how would you build your dream engine??

[phatmanmike]

Re: how would you build your dream engine??

clams, show us pics, or stop telling us about it. BRAGGER

 

[Clams Canino]

Re: how would you build your dream engine??

I'll try to take a pic over the weekend and post it to the NNTP board. YOU can figgure out how to host it up somewhere and link it here. <br /><br />-W

 

[MortenH]

Re: how would you build your dream engine??

Clams - send the pics to me - I'll host it for you <br /><br />-M-

 

[stan_deezy]

Re: how would you build your dream engine??

Dream engine.....hmmmm <br /><br />Diesel powered<br />Ceramics everywhere<br />Ceramic water pump impellor<br />Variable pitch prop with remote control so it can be adjusted on the move <br /><br />And moving on from the engine: trailer brakes that actually work! <br /><br />Brakes on trailers (in the UK anyway) are probably the one bit of technology that has never changed in the last century and still don't work.......

 

[Nos4r2]

Re: how would you build your dream engine??

Originally posted by Bro:<br /> Dream engine.....hmmmm <br /><br />Diesel powered<br />

Often wondered why the tech used to create 120hp 2.0 litre lightweight turbodiesels (eg the new mondeo engine) hasn't made its way over to outboards yet...

 

[ZmOz]

Re: how would you build your dream engine??

A big block chevy with a supercharger. I'm looking for a hull that will hold just that...

 

[stan_deezy]

Re: how would you build your dream engine??

Nos4r2,<br /><br />I think it's Mariner that now do a diesel outboard: loads and loads of torque but there is a price premium!<br />And just think: no delicate electrics to get wet!<br /><br />Congrats on finally getting the RIB: I finally found mine at the weekend and can't wait to get back out there (without my ideal engine tho ;-)

 

[Nos4r2]

Re: how would you build your dream engine??

hehehe what motor you got on her?

 

[stan_deezy]

Re: how would you build your dream engine??

just a baby 25 Evinrude twin...but she is only 4m long and only for fishing/sightseeing.<br /><br />It certainly isn't my dream engine..........<br /><br />Surely in this day and age someone has developed a better way of cooling engines than with water driven by rubber against metal?<br /><br />Imagine if the thinking power and R&D that has gone into computers had been committed to outboards?<br /><br />Then again we'd need to press the start button to shut them down........(the old 'uns are the best!)

 

[stan_deezy]

Re: how would you build your dream engine??

just a baby 25 Evinrude twin...but she is only 4m long and only for fishing/sightseeing.<br /><br />It certainly isn't my dream engine..........<br /><br />Surely in this day and age someone has developed a better way of cooling engines than with water driven by rubber against metal?<br /><br />Imagine if the thinking power and R&D that has gone into computers had been committed to outboards?<br /><br />Then again we'd need to press the start button to shut them down........(the old 'uns are the best!)

 

[Nos4r2]

Re: how would you build your dream engine??

What does she go like with a 25 on her? I'm a bit of an adrenaline junkie-got to get a 50 with PTT if at all possible. There's some nutters on ribnet running them with 60 and 65hp but I don't think thats a god idea from an insurance point of view.

 

[stan_deezy]

Re: how would you build your dream engine??

I like zmoz's idea of a big block chevy and supercharger.....just think my RIB would sink with that on the back !<br /><br />Nos4r2: haven't had the chance to play yet: awaiting parts for the engine: she was stored in a garage for nearly 30 years and is pristine (both engine and RIB!. An ebay special: £820 complete with trailer (again dry stored!). Boat and engine look like they have just come out of the showroom!<br /><br />Used to be a coastguard and drove flooding hull avon searider 4m with the same engine and they used to be fine: certainly got us to where we needed to be quickly.<br /><br />Read a lot on a boat design forum about problems with overpowering RIBs and some real horror story. Suspect you are right about the insurance too: there's a thread in here somewhere about that very topic.<br /><br />Back on topic: how about a 150 VW TDi PD engine converted to outboard? Now that would be fun!