Witness history made as an F32 DCB rockets to 177MPH with Teague Custom Marine 1335 EFI engines. This boat is not only the fastest DCB with production engines, but the fastest DCB ever made.
Water Pressure. Unfortunately, the F32 has water pickups through the bottom a couple feet forward of the transom. We now build them with adjustable pickups at the transom. Over 170, the boat is just skimming the water where the bottom pickup is, so there was erradic pressure.
You can tell a boat is set up proper when it's not throwing all that water high in the air. Good forward momentum, especially in a cat that doesn't need bow lift requires you keep those drives inline and level instead of pointing to the sky.
Do these motors use a crankshaft support at the crank pulley to relieve stress from the charger? I snapped a crank clean at the keyway before running without one.
Amazing! I am curious how they prepare for a run like this in terms of other boats on the water. At that speed any other boat in the way would be disaster.
Looks like a fine answer to the M31 Mercury Marine 1300/1350 statement. Now if his guarantee, fuel economy, engine price and engine longevity are better than or equal to Merc then he has a chance to be competitive with them. Very awesome video!
hey can anyone tell me what those tubes are on top of the cavitation plate just behind the steering tiebar they look like they are fuel tank hose lines ???
On the F 32 model of DCB boats the water pick up is a little bit forward of the transom. At over 170 it picks up water sporadically which causes the gauges to go funky, they corrected the problem with multi angle pick-ups mounted to the transom on all new DCBs
consuming 20 gallons a minute never looked more fun ..lol ..the aft view looked sped up when looking at the water it was that intense .. was that havasu ? .. how long is that lake ?..maby of the big lakes here in michigan are hard to ever find that calm..i'd hate to hit a freak wave or wake at 150+.. though i'm sure you wouldnt even feel it , as long as it doesnt flip up ..lol..i've have some big balls.. but sir , that run took some big balls ..looks different in a 43' offshore in an enclosed cockpit and safety cages..lol
Speedo doesnt even bother registering anything below 60 mph..... LOL. And it was crazy to watch the water gauges hop around as the inlet must have been too high as it was chining.
Can someone explain the mystery why off shore boats use blowers rather than turbocharges? I know that you guys are aware the horse power difference cubic inch to cubic inch is huge. So why? I dont know how many inches the 1350's are Im going to guess and say 540 or so. I will also assume they run on pump gas and you're probably turning them 6800rpm with 16 psi ? and youre making 1350 hp @ 6400 rpm? Now take all the same numbers and run twin 88mm turbos, *8psi each with the right tune A Motech or F.A.S.T ecu and at 6200 you would make close to 2000hp and probably 1400 ft lbs. easy with a 540ci. and pump gas. The turbo motor will deliver better fuel economy, run much cooler and obviously last a lot longer. I mean really there are guys making 2500 hp with 450 cubic in small blocks,. yeah a lot more boost, not pump gas, and at the power level wouldnt last long under the load of the out drives. My point is the turbo in all areas that I know of makes more sense. So I must be missing something because you just dont see a lot of them. Not for nothing but Eikert who is or was one of the best off shore motor guys on the planet would say the same thing. So Im all ears..do tell please.......Oh and another question. Why when guys are doing a DCB, Skater, or an Appache and money is not an issue to these guys why not run the Arnesson surface drives.? Again they do everything better correct? get on plane faster offer a lot less drag which = more top speed. And are they not cheaper over all that the big #6 Mercs?
ok well thats just simply sick,,,,i love boats and think 70 mph is fun,,,,,177 mph,,,,that just seems so un stable,,,,but oh well,,,that is so cool,,,,awesome video
