Mobil 1 is good oil ,i use it in a Porsche race car ,without a problem ,not surprised it comes recommended. glad to see someone like these guys use it .

Dave, the boat is absolutely beautiful. I really like the white bottom. Looks like the boat is 40 feet long. I've used the Mobile 1 0W-40 for 97 hours so far. No problems and I sure would stay with it.

Don't sweat the pump. Just enjoy one of the finest boat/engine packages on the planet. Quent

Beautiful boat, Congrats !

Thanks for the Kudos guys- excitement doesn't begin to describe how I'm feeling.

Quent- must be deja-vu looking at this rig huh? Thanks for taking the plunge on the color combo first. Yeah it does look long huh? Just friday I snuck out on my 20.8 launched and retrailered it myself 3 minutes each direction- not gonna happen with this thing.

My surprise with Ilmor and the Mobil 1 was not the brand (Ive had good luck with Mobil 1) but the weight recommendation was/is a surprise.

I thought the high revving 710 would be better off with an oil that had a hot index of 50 rather than 40. As I said earlier I'm not going to "get different" on Ilmors recommendation.


Uncle Dave

Laveycraft 2750 Ilmor 710
Laveycraft 20.8 Sebring 406 SB
Fleetwod nitrous toy hauler
Yamaha raptor 700/Kawi KFX 450
Nissan Titan

Dave, as bad as I hate to say it, the high revving Hondas,( I do not like to say that word), along with some other Asian creations use the same oil. I just want the engine to be happy.

I think that old guys like me have some grandkids who will see a new generation of parameters regarding gofast stuff. Look at the small block Chevrolet from 1955. Its still barely around. Sad. The new "architecture" is just that, new, and I must admit that I do not understand it yet.

I always thought that a hot rod was a 55 Chevy. Now it has a turbo and 4 cylinders. I expect that my grandson will do some stuff that I can't even imagine. Hopefully with more grace and less aggravation to his parents than I did.

Enjoy your boat. Quent

Well you guys were right- Im highly impressed so far.

Jeff tells me Ill be ecstatic when I hit it the first time, and Ill stay ecstatic because this engine does whats asked of it with no drama and doesn't seem to break.


Yeah Quent I agree- "hello kitty" may be ok for a bike or a small car, but without turbos 2.0L anything isn't going to move a large boat or "catapult you toward the horizon." Ive had some fun turbocharging a zx1100 but then I nearly killed myself so Im sticking to dirt bikes. Car and boats.

Boats coming along.........

Uncle Dave

Laveycraft 2750 Ilmor 710
Laveycraft 20.8 Sebring 406 SB
Fleetwod nitrous toy hauler
Yamaha raptor 700/Kawi KFX 450
Nissan Titan

710's being slipped in for engine mount tweaking- Not much room left at all maybe an inch forward and backward! Hoping that I really wont need to get in there to do much.

Quent- Here where my muffler journey ended- These are called "Zoomers" Ill shot a pict of the interior next

I started with Gibsons, went to Imco Gatlins, went back to CMI- was going to go back to Gibsons and ended up with these ALL SS zero springs or other moving parts.

coming along.........

Uncle Dave

2750 Laveycraft Imor 710
20.8 Sebring 406

Cab you Ilmor guys tell me a bit about this?

Never had a "code" activated boat before. ? Whats the protocall?

Zoomer - inside

710 header rail



Uncle Dave

2750 Laveycraft Imor 710
20.8 Sebring 406

Sent the picts this time.

Uncle Dave

2750 Laveycraft Imor 710
20.8 Sebring 406

Rig is looking great!! Keep us posted on the updates......