Smartcraft for 525EFI
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Hey Guys:
Can anyone help me about installing Smartcraft technology to my engine. Where do I get the gauges, etc...? I'm a bit green about this. Is it worth it? The more info the best.
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Ron L.
Can anyone help me about installing Smartcraft technology to my engine. Where do I get the gauges, etc...? I'm a bit green about this. Is it worth it? The more info the best.
Thanks,
Ron L.
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I am in the process of building a new boat with 525 EFI's and opted to go with Livorsi monster gauges and a pair of the Smartcraft monitors. I don't have any pics right now, but I'll post a pic or two of the gauge panel in a few days..
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It appears that if you use a system tach and system speedo you could give up all the other gauges. I am looking at doing just the tach for the additional readouts it can provide. Since the boat we are outfitting already has a full set of regular gauges.
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I heard that I should be able to get montiors on oil, fuel level, fuel consumption and tied into a GPS should get estimated fuel usage to destination,etc... all kinds of stuff. Is this true?
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Yes, there is some very good info on the Livorsi website and on the Mercury website. The system is integrated and can take GPS inputs to give fuel/distance remaining, fuel to dest, and alarms for virtually everything. If I was building a new boat with the Smartcraft engines I would have to seriously consider 2 tachs and a 5000 series Mercury monitor as the only dash pieces other than a chartplotter. The Smartcraft system watches all parameters and that would leave no reason for water, oil, volt, etc. gauges.
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I am having our new boat fitted with monster gauges & then came across the Smartcrft system. It appears to be the way to rig a boat. I will add the system later as it seems to be pretty simple to install..plug in & play type system. Anybody using this system yet?
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Johno:
I just spoke with Mercury this a.m. and the SC5000 is all you'll need basically. It runs around $1,200 which does not include the cables or any other additions you may want to add. See the mercurymarine website and go to the Smartcraft section. You will see a short video on the display. It really is awesome and the data is just great. If I had known it was available, there wouldn't be too many gauges on my dash. I'm going to talk to a Mercury dealer today about the final costs.
Will post of my findings.
Ron
I just spoke with Mercury this a.m. and the SC5000 is all you'll need basically. It runs around $1,200 which does not include the cables or any other additions you may want to add. See the mercurymarine website and go to the Smartcraft section. You will see a short video on the display. It really is awesome and the data is just great. If I had known it was available, there wouldn't be too many gauges on my dash. I'm going to talk to a Mercury dealer today about the final costs.
Will post of my findings.
Ron
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