Ecotech

[dick stave]

Is anyone working on a marinized version of the 2.0 litre ecotech engine? There is a lot of talk about this powerplant on a jet boat forum in my area.
Apparently 350 lbs.,aluminum block ,140 h.p. Chevy has campaigned two of these engines in drag racing reaching 1000 h.p. This is being touted as a "global" engine and a replacement for the small block (would be a good reolacement for the "sportjet" as well). Anyone have any info. ?

[RivrLivn]

GM is now offering a marine version of the 2.4L
I'm sure someone will now get a supercharger to work on it like they have the 2.0L

[marshmat]

Chevy has campaigned two of these engines in drag racing reaching 1000 h.p.
With an estimated mean time between overhauls of probably no more than a couple of minutes, I would imagine!

Mercruiser is marketing a marinized, sterndrive version of the Vortec 1600 under the name "Vazer". They're getting 100 hp out of that engine in marinized form with decent service intervals.

I don't see any big technical hurdle to doing a similar marinization on the Ecotec. Granted, GM made it real easy for Merc to offer the 1600 in marine configuration (GM sells them for the industrial market with semi-custom ECUs and with no manifolds, fuel system or aux systems), while the Ecotec- especially for DIY types- is generally pulled from a car. I haven't seen it referred to as a replacement for the small-block V8s, though....