Sterling 1700 Coming
 

Looking forward to seeing this, http://www.boats.com/boat-content/20...engine-coming/.

Look for a post-dyno update on this engine next week.

Matt some pictures would really help out Is it a new outboard?:lolhit:
:worthless_without_p Great report and info as always!

Sunsation,

This one is so early that they haven't taken pictures, and if they had the thing would be missing a bunch of parts.

Checking back with Mike D. at Sterling next week. I'll ask for pics ... and he'll laugh at me.

Thanks for the kind words.

Longevity @ 1700hp?

The 1550 was good for one race in Bud Select vs. Gieco in St Clair a few years ago. By the end of the race you could tell it was down on power. In a poker run boat, it would have to be watched carefully and probably torn down at the end of each season.

About the same as a kernel of popcorn at the movies...give or take.

previous motors were supercharged, this is twin turbo.

Dyno testing this week, if all goes to schedule, should give an indication. Before anyone gently, cordially explains to me that dyno testing is far from the "real world," see the key word: indication.

Mike at Sterling asked me to follow up next week. I will.

dyno testing twin turbo engines this week?

been wondering why I dropped our twin turbo engines off at skater awhile back and they are not in the boat yet... they are at sterling being dynoed this week?

What's the life expectancy for the drives?

I thought the whole thing with the Merc package is 200 hour usage between services. That's worth a lot more to most people than an extra 350hp and 20 hour service intervals. Plus the M8 drive is designed to handle the extra torque of that new motor. . .

I'm interested to see the pricing on them if they are going to be a lot less then Mercs. I wonder if they will have the same warranty as Merc or the normal waranty of a big HP motor?

omg :eek::drink:

Next time you talk to Mike ask him what he's going to do with the 860ci V12 Torque Marine blocks he has.

Its been a week, any updates

I believe Bob's new boat is using BPM surface drives - not the #6's. Accordingly, there shouldn't be any drive problems associated with the increased horsepower.

That they won't!! :)

Any updates?

[QUOTE=Rik;3180974]That they won't!! :)[/QUOT


The fist thing I was thinking was how perfect these motors would be mated to some Arnesons. Forget the #6's.



Darrell

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My question is...How long does Sterling dyno the engines? I understand engine pulls on the dyno for max horsepower and torque but, do they run the engine at 1/2 or 3/4 throttle for an hour? 2 hours? 12 hours? to see the real time longevity of this expensive engine that they are about to release to the public? They should have a dyno that is set up to do that.