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Looking to make a power move this year? This high-performance marine engine guide is a great place to start.
No one in his right mind would claim that bringing fresh horses, if you will, into your engine compartment is cheap. Even at the high end of the horsepower range, it’s still a lot less expensive than replacing your entire boat. With that in mind, we bring you the Ultimate Engine Guide, which is designed to be a quick and easy resource list when it comes time to re-power your existing boat or—if you’re so fortunate—choose power for your new one.
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Ateco Engine and Dyno Shop
Headquartered in Waukegan, Ill., Ateco Engine and Dyno Shop has been building marine engines for 40 years. The company, which has its own in-house machine shop, offers naturally aspirated and supercharged big-blocks from 500 to 1,000 hp. Services include parts sales, engine refreshment and complete rebuilds.
Contact: 847-623-2737; www.atecoengines.com
Chief Engines
Well-known to performance-boat enthusiasts from the Northeast to Southern Florida, Chief Engines of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., has a range of naturally aspirated and supercharged engines—all electronically fuel-injected—from 1,075 to 1,550 hp. The builder also builds turbocharged engines that make even greater horsepower. Chief offers a complete range of services including machining, parts sales and service.
Contact: 954-587-3020; www.chiefengines.com
Cobra Power
Cobra Power in North Miami has been building hard-core high-performance engines for more than 30 years. The company builds naturally aspirated and supercharged offerings up to 1,000 hp. Cobra offers complete rigging work as well as parts and propeller sales—the company has an extensive selection of new and used props—and engine service.
Contact: 305-893-5018; www.cobrapower.com
Crockett Marine Engines
In business for more than 20 years, Tyler Crockett and his crew at Crocket Marine in Ruby, Mich., build naturally aspirated and supercharged, carbureted and electronically fuel-injected engines from 400 to 1,700 hp. Services include in-house engine machining, engine rebuilding, dyno testing and electronic control unit recalibration. The company also offers complete engine upgrade kits for 454- and 502-cubic-inch engines.
Contact: 810-324-2720; www.crockettmarineengines.com
Derebery Performance
Located near Lake Texoma in Pottsboro, Texas, Derebery Performance offers its “Raptor” line of high-performance marine engines up to 1,300 hp in carbureted or electronically fuel-injected. The company also offers rebuilt engines and a complete service shop.
Contact: 903-786-3797; www.dereberyperformance.com
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Gellner Engineering
Based in Cleveland, Ohio, Gellner engineering offers naturally aspirated and supercharged engines—carbureted and electronically fuel-injected—from 500 to 1,800 hp. The 52-year-old company also offers engine refreshment and rebuilding, controller re-mapping, upgrade kits for MerCruiser engine packages and full in-house machine shop services.
Contact: 216-398-8500; www.gellnerengineering.com
GT Performance Engineering
Upland, Calif.,-based engine builder Gary Teague is well known on the West Coast for building carbureted and electronically fuel-injected naturally aspirated and supercharged engines up to 1,200 hp. His shop also offers complete engine rigging, parts and service.
Contact: 909-982-8391; www.gtmarine.com
Ilmor Marine
Ilmor Marine uses a platform based on the V-10 power plant found in the Dodge Viper for its Generation III and IV engines, which range from 570 to 725 hp. For 2010, the Plymouth, Mich., company’s latest engines—the MV-10 650 and MV-10 725—come with its Indy stern drive and are compliant with all California Air Resources Board and European Union RCD emission regulations.
Contact: 734-456-3660; www.ilmor.com/marine
Lightning Performance Group (lpg_engine.jpg)
Under the guidance of famed high-performance marine engine builder Keith Eickert, Lightning Performance Group offers naturally aspirated and supercharged engines from 200 to 1,800 hp. Among the Easton, Ill., builder’s offerings, which include electronically fuel-injected and carbureted models, is a 1,500-hp V-16 engine that is essentially two V-8 power plants combined. The company also offers a complete parts department and service center.
Contact: 309-562-7271; www.lightningperformancegroup.com
Mercury Racing
Headquartered in Fond du Lac, Wis., Mercury Racing offers naturally aspirated and supercharged engines—all electronically fuel-injected and computer-controlled—from 525 to 1,200 hp. The company unveiled its high-performance turbocharged 1,300 and 1,350 QC4v engines at the 2010 Miami International Boat Show. Mercury Racing also manufacturers drives, K-Plane trim tabs, throttles and shifters and more. Services include lab-finishing propellers and engine refreshment.
Contact: 920-921-5330; www.mercuryracing.com
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Paul Pfaff Racing Engines
Longtime West Coast builder Paul Pfaff offers 600- and 725-hp naturally aspirated electronically fuel-injected engines and 700-, 1,000- and 1,250-hp supercharged engines. (The 1,000-hp model is carbureted, the others are fuel-injected.) Based in Huntington Beach, Calif., Pfaff also offers complete engine services and parts.
Contact: 714-894-7573; www.pfaffengines.net
Potter Performance Engines
Ron Potter, the former director of engine development for Nor-Tech Hi-Performance Boats, offers naturally aspirated and supercharged, carbureted and electronically fuel-injected engines from 550 to 1,400 hp. The Bradenton, Fla., company also offers engine rebuilding and has an extensive parts department.
Contact: 941-758-5942; www.potterperformance.com
Raylar Engine Development Inc.
While Raylar made its name on offering solid upgrade kits for the MerCruiser 496 Mag and 496 Mag HO engines, the company offers 550- and 750-hp engines of its own. (The LSM 550 is an all-aluminum product.) The company also offers an array of upgrade parts, including its own Big Power aluminum cylinder heads.
Contact: 866-496-8181; www.raylarengine.com
Richie Zul Marine Power
In business for more than 30 years and well known to East Coast performance-boat enthusiasts, Richie Zul offers his naturally aspirated and supercharged “Poker Run Series” engines from 650 to 950 hp. (Zul also builds more powerful custom engines to order.)
Contact: 631-491-7268, www.zulracing.com
Sterling Performance
Headed by Mike D’Anniballe, the famed Sterling Performance engine shop in Milford, Mich., pumps out naturally aspirated and supercharged electronically fuel-injected engines from 600 to 1,550 hp. Sterling’s services include engine rebuilding, dyno testing and painting, as well as a complete in-house machine shop.
Contact: 248-684-5040; www.sterlingperformance.org
Teague Custom Marine
The largest high-performance marine engine builder west of the Mississippi, this Valencia, Calif., outfit offers naturally aspirated and electronically fuel-injected engines from 600 to 1,500 hp. Teague also builds upgraded Bravo drives using parts machined in-house. Services include rigging and engine maintenance and rebuilds, and the shop has a complete parts department with an extensive selection of propellers.
Contact: 661-295-7000; www.teaguecustommarine.com
Turbine Marine Inc.
Though each exotic turbine engine out of John Arruda’s Pompano Beach, Fla., shop is a truly custom creation, the Pompano Beach, Fla., builder offers 1,450- and 1,800-hp “packages.” The company also offers complete rigging services.
Contact: 954-979-4409; www.turbinemarine.com
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