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Strip Poker 388 06-26-2008 12:33 PM


Originally Posted by Ron P (Post 2603559)
Here's some real four pipe water jacketed Zoomies.

Legal by who's rules?


That would be a cool pick of the motors

Chris Sunkin 06-26-2008 12:33 PM

Noise laws don't restrict equipment, they restrict noise. The Coast Guard restricts equipment. If it's OK by CG regs and the noise is below requirements, you're golden. But, the direction your headed is 180 degrees the wrong one. Those headers are for making power in race boats, with no consideration towards sound or legality. They are that length because there's no physical way to craft a water-cooled marine header and have equal size and flow runners and proper collector length and still dump horizontally through a transom.

getchasum111 06-26-2008 12:58 PM

it's ok in kentucky....no noise restictions at all on lake cumberland....

Chris Sunkin 06-26-2008 01:21 PM

Unless you have blowers, the 4-pipes are going to be drastically down on power vs. a header with a collector.

niceguy 06-26-2008 01:30 PM


Originally Posted by Chris Sunkin (Post 2603697)
Unless you have blowers, the 4-pipes are going to be drasticakky down on power vs. a header with a collector.

True dat. Way down. The only reason they use them on motors is because the motor needs the quickest easiest way to push the exhaust out when running a blown deal at high boost.

Ron P 06-26-2008 03:10 PM

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Yeah but they sound really cool and in this narrow hull with 540cu engines, there just wasn't room for anything else.

Chris Sunkin 06-26-2008 03:34 PM

Jesus. What is that thing, a 6' beam?

northernoffshore 06-26-2008 04:06 PM

A super cool stretched magnum.

Ron P 06-26-2008 04:19 PM

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It's a 34' Phantom - built in 1995 and still racing in Trinidad. Just short of 8' wide.

C_Spray 06-26-2008 10:50 PM

Geez, Ron - Most of pictures of that boat that you posted showed the engines 20' under water.... :D


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