Ocean Pacer vid
09-01-2011, 10:19 PM
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I was very surprised with how light the boat felt while driving it. It picks up and runs like my outboard boat and felt like it was carring the bow very high and well. Only thing I am concerned with is how it will handle the nasty great lakes water, minimum plane speed seemed to be in the mid 30s.
09-02-2011, 12:08 AM
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[QUOTE=Crash-Box;3491212]
Well now it's out haha ! At that low of RPM @ acceleration
it's def not turbo'd (SORRY 30CTSUTPHEN). So it has to
be BIG cu.in. with a little compression ? I got to say you have
found the "G" spot on that Sutphen, you have to be around
12 to 13 % on prop slip ! Boat weighs in around 7500 with
fuel give or take, and you know the pony's so do the math....
...... POST UP SOME PICS SHOWTIME83 !
So wrong young grasshoppa a properly tuned and sized turbo set up will tear your head off down low
Forget all that 70's turbo stuff you THINK you know Ill prove it ALL wrong with one ride in my turbo car!
Well now it's out haha ! At that low of RPM @ acceleration
it's def not turbo'd (SORRY 30CTSUTPHEN). So it has to
be BIG cu.in. with a little compression ? I got to say you have
found the "G" spot on that Sutphen, you have to be around
12 to 13 % on prop slip ! Boat weighs in around 7500 with
fuel give or take, and you know the pony's so do the math....
...... POST UP SOME PICS SHOWTIME83 !
Forget all that 70's turbo stuff you THINK you know Ill prove it ALL wrong with one ride in my turbo car!
09-02-2011, 03:47 PM
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Aaah Master Turbo Blaster your alive !!!
What eva the application on Show's boat, it
has sum major " Butter on the Biscuit "! LOL
What eva the application on Show's boat, it
has sum major " Butter on the Biscuit "! LOL
03-05-2012, 02:11 PM
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I will try to get some more pics, decent ones at least. The boat is still a long way from being done, interior needs to be redone. I would like to re do the dash and all gauges, lots of little misc items also. I do not know much about prop slip, the props are 17x24 4 blades if I remember correctly. I have read time and time again on here that surface drives do not provide much bow lift. I can now say that is innaccurate, that video was at 0 trim, or neutral however you would like to put it. The entire boat lifts up and runs dry. I did set it up with the props spinning in, which is how my other boat is also so i am used to the docking manners of it. The Sutphen factory was a big help in giving me knowledge of how to set the boat up also, can not say enough thanks to them for the info they gave me when i called with questions about 26 year old boat!
Look what I found surfing you-tube Haa Haa
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmtBh3OnIzA
Sounds healthy !!!
.......NiceC.B.
03-05-2012, 06:19 PM
#15
So much more work left to do on it, this boat is a never ending project. I am in too far now to sell it haha. At the time I did that video, I was trying to get one side complete at a time, notice the exhaust is not even on the other engine. Those are some of the worst placed engines to work on ever, starboard engine has to be pulled to just to change the raw water pump impeller.
03-07-2012, 07:50 PM
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I drove that boat on 9-11, yes the 9-11, It was on the South Shore (south of Boston) back when the Kaamas were still black. It had MRD 498's (I think) and I was told it ran 93 on GPS. I ran it about 80 in 3 foot swells, light chop and a 15-20 mph starboard wind. That thing handled the conditions amazingly. Later, when I needed a drive for the Rumrunner, I met a guy (Mike) in Glastonbury, CT who once owned that Kaama boat. He couldn't say enough good stuff about the set-up. Jay at Riddle Racing has one with the big plate transom assys, and modified skegs. I think he's seen the 100+ club. BTW, Wade's right...surface drives are the way to go with that hull (He would know really well, having owned "Trouble Maker" with the Arnesons). Best of luck with that thing. It's a sweet boat.
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