I was at the launch ramp with my 14 foot boat with a 40hp outboard when the guy next to me fired up his boat. It was so awesome I asked if I could see his engines and he opened the engine cowling. Inside were two supercharged V8s! I felt so inadequate.
@@mammothammo7357 that motor came with the boat but didn't last very long. Not to cause any hard feelings, but it was a Mercury. My last boat was a 16 foot Arima cuddy cabin that came with a 75hp outboard. It barely ran but in fairness, the boat was sitting under wraps in the desert for over 20 years so after one quick cruise around a local lake, I bought a brand new Tohatsu injected motor. I wanted to replace it with a 75hp model but the dealer gave me a 90hp for the same price as a 75 and free installation. Who am I to argue! That was one sweet motor. No more priming and warm up, just turn the key and go!
They’re water cooled headers. That’s why they’re so big, I’m sure the outside that he touched is barely even warm if not just as cool as whatever water they’re in.
@@wanderingwarrior5626 lol. Same discussion in germany. Limits on our rivers are extreme. A boat like that makes no sense here. But we have Autobahn so
This boat is gigantic compared to my 17'ft Hondo flat/runner bottom, Casale V-drive, 468BBC, 2speed transmission. I barely fit, then whoever is dumb enough to sit next to me! My cousin said after describing my boat as "a surfboard with a big block tied to it" to someone on the dock as I was in the unloading area!..smh ..from Wyoming USA 🇺🇸 👋 🤠
Nearly 20 years ago, working in a race engine shop, a customer came in to pick up his engine. There was a set of headers similar to those in his truck, double pipe, water cooled, SS, gorgeous! $6000 PER SIDE !!!
That is not that much for stainless marine exhaust. The surge tube as it is called on a 16 cylinder MTU diesel that is used on the 92 Viking is 16,000. 32,000 for a pair. The propellers are close to 45,000 a piece.
@@potatolew4495 I own Allan Brown's old 1968 Nova 24 race boat (he ran Stainless Marine for a little while). The only part I am missing is headers and tubes like that. I just can't do it for the money.
That I like! Nearly full stagger which means it's a narrow hull which means it's fast but tricky to pilot. Like the clean look as well. This boat was built, and trimmed, by those who knew what they wanted.
Racing 🏁 🏎 🏇 is expensive! Then add multiple engines, and drivetrain, plus spare engines, plus more money 💰 to race on water 💧, tripple that figure, if you want to race in the air! AIR RACING will drain an person's bank account FAST!..lol ..from Wyoming USA 🇺🇸 👋 🤠
Those boats always look amazing… but there is always a problem. 😂 that’s why the engine hatch is up. It’s only $$$$$$$$$$. Bummer out those gorgeous headers.👍
Damn animal of a machine. Don’t even think ild wanna be in the engine bay with em running. An I been in some insane industrial spots within some wild operating machines
If you don't mind me asking... what kind of selfie-stick is that clip shot with? A 15-20ft long gimbaled selfie-stick doesn't seem likely. What's the trick?
Looks and sounds beautiful. However, those side exhaust ports should be vented to the rear. At full throttle that backward blow will add several HP to forward thrust.
Those are exhausts, the scoop is on top of the cockpit with two large circular holes leading into the engine bay directly behind the cockpit, those holes probably have high volume electric fans as well to shed as much heat as possible.
In most cases the manifolds or headers have water jackets for temperature/fire mitigation. Water is also injected into the exhaust for further cooling & sometimes muffling effect.
Not that impressive. If they were equal-length titanium headers with a perfectly-tuned collector that howled like an F1 car, that'd be something.. This is just run of the mill high performance boat headers. IF you're curious, look at this!! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-dKVRBFLDwsU.html
They do on a lot mate they’re all different I guess everyone works to a budget and their strengths, and there might also be certain classes they race in depending on what part of the world there in!
Most probably are fuel injected now. Carbs are cheaper, more simple, and easy. On and absolutely perfectly even scale with perfect tuning a carburetor can POTENTIALLY make a little bit more powerful vs FI because of better fuel mixing and air temp reduction from atomization. But its not going to be much. But in the real world with fuel injection usually having the ability to change & adapt to the engines needs hundreds of times a second combined with ignition timing control while the carburetor is stuck tuned with what it left the dock at, fuel injection has the advantage.
