Ilmor Marine, LLC Celebrates Production of its 1,000th Marine V8 Engine

2011 December 15

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Powerboats Press Release: Ilmor Marine, LLC Celebrates Production of its 1,000th Marine V8 Engine

MOORESVILLE, NC (PRWEB) Could 31, 2011

Ilmor Marine, LLC marked the production of its 1,000th marine V8 engine with a celebration at its Mooresville, NC headquarters. The 1,000th engine – a MV8 6.2L – is manufactured at the Mooresville location.

Ilmor Marine, LLC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ilmor Engineering, Inc, and operates in a state-of-the-art 50,000 square foot marine engine assembly and test facility open because July 2010. The plant manufactures Ilmor’s new series of inboard GM-based marine V8 (MV8) engines, and is capable of assembling up to 15,000 engines per year. Ilmor Marine is currently the main engine supplier to MasterCraft Boat Business.

Ilmor has more than twenty years of Indy-winning engineering history, as properly as nearly a decade of performance powerboat drivetrain production. It is this knowledge which has led to the style, development and productive manufacture of the Ilmor Marine MV8 engine series. Ideally suited for competitive water sports and recreational boating, Ilmor MV8 engines are built to the exact same stringent engineering standards as the company’s globe-renowned high-efficiency engines. The MV8 engines are offered in five.7L, 6.0L and 6.2L variants, every based upon business normal General Motors powerplants. All MV8 engines utilize Ilmor-created parts and systems designed to boost overall performance and reliability, and are accessible in each fresh water and salt water ‘Ocean Performance Series’. Furthermore, the engines are EPA, California-ARB and EU-RCD emissions compliant.

“Today marks a extremely unique moment in Ilmor’s history,” says Ronald A. Brown, President of Ilmor Marine. “In the last year, we have successfully overcome the difficult tasks of opening a new company and generating jobs in a tough economic climate. By completing the 1000th engine, we have also achieved a new high in commercial production. We and our devoted workers are proud to demonstrate our extended-term commitment to the town of Mooresville, to the marine market, and to our buyers around the globe.”

For more info about Ilmor Marine, LLC and their engine goods, visit http://www.ilmor.com.

ABOUT ILMOR

Ilmor Marine, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ilmor Engineering, Inc., is headquartered at its marine engine assembly and test facility in Mooresville, NC. Ilmor Engineering is finest recognized for its accomplishment in high efficiency engineering and motorsports. In addition to ongoing advancements in racing technologies, the organization also supplies goods to the high performance marine business and gives engineering consultancy services to key automotive OEMs. The Ilmor family members of businesses employ more than 150 staff worldwide at facilities in MI, NC and the UK. For more details about Ilmor and its goods and services, go to http://www.ilmor.com.

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