2-1650's 3-Big Blocks childs play
 

http://videos2view.net/PT658.htm

Now that's a boat.

Very cool story http://www.savetheptboatinc.com/

Here is their want list off the site

Wanted List
1. 37mm automatic gun M4,M9 or M10(aircraft).

2. Mark 31 Torpedo Director.

3. (14) 10 inch USN brown bakelite 3 way divided plates.

4. Farnsworth USN BN IFF transmitter unit.

5. Donation for new roll up main door for boat house (~$8,000).

6. (5)Kidde brass&copper fire extinguishers WW2 vintage (CO2 type - 5 pound)

7. New/used gun safe for rifles ... etc.

8. (2) M1919A4 de-mil 30 cal Browning machine guns

9. 5.5 KW 24V Auxiliary Electric Generator (Cole Electric Products)

My 47' was made by the same company ELCO, they started making electric boat in 1896 and still do today. The PT boats ran 80mph and used 160gal of fuel an hour
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There's some Sutphen affiliation there as well, right?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_Launch_Company

I'm raising the BS flag on that one.

This is very close to correct
If I remember correctly the PT boats were based on Huckins Quadrasonic hull design which was accepted by the Navy and was farmed out to Huckins Yachts, Elco, and Higgins???
Huckins only built a couple of dozen and many hundreds were built by the other two.
They had 3 turbo'd aircraft V12's at 1200hp and increased in power as the war aged in the end when they were running upper 70's and used like 450-500 gph
The nickname was candlesticks as they were made of wood and carried a lot of very high octane av-gas and munitions.
I know a guy who's the hugest fan of these as he has a completely restored Huckins sportfisher with the same hull design, she'll come on plane at less than 10 mph. He told me all about the similarities of his and the PT boats
His boat is nearly 70 years old and is wicked quick for the age and the weight.
There have been several big HP diesel sportfishers he's embarressed running through Galveston Bay using 2 stock 330hp
454's

Glenncal thanks for the link, that was very cool!!!

See ya,
Kelly

I just googled pt boats and this is an awesome link
Wish I had time to read it all now.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PT_boat

http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq60-5.htm

41knots design speed = 47mph

I never knew that, if its the same family, that is really cool. I met Richie Sutphen at a race back in 1998 or 99. He found out I was a Funeral Director and he said that his family had built wooden caskets back in the day... He was a nice guy to talk to!!

Incredible. What a great loto boat. :evilb:

They had 3 Packard V 12's Supercharged designated the 4M-2500. They actually displaced 2490 cubic inches. The PT boat was based off of a Vosper designed hull (British) that was then modified. The original trials were called "the Plywood Derbies", Huckins and Elco built them in Louisiana and I think Alabama. There was a third builder too.

The saddest part is they BURNED most of them at the end of the war....

the engine crew on these boats knew how to crank up the boost and power i don,t think a single boat ran stock hp numbers these engines are awesome they were used in the unlimiteds for many years and can still be found tractor pulling they easily make 3000hp i always wondered why someone does not reproduce these for high perormance boats today these were high tech engines if you guys ever get to see inside some of ww2 engines especialy the german ones you would be amazed they were a work of art

Miss Packard
 

This 37' woody has a 1939 Packard M-2500 V-12.The craftsmanship it took to build this engine in the 1930's by hand with no CNC machines is unbelievable.I have two apart and they are very cool engines.

Wishbone rods they where made in 1939.

There beautiful thanks for posting and please post more..... not many know the amazing talent required to build engines back then ! i,m not impressed with penske,s ilmore turbo v6 indy engine but i am with how ww2 engines were designed(slide ruler) machined(no cnc)and hand assembled they had supercharging that was also turbo geared to the crank the exaust was directed thru the outside edge of the compressor wheel extracting power like the n1n2 sections in a turbine it added quite a bit to the hp of the engine they also had 4 valve heads and varible valve timing

show a pic of the rod pair together

The wishbone rod is used to shorten the engines over all length. This allows the piston bores on each bank to be straight across from the other side.

Wow! Thats thing is SICK!

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i would love to see one of these engines taken apart.who ever designed it must have been a mad scientist.

The centrifugal blower is gear driven from the crank.

Beautiful work! why has no one reproduced this thing? 2 of these in a skater, mti or mystic would be pretty awesome! these are what gave the unlimiteds the nickname Thunderboats when these go by on boost the hair on your neck stands up! DWES you guys are doing a fantastic job please vid the fire up for us . i worked on a few unlimiteds that still ran these and never did understand the slinger spark to get them started ,will you guys still run the 70 weight oil or thinner?

These Engines weigh 3000 lbs each and require 100 Av Gas as fuel. They also max out at about 3000 rpm. The Unlimiteds ran the Rolls Merlin V 12 and Nitrous. Racers would run these engines up to 4500 rpm but they would often blow. Turbines took over for them.

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