component designs in the powerhead, cooling system, midsection and steering system. A new, 5.9-inch diameter gearcase, available in R-Drive and R-Drive Sport configurations, transfers the power to the water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What lengths are available for the Mercury Racing 500R?<\/strong> It can be ordered at 20 inches, 25 inches, 30 inches or 35 inches for single- or multi-engine applications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Take the next step:<\/strong> go to mercuryracing.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Mercury Racing V8 500R outboard has new components to boost power.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":60544,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"BS_author_type":"BS_author_is_guest","BS_guest_author_name":"Yachting Staff","BS_guest_author_url":"","hydra_display_date":"","hydra_display_updated":false,"_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":"158","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"Mercury Racing\u2019s new V8 500R outboard engine has been introduced, and it can be ordered for single- or multi-engine uses.","_yoast_wpseo_title":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","arc_story_id":"","arc_website_url":"","custom_permalink":"","arc_subtype":"","arc_exclude_from_feeds":false,"sponsored":false,"sponsored_label":"Sponsored Content","sponsored_display_label":false,"sponsored_image":false,"post_right_rail":true,"post_right_rail_ad_1":true,"post_right_rail_ad_2":true,"post_right_rail_ad_3":false,"post_right_rail_ad_4":false,"post_right_rail_recirc":true,"fixed_anchor_ad":true,"post_top_ad":true,"post_off_ramp":true,"post_taboola":false,"labels":true,"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":"","sponsored_url":"","social_share":true,"ad_targeting":"","ad_settings_ads_on_this_page":true,"ad_settings_automatic_ad_injection_into_the_content":true},"categories":[158],"tags":[624,168,855,1112],"acf":[],"apple_news_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60543"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60543"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60543\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}