125 mercury?

[spareparts]

that motor is not a Force, it may look like it, but its not. Its part of the 75, 85, 100, 115, 125 3cylinder/4cylinder family of Merc engiens commonly referd to as the "metric motors" as it was one of the first motors merc made that was all metric. The 3 cyl versions of the motor have great power for their size, but you can't make them idle smooth(you can, but it takes a lot of time and $$), the 4 cylinder motros are the 2+4 motors, they idle on 2 cylinders, then pic up the otehr 2 above around 1400 rpm. If you set tehm up by the manual, they feel like a 4bbl kicked in, right about the time a skier is getting on top of the water. You can get them to transition smoothly, you just have to play with them a bit at the water. They are a decent motor, not exactly my first choice, but they do run decently for the size. If you are considering one, look under the flywheel and see if it has the red stator, if it doesn't you'll end up haveing to upgrade the electronics, it gets expensive. I'd consider them a little weak for a V, great for a 18 ft bowrider.

[Bruce]

Yeah I stand corrected, I missed the year in the OP

[THEFERMANATOR]

That's good info Spare, down here all of the MERCs without cylinder heads are known as teh force engines. Learn something new everyday. I do know that down here in Fl they have no resale value though due to all of teh corrosion problems people have had with the bolt on cover over the cylinders. You can pick em up CHEAP down here with corroded covers that have been JB welded before.