Hi!

I hope you are all well.

I consider to buy a second hand Cigarette Gladiator and import it from US. It has to be equipped with aftermarket engines due to tax regulations in Norway. If you import aftermarket engines separately, you save approx. USD 40 per HP in tax compared to a obvious marine engine like Mercruiser (for private use).

Due to this I am curious about fuel consumption from fx. Richie Zul engines approx. 700-750 hp and Sterling Engines approx. 700-750 hp at cruise speed (3000-4.000 rpms). Reason for asking; in norway you have to pay 12 USD per gallon of fuel....

What is the cruise speed at these rpms?

Cheeeeers and A happy New Boating Year from Norway,

Toffen & Heidi

You can buy our Gladiator and I'll rip the Merc logos off it!! Sorry I cant help you on the Fuel question for the ZUL boats. Id would say though to buy a Zul boat over a Sterling one.

I am not sure about the Gladiator, but I figured fuel consumption on my 572ci 700Hp engines running single 1050cfm carbutetors at 30-33 (pair) gallons per hour at 3600rpm. This was using fuel numbers from the dyno. I am seeing pretty similar numbers in the boat. I assume the gladiator would get a little better mileage but not much.

why dont you call zul and ask him!!!!

i sure hell be glad to answer any of your questions... ill give you his cell phone if you like, but you have to promise me that you tell him stecz told you to call.....

Hi!

You have a PM.

Cheeeers! Toffen G

I had an 04' Glad with 598ci 775hp Zuls in it and it was incredible on fuel! Obviously if you run wide open nothing is going to get good fuel economy but the zuls were very good. Under 4000 rpm's is the best cruise/fuel economy I saw with my Zul's. They were still decent on fuel even when running over 4000 rpm's. The boat cruised @ 70mph and ran 105mph wide open and the Zul's ran great! Richie was always great about answering any question I had. I would recommend Zul engines!

DK

This boat is one of the nicest (if not the best) Gladiators on the market today. Ken and Dan have taken extremely good care of it and it was on my short list of boats when I bought my Donzi Comp.

Thanks Tom!!! Cant wait to run with you in your ZR!!

Dans Gladiator is truley impecable.

Hi!

Thanks Guys! And Happy New Year!

I will reconsider and look again for a Gladiator with 525's. However, I have to find out what to do with the HP tax. You have to pay USD 30 per HP plus 25% VAT on top, so 1.000 HP will be approx. USD 40.000.... in tax.

You are allowed to import a boat without engines and put "non marine" engines in it tax free... The problem is that everyone on the planet knows that mercruiser is not ment to be in a car... or in a helicopter. Hmmmm.

Are you guys spinning the props in our out? And what kind of props? Have you experiemented with Stelling boxes and shorter lower units?

I am new to inboard boats. I have been an outboard guy for 30 years now. Time for a change!

Cheeeers, Toffen G