I've always heard they were good motors. I only ran one boat that had them and they seemed to run nice. However, I'd imagine parts are real hard...
Are you kidding? Going from full speed to idle speed instantly by chopping the throttles, stresses a lot of things on boats. Drive couplings, to...
The Bahamas cutoff is 35' for $150/300, either way you can enter a second time within 90 days free. Check out the island hoppers. If I looked at...
EGT declines more evenly when the engines are brought back from cruise slowly. EGT is component of load and fuel......in a rich condition with...
The Rule 3700 GPH bait pump does have some sketchy electrical connection that is covered with electrical tape and looks like the wires might be...
That's reasonable to drop the shaft and install the seal.
Woops, meant Bronze fittings......the brass wire wheel made me repeat brass instead of Bronze. Left Baltimore, M.D. Sunday in a 50' boat that...
What did the CAT dealer say about parts availability?
I'm to blame for that one. Over 10 years ago Bamboo was looking for a set of airseps for his engines and I had ended up with a set of almost...
If you want to clean it, you used to be able to find Poco (a mild acid) and it would clean it all off. You could also get a brass wire wheel on a...
Yes, and it's not good for the turbo to come to a sudden halt and the excessive backpressure flowing backwards through a turbine designed to turn...
You anchor and wait for the wind to subside if you cannot dock the vessel safely, you always have options. A buddy of mine was in Hurricane Hole...
This method works perfectly on a boat with a relatively flat bottom, does not really work on a boat with a keel like the 53' Hatteras. What...
Yes wastegate/bypass valve where it re-routes the boosted air around or exhausts it from the intake track. It still puts some pressure on the...
52' Hatteras SF had some 8v92 TA's in them. 62' MY also. 53' Oceans had some mostly early mid 90's boats. 46' Bertrams had them. 61'...
Very bad for the turbo's, even if they have a bypass. The turbo's are putting out a lot of boost at cruise RPM's and when you chop the throttles...
No, we tow all of the time, the big boat breaks down the seas pretty good and the small boat is riding in the prop wash. I even run a 52' Searay...
Yeah, but Ocean put themselves on the map by having the fastest production SF's. That's what they were know for.....flexible flyers......In the...
You can get it on IPS, but it's optional. The boat I'm delivering and sitting on right this minute has Volvo IPS and the skyhook feature. I...
You do NOT want to use skyhook in your slip. It keeps the boat within 1 boat length or around 50' and sometimes does some strong...
