Airborne 53
 

Just got the new Victory "Lil Bill" engines in the boat
Dyno
1085hp @5200rpm

1000 ftlbs torque at 3200rpm

3lbs boost on pump gas

1471 blower shop blowers

722cu in Merlins




They look small in the huge compartment

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Surface drives

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Going in the classifieds section today
The boat in front is a 38 scarab.

Nice

That is a hugh boat! I've seen it in front of Victory for quite some time now. Doing all that work just to sell it?

Stunning! :cool:

Is this right? 1185hp @ 3200?

Nevermind...I see you fixed it. :)

Awesome!

man dats alot of boat :cool: :cool: . nice piece, what kind of speeds with that power? :cool: :cool:

victory
 

Was actually stored at Victory ...
\engines completed

Boat is still parked there.

14' wide .... requires permits to tow.

Will have the ad with details on the AllisonMarine.us web site and in classifieds today.

The engines came out impressive.

Speed
 

prior to engine replacement was 85-sometimes bumping 90.
Target was 100 although in reality with mild boost & pump gas mid 90's.

thats pretty impressive for a boat that size and twins. ever thought about quads :D :cool: :cool: :cool: .

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<laughing> I can relate to that quote

I've seen one of those things on Lake St. Clair back when they were being built up here in Michigan (at least, I think it is the same boat). It was godawful HUGE!!!!!! So big you had to kind of do a double take, make sure your eyes weren't playing tricks on you.

Perfect poker run boat for you and 25-30 of your closest friends! :D

Holy Crap! I just checked out the thing on http://www.allisonmarine.us/airborne_cat.htm

That thing is a monster! Cool Cool boat.

I thought I read somewhere that Skater bought the molds for that boat - true?

dockrocker, i heard the same thing last time i was up at oceanExpress.

Water shot
 

Girls not included..... but will draw new ones each time out if necessary.

another in Water
 

Air view

Thats a huge *****!!! Behemoth

Seems to me that boat is just begging for a pair of turbines, or maybe some good-sized diesels. Seems almost too big for gas motors.

diesel
 

There is ample space for the large 3196 CAT's but speed would be lower.
At this price (less than half of new).... a repower to whatever the owner wants is feasable. The engines currently installed are new and could be resold.

OT
 

Sounds like a good project for OT (Fred) .....

Got to love standing headroom under the hatch! Put a light down there and wrench away, rain or shine!

Disappointed there is no desk station with glass enclosure in the engine room to do paperwork and such, while keeping an eye on the systems.:(

Of course, if you've got the scratch to buy one of these bad boys, I imagine you can write the check to have someone else turn the wrenches... :)

I was thinking the same thing. That engine room is a garage!

That would be an awesome boat to enter into the Miami to New York race next year.

How did you make 722 CI??

Good question>>>
 

Great question. I am not a engine expert .... I just like to run them.

You can contact Bill (the name "Lil Bill") at Victory Marine in Houston and he can answer the technical questions regarding the engine.

The boat is ready to go and a 9 3/4
Essentially a new boat at 395k
An Aluminum/Stainless trailer is available with DOT strobes although the boat would have to come through our Panama City location for set up.

Hey Gary ...you out there ... <grin> this would look great with "Live Bait" on the side.

Hey Bill , I was out at Victory looking at the 86 scarab 38 he was building an engine for and I saw you boat. Very impressive! I didn't buy the boat, the owner was dicking around so I got my deposit back and wasted time and money making the trip.

Miami
 

Looking forward to the trip up North on the Scarab.
Going to see Old Timer and can run up from there on same trip.

In Ozarks now ... will Email you or call you when I get back to FL