Why don't you see boats with high engine hours?
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I think the key to longevity engine life is respect-maintance and keeping it in stock form. My opinion is extreme performance mods blowers-turbos make the engine disposible.
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Offshores are driven at higher rates of speed so when the guy in the cruiser takes 3 hours to hit destination we get there in 1.
Typically motors in offshores don't wear out, they have catastrophic failures from, overheating, blown head gaskets, eating valves, and so on.
Typically motors in offshores don't wear out, they have catastrophic failures from, overheating, blown head gaskets, eating valves, and so on.
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Why the low hours?
easy answer - Boat engines are subjected to continuous loads not seen by other forms of transportation. If you were to compare to an auto it would require the equivalent of towing a heavy trailer uphill with the trailer brakes dragging- the entire trip.
It isn't unheard of to see a high hours engine as you've seen in these posts, but it isn't common for sure.
Uncle Dave
easy answer - Boat engines are subjected to continuous loads not seen by other forms of transportation. If you were to compare to an auto it would require the equivalent of towing a heavy trailer uphill with the trailer brakes dragging- the entire trip.
It isn't unheard of to see a high hours engine as you've seen in these posts, but it isn't common for sure.
Uncle Dave
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another consideration is the fact that most of us have an ultimate desire to go faster... thats what brings us to this arena of boating. the need for speed typically ends up leading to the desire of more power (new engines) or a bigger boat with bigger engines (selling boat with lower hours)