Best 700-1000 hp motors? What do you guys think?
 

Ok, time to do a little survey kind-a-thing.

Who do you guys think builds the best 700-1000 hp motors?

We are talking brand new motors. No rebuilds, nothing used, not the best-bang-for-the-buck.

Just the finest motors PERIOD.

I Think It's Pot Luck Sometime's ,
Depend's On What Day Of The Week That Motor's Was Built .

I would say those 700's in that 38 fountain video:evilb:.....in the latest edition of Powerboat there is an interview with the owner of Sterling and they are making some NA 700's that sounded good

Whatchutalkinbout Mark? :D :D

Chief

Whose behind these posts!!
 

To much wierd low post snooping going on on this site!
Wish these lurkers would identify themselves and stop asking ridicoulous loaded questions and bothering the good people here on OSO

Ray @ Raylar

Tons of high end motor builders out there. I suggest calling a few shops and going with who treats you the best.

I used a local guy who is not a "big name" but builds a lot of local stuff. I have 4 seasons on a high hp (900+) blown tall deck 572. He is not the cheapest but very honest and dependable. IMO finding someone honest and dependable is the biggest thing.......

Also, if cost is no matter why not use the ILMOR 710, Merc 700, or Merc 850.

Ateco

Best meaning how long before needing rebuilt, best warranty, best at making quoted h.p. thats a lot of different ways to look at the question. Had a pair of KE 1000's that ran great, trouble free, Mercurys 700 sci are in the bilge of my current boat and have had no issues either. Never owned Sterlings, but they are in a lot of race boats for a reason.

It had nothing to do with snooping around. It was just out of my own curiosity. What do you mean by "loaded question" and why does this thread "bother the good people" on OSO?

I don't doubt that you build great engines and parts, I just thought it would interesting to see, what people liked!

To identify myself. Well I'm a kiropraktor from Denmark, and I have just sold my old boat, and plan to restore a Fountain 27 Fever, just for fun, and install either 6.2 MX or 377 small block twins in it. I'm not looking to buy new big power engines, and as said before, just curious.

I have talked to Bill many times. He is a cool cat and very helpful.

Not in an 00' 27 fountain you wont.

If you read my thread in the fountain forum, you will see that it's just an idea.

I will do the boat, but if twins won't work, I'll do a single.

Why do twins? It will be crazy hard to work on the motors with them that close together or anything in the bilge.

Why not do a big power single and tough drive?

Swartzcraft forced induction 1000 with advanced hydraulic krypto sync roller assemblies.

Well hell Ray, you build a nice 750. Paul Pfaff, Tyler Crockett, Ron Potter(800), Ilmor's new 725, Teague(Bob and Gary), Tommy Hofstetter, Keith Eickert and I'm sure I've missed some good ones.

Pfaff may be the only one on that list who does stress-relief shaking, that's a plus for me.

If the beam is 8'6" he'll have room for twin SBCs but would it be too tail-heavy?

One of Raylar's 550 smallblocks would be cool. Doug

There is a reason that Reggie never put twins in the 27. Look at the 29 with twins....the swim platform is almost level with the water. There is just simply too much weight at the back end for a 27. With that said, i do love the look of a really low lying Fountain. I would go with a single big block pushing around 600hp or so. I've never seen a single screw Ilmor Fountain so that would be a very unique and cool boat. Just my opinion though, i would love to see some pics as you work on it.

Pfaff

DEAN GELLNER Dean is known for building some nice 540 800hp race motors with lots of hours on them:ernaehrung004: and has real nice pricing on the 540 650 to 700 hp motors.

Going on 5 seasons with my Teague 800's. Zero problems. I would do all over again.

Ilmor 725's with the new "Indy" drive. European certfied, warranty, lightweight. Due out in 6 weeks....

Will do. I expect to seal the deal on sunday, and get the boat home.

The Ilmor idea would be cool. But as I have stated in the thread on the fountain forum, money is, unfortunatly, an object:evilb: But as things often goes for performance boating, I probably end up diggin' deep in the wallet and do it the fun way.:ernaehrung004:

Agreed. Going on 4th season with mine.

Is that your 46 Skater in your avatar?

Here is a power package that is available today:drink:

My 88 27 fever has twins bbc's. actually sits a lot higher then the 32's