42 Mti
 

Looking to build 42' MTI, 6 seater. Need some some input, power packages, etc....

frankie, sales call line 1, frankie sales call line 1.... :D

http://powerboatmagazine.com/videos/07_07_mti44.php

Power Packages... 1075's or whatever the biggest stuff Merc does these days and #6's.

Input... With the flash you'll have to input in that rig you don't need anything that I could bring to the table! :D

Have fun, quite the nice project.

I would like to see what a 850 package would do in a 42'.

1075's have already proven themselves as an ideal power plant for the boat. I have references Joe!!!:D :D

To the batmobile Robin!
 

Joe

We have to stop watching these videos. You are gonna make yourself nuts. Although I do not think you will burn any more fuel than you do now.

How am I going to boat with yous guys with a 32?

VERY EASILY...LET ME WORK THE STICKS !!!

Yikes!

i'll even bring my own bungee's

Bwaaahahahahahah!!.....Excellent answer!:cool-smiley-011:

Turbines.

Come check out the turbine powered MTI at the OPA Patchouge or Point Pleasant race.

www.turbinemarine.com

Amen. If you want to see what 850's are like I would get the 40. I personally think the 42's look too cut off in the back. I would (and did) go with the 44 top deck, with or without BPM. Joe, I happen to know a dock in Oklahoma that has two six seat 44's as well as a 4 seat 44 and a standup 44 if you want to take a look. Damn, I think we should go into business since we have as many MTI's as Frankie! :ernaehrung004:

Now that I think about it, we could double our inventory by moving to EDOCK!! HMMMMMMM:cool-smiley-011:

Thanks for the ideas, I want the ride of a 42 and the speed without a re-build every 75 hours if lucky with 1075's. Would a pair of Potter 1200s be a good idea. I love my 1150's, they run and run and run. They have lasted 175 hours before re-build on my friends 36' nor-tech who only knows wide open. He was the reason I bought my boat with that power now. I would of never believed it if I did not see it.

CAN I GET AN AMEN !! I'VE WITNESSED THERE AWESOME MACHINES !!

Hey Bernie, You are addicted to this sh%t like me. When are the Point Pleasant races anyway.

Turbines=NO INSURANCE

Tilt trailer=no dipping in salt water

i love this place man..bunch of lunatics. Long Island is Aug 25-26th and Point Pleasant is Sept 8th-9th and Cambridge MD is Sept 22nd-23rd

You mean NO TURBINE BOAT IS INSURED ?

I am told the 44 is only a rutter boat and a tilt trailer, that seems like a real pain in the ass to me for 2 feet.

its the same bottom, just larger deck..

44 can be rudder/shafts or a #6, 44 is the same width as a 42... 10'6", no wider than your nor-tech now.

There has to be a reason why all the 44s I have seen are rudder boats, Pier 57 told me this as well. True or not? I may have had a few glasses of wine for lunch that day.....

the mercedes boat, hammertime and spine tingler are all 44 decks with #6 drives.... sterling silver in the other thread is a 44 stand up with #6's

What exactly did they tell you because I own a #6 44 and it is incredible. Very little bow rise, planes by 18.2 mph. I don't know what the drawbacks are except possibly $40-60K. MC can you think of any?

What about the trailers, what exactly does it take to tilt and move?

From what I've been told the 44 with sixes is the way to go. With the rudder boat you have hardly any steering. To me the rudder boats felt too loose runing hard or just didnt feel hooked up like a number 6 boat. Also if you have big power and run crash boxes with a rudder it hard to handle around the docks.

Get a pair of Chief 1,200 Twin Turbos. I hear that they can go a lot longer than a supercharged engine between rebuilds.

Bernie call around and see what inurance is available. The carriers I spoke with laughed.

The fastest I have been in a 40 Skater has been 193 which was an arneson boat. I think for all out speed the shaft drive is the fastest. It would also appear both drives have positive and negatives aspects but both are real cool.

The new 46 Skater that left Monday has turbo charged motors and Arensons should be way cool.

I think he is talking about the 44' being designed for surface drives and rudder. I don't know of any drawbacks either.