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Originally Posted by saxman
As for Turbo's..... this is a pick from Shogrens website when they had the 'chaser' listed for sale. 
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CET was contracted i believe to develop and deliver 3 pairs (so 6 engines) of the Adiabatic Twin Turboed powerplants, if im thinking/remembering correctly for Fountain Powerboats...
at any rate, whatever happened to them is sure as hell beyond me
and seriously, if they want to make a statement, first throw down on a Kilo like theyve
tried to for the past 2 years; (1)once in 2006 when nobody else entered so they cancelled it (that was the Washington 06 SBI event in August, I was there and planned to be at the river to see it happen, but scratched that part of it when they did), (2)once in Feb. 07, they had too many issues with the boat then (i had plans to get up there, but run didnt materialize so neither did i) and in (3)August 07 again, but had planing issues from what i hear (i was there on the river at first light the day it was supposed to go down and stuck around for 2 and a half hours).
ive seen this boat run and break at Sarasota in 2006 and 2007, I've seen it/video'd it absolutely haul ass and break in 2006 at Washington, and Ive seen it/video it haul ass on the course and break (...again) in Morehead City in 2007.
as for the Poker Runs? man, whatever.
seriously, dont show up at a d@mn friendly gathering and say you smoked everybody when d@mn nobody shows up to race.
INSTEAD OF CAMPAIGNING A RACEBOAT ON THE POKER RUN CIRCUIT, TRY DOING IT ON A RACE CIRCUIT. Try and have that boat throw down with the likes of the new Mystics and some of the other bad-built Superboat Unlimited Cats...see whos' the Cat "Killer" then...I have not the least bit of doubt in my mind that the vessel can haul it, but freaking choose somewhere else to do it instead of danged fun-oriented gatherings (or,
Poker Runs...
not to be confused with the race course)
PS: curse your marketing campaigns...
bit of pent up frustration with this topic...just my two cents on it...they know what the boat can do, as do many of us,
just find somewhere else to show it...