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Jackdonz 11-22-2013 01:01 PM

Awesome guys! Thanks for all the responses. Very appreciated!!

Young Performance 11-22-2013 01:12 PM

You certainly can't go wrong with Brian. Not only does he know his stuff, but he knows that boat.
Eddie

Jackdonz 11-22-2013 02:32 PM

What do you guys think about using the dye additive to see exactly where its coming from?

thirdchildhood 11-22-2013 04:13 PM

Brian has worked on my Donzi 22 Classic, including rigging the exhaust when I repowered. He has a very impressive shop and the biggest Snap-On tool box imaginable! http://www.orlandiperformance.com/

sre 11-22-2013 08:45 PM

Call Frank at Scorpion Racing. The cleanest shop around. You can eat off the floors. Frank and team have a very long list of top caliber customers and are the nicest guys around. http://www.scorpionre.com/index.html

Top Banana 11-23-2013 11:19 AM

Many years ago a guy from Michigan showed up with a race boat that ran in the Production class rather than Open class. That means he could only run small blocks.

So he enters the boat at a Florida race and just blows off the entire field of Production boats.

The boat was a Mirage and he had some guy building engines for him out of Michigan. This was in the 70's and I can't remember the engine guys name, but it was something like....Roush. Haven't heard much more about him, wonder if he is still building engines? He used Windsor blocks.name of the boat was...... Little Rhino.

bill63 11-23-2013 11:44 AM

That was Kenny Blacks boat , Kenny died a few years ago. Jack Roush, ,Roush racing in Nascar , yep he is still in the business. Lol

Lee 11-23-2013 08:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Top Banana (Post 4031651)
Many years ago a guy from Michigan showed up with a race boat that ran in the Production class rather than Open class. That means he could only run small blocks.

So he enters the boat at a Florida race and just blows off the entire field of Production boats.

The boat was a Mirage and he had some guy building engines for him out of Michigan. This was in the 70's and I can't remember the engine guys name, but it was something like....Roush. Haven't heard much more about him, wonder if he is still building engines? He used Windsor blocks.name of the boat was...... Little Rhino.

I think they might have been Cleveland's.

roadtripse 11-25-2013 02:30 PM

Another vote for Brian Orlandi. The rigging work he has done on my HP 22 Donzi is spotless. Take your boat there and it will be done right. Period.

Sunrocket24 11-25-2013 07:33 PM


Originally Posted by phragle (Post 4031134)
You can't go wrong with Brian!! I have taken my boat to him before and wouldn't hesitate to do it again. I have been in one of the 22's he has done at over 80 and it ran like a raped ape.

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Take it to Brian.

http://www.orlandiperformance.com/


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