Thanks for the offer, let you know how its going.

Any idea when the results will be posted?

Thanks Wil

Wil how have u been stranger? We going to see you in Sarasota?

"Official" results posted online Superboat.com Gasse, Instigator, Stihl, Snowy Mountain Brewery, The Hulk, Black Pearl, & Rum Runners.

SMB pulled it off again, huh? No penalty, no nothin?

It takes about 3-5 business days for the check to clear.

Ridiculous.

4 wk till Cocoa Beach, crunch time. Installing the data logger tomorrow, be interesting playing with it and learning more about it. Some teams that use them say it is a very valuable tool.

Randy you by no means ruined my life. I find you entertaining in a sad way. The point is if you were to go read the posting's you made (and the quality of grammar spelling alcohol intoxication etc). You may now finally clearly see why you were so convincing that offshore powerboat racing was a sport largely populated by idiots with no commercial value. To this day as evidenced by this thread you are always pushing your agenda. We all know Mercury seals are readily available and yet you are such an advocate for them?
Steve

So now you are saying the way I spelled and my poor grammar is why you failed. WOW you just cant take any responsibility for your own failures. Any more excuses?????? I'm sure the rest of the guys that race with you are glad to know what you think of them if they cant spell good and enjoy socializing with other racer while have some beers. Guess what guys you must all be idiots with no commercial value. Hide your beer here comes Steve the great. You are a pitiful shell of a man that I used to think had his act together. Let the spite go, let it go, let it go, doesn't that feel better.

On a positive note after the awesome SV battle in PC a few weeks ago, Cocoa Beach is just around the corner. Everyone is gearing up for whats shaping up to be an exciting yr for the SBI fleet of SV. Looking forward to seeing some of the new boats that r being built on the race course and battling with the toughest SV fleet .

May I make one suggestion. For the love of the sport, and to retain some sort of dignity to your class that you all hold in such high regard as being one of the foremost classes in offshore ( which I agree it could be ). Have someone start the race ( flagperson ) that can do it correctly. Let all the boats be lined up. Travel with the pack further if required before letting them go. Have maybe two people one with the green so that there is not a huge time lag between, when yellow goes down and green goes up. Follow your own rules in the rulebook. Enforce infractions. Red flag and start over if you can't figure it out. I am nearly certain that Snowy Mountain Brewery would like to get a win without any controversy. Good Luck to those Fortunate enough to be competing.

How exactly did I fail? OSS was created with your help and input to replace APBA and it failed leaving the sport decimated. I was a non paid volunteer and the sport was very large and growing. I was able to attract GM in and shared it with the other racers ( about 20 benefited) . Companies want a positive image from engaging in promotions. You offered a text book case of everything corporate America did not want or need. The start of this whole thread is you once again agenda pushing. You decided to talk about SBI engine failures and how sealed (i brought that concept to offshore racing also) engines are the only answer. I feel pretty for being a shell of man how about you Randy?

Thanks for the input I will pass it on to Richie D in case he doesnt see it here. Maybe you guys can discuss it further.

Steve good point I have no idea what his agenda is? I know as an SBI racer it makes no difference to me what engine program OPA uses. The important thing is that the OPA registered team that run the class are happy.

Sure thing.

Why do you think its an agenda thing????? Its what I have heard from several sources and I was just asking if it was true that the SBI spec motors are have issues and have any blown up? Your response was NO everything is good. Steve comes on out of left field and starts a rant from 10 years ago AGAIN. Frank It makes no difference to me either what SBI motors they use. Im just trying to figure out why after countless post about you keep saying how inexpensive the new SBI spec motor was going to be and that there is nothing special about it so it should be a win win for the racers and all the money they will be saving. Im just comparing what you have stated in the past with what we are all hearing on the street. Good luck to you and your SBI teams that are happy as well.

Randy if you get time check the SBI rule book the engines are nothing special. Stock motor at 509ci and 9.0 comp. at 5600 rpm. All international part are stock. To answer your question yes it is much cheaper and has been easier then dealing with merc. Steve answered your question about Steve K motor had really nothing to do with the motor its self it was an oil problem because of the filter bracket. I guess time will tell .....Mike is still running George's old motor for 3 yrs now and no issues and I have no idea how long George ran it or when he had a rebuild. We have had it check and did put springs in it before KW this yr.

If it is really something you guys are looking at and comparing you really should .... After the motor is inspected they will be sealed this yr so the inspectors dont have to keep checking every race. I think the data loggers will also be good for the class moving forward. We are still looking to build a carb spec motor same as the Superboat, and Superboat Extreme class have done. Seems like it is working great so far, but again time will tell. The Superboat class is very happy going on there 3rd yr.

This is insane !!!!! :cartman: Now seals are a good thing at SBI LOL. Put on seals that you all say you can buy anywhere and do random inspections I would presume. I must be missing something. You guy's hated the idea of seals. What changed? Because SBI is doing it and now they are tamper proof all the sudden LOL.

Its free and seals that u cant buy on the internet . If you work on ur motor between races and break the seal they check everything again at the next race and pop new ones on. We dont have to pull the motor ship it and pay $$$$$. Never said seals were not good... Merc seals are a joke and you know that Randy... guys have gotten busted for yrs with them going back to F1, F2, and the original SV class. I dont know a serious engine builder that doesn't have them in their tool box. Dont want to bash so wont go there but you know what it cost to send a motor to Merc for seals plus shipping. We r using seal as another tool ( one of many) not the bilble and again at SBI expenses FREE to the racers.
No different then the boxes, there is 5-6 different builder that can program that box now so after u seal ur motor how do u check RPM's and stops anyone from sending there boxes out ( serious question ) ??? There were teams running OSS with hot boxes so its nothing new and at the time I heard their techs were the best of the best.

Sorry I didnt answer the last part of your statement. Yes the seals that SBI is using are one off and being manufactured for them and not a random seal ( but it sounded good in ur post). They are working with a manufacturer that designed and made them for SBI at great experience to SBI. Hope that answers your question.
Again Randy its not a pissing match I know you want to go there but not about that . If u r happy with ur program great, we r taking.it to another level , if it work great if it does so be it. But none of what we do is going to effect you nor what OPA does effect SBI teams.