Merc marine built ZR1 engines?

[POWERPLAY33]

Watched a little of the B/J auction and they said Merc built the engines and shipped them to GM for the first ZR1's, true?

[MarylandMark]

hand built @ Stillwater, OK @ Mercury Marine

[sledge]

Remember how the ZR1 engines were "hand assembled?" That assembly was done by the Merc folks. Not sure if any of the parts were actually machined at/by Merc, but most of the stuff was shipped in, put together, shipped out.

[MarylandMark]

http://www.zr1netregistry.com/howlt5built.htm

Tech mumbo-jumbo but interesting none the less

[POWERPLAY33]

Nice bit of trivia thanks.

[JupiterSunsation]

Merc has done some machine work for a lot of applications. The guy from Chicago that died last year at work posted that he found a Merc stamp on some internal engine parts off his Harley.....

[ILMORdude]

The guy from Chicago that died last year at work posted that he found a Merc stamp on some internal engine parts off his Harley.....

What? I remember that post......what happ?

[Sydwayz]

What? I remember that post......what happ?

Brian Miller aka StraightJacket passed last year in a tragic accident at work.
RIP
http://seriousoffshore.com/forums/sh...straightjacket
http://seriousoffshore.com/forums/sh...straightjacket

[TGC-32]

I thought the conventional wisdom was that GM picked Merc to do the ZR-1 engines because of the aluminum casting experience that Merc had from (of all things) the 470-series in-line 4-cylinder engines from the mid 70's! If I remember correctly, it was a Lotus-designed engine as well.

[ILMORdude]

Brian Miller aka StraightJacket passed last year in a tragic accident at work.
RIP
http://seriousoffshore.com/forums/sh...straightjacket
http://seriousoffshore.com/forums/sh...straightjacket

Yes i remember now, very sad man.

[ILMORdude]

I thought the conventional wisdom was that GM picked Merc to do the ZR-1 engines because of the aluminum casting experience that Merc had from (of all things) the 470-series in-line 4-cylinder engines from the mid 70's! If I remember correctly, it was a Lotus-designed engine as well.

That sounds pretty random but true. guy1-"hey lets get merc to do this so we dont have to"
guy2- "yeah didnt they do those 4 bangers from lotus?"
guy1- "Damn right"

[MarylandMark]

I feel like a pr1ck saying this, but JS; your post comes of insensitive to me. He was and is one of us, not just some random dude. I don't know, just caught me wrong is all, sorry.

[JupiterSunsation]

I feel like a pr1ck saying this, but JS; your post comes of insensitive to me. He was and is one of us, not just some random dude. I don't know, just caught me wrong is all, sorry.

MMark you took it wrong........I think he had more posts on here than I did. I just referenced what I could remember about the post. He was from Chicago and died at work and found Merc stampings inside his bike......those were the two details I could recall.



Now if I referenced the guy from Maryland that likes chinaman rubdowns, center consoles, interior decorating, bling jewelry.........most would recall that description as you!

Happy Easter Mark!

[Wrinkleface]

& Merc charged GM a ton 4 those!!!

[MarylandMark]

Happy Easter JS (and the rest of ya's)

Allergies got me agitated today, sorry and knew you didn't mean it that way

[MacGyver]

I wonder if that production line will be moving to Fond du Lac?

[TGC-32]

That sounds pretty random but true. guy1-"hey lets get merc to do this so we dont have to"
guy2- "yeah didnt they do those 4 bangers from lotus?"
guy1- "Damn right"

Actually, I think Lotus was involved in the design of the ZR-1 engine (I could be wrong about that, but it seems to be in my memory bank somewhere. Then again, I'm getting old!).

I certainly wasn't implying that Lotus had anything to do with those lousy old 4-bangers!

[Tristar Racing]

Actually, I think Lotus was involved in the design of the ZR-1 engine (I could be wrong about that, but it seems to be in my memory bank somewhere. Then again, I'm getting old!).

I certainly wasn't implying that Lotus had anything to do with those lousy old 4-bangers!

Lotus did most of the design work. Merc was chosen because of their manufacturing capabilities. Both of these facts did not sit well with GM's powertrain divisions. The ZR-1 engine pushed internal development at GM for future designs.

[detail toyz]

Yep my Dad had a 93