Ilmor 710 "singing"
 

Heres a short clip of my first ride in my new LaveyCraft 2750 .

Were at Elsinore doing a test hop before we head out to bigger water.

We were spinning a labbed 28 about 6K in this clip.

You can hear that Ilmor 710 pretty well from 24 seconds on


Uncle Dave

Laveycraft 2750 - 710 Ilmor
Laveycraft 20.8 Sebring 406/ITS

A 28 at 6K!! Impressive. What mph is that?

Thanks
 

90 off a handheld gps.

I didnt play around with the built in gps enough to get the speed screen up, or even set it up at all.

Uncle Dave

Laveycraft 2750 - 710 Ilmor
Laveycraft 20.8 Sebring 406/ITS

congrats! :drink:
Sounds sweet!

I wasn't able to open the vid.... but had a question.

What drive are you running and do you know what your X dimension is? Spacers? Shortie?

Thanx

hmmm
 

Hmm its a standard quicktime file should open - sorry.

Drive is a Teague platinum. Teague uses an imco lower which is a bit better hydrodynamically than a sportmaster lower. (I lost 4MPH on my tunnel when I went to a sportmaster)

It has an ITS instead of external hydraulic steering which "acts" as about a 2 inch spacer.

Dont know the X dim, but its up there enough to completely blow the prop out

You can look at comprehensive picts of the entire build in the Laveycraft forum under "out of the mold Im blown away" and under the Ilmor 710 thread.

Uncle Dave

looks like
 

Looks like OSO turns everything into a .mov no matter what you upload,
I can email the file directly to a different address if you like. Its a short clip.

What I didnt finish typing was that the x dim seems high, and if you just "fathand" the stick out of the hole it'll blow out even a 5 blade 28.

Its certainly nothing unmanageable, but I wouldn't loan it to a "bayliner" guy without letting him get some seat time.

The nordic guys like their heats congratulations

Id like a ride in your rig some day. DO you have picts?


Uncle Dave

Laveycraft 2750 - 710 Ilmor
Laveycraft 20.8 Sebring 406/ITS

.........sounds like a fun boat!

Nice, The vid worked for me this time. Hope you enjoy it!!!!
Sounds great!

Thanks Ilmordude
 

Southocg- Heres a pict of my setup you can see the extension- its probably longer than the 2" I called out earlier.




Uncle Dave

nice!
love the colors :D:

Dave,

The problem (if you call it that) is that I'm the only Nordic Heat ever with a 710. I don't really have anyone to work with in terms of getting the boat dialed so when someone else has a similar size boat with my motor and similar drive I'm always curious.

If you have a chance to measure, can you level your cavitation plate with the bottom/keel of the boat and then see how far down the center of your prop shaft is from the bottom of the boat. Should be somewhere around 4.5 inches but I'd be curious to see where you are.

My boat is in Havasu and will be until mid june. If you make it out this spring we'll have to hook-up for sure.. I wouldn't mind taking a ride in your boat too.

Talk to you later.

I wouldnt mind taking taking a ride in BOTH your guys boats.

I rode in the boat on the maiden voyage and that ilmor sounded GREAT

Hey Jr- are you the kid that was watching me do valve springs on the red flamed 28 a couple yrs back at the Lavey factory? V10 was just sitting in the engine bay not bolted down. That you??

haha wow now that i think back on it i remember that. And yes that was me.
You remember missing any tools after that day?

Umm, not sure. I was thrashing that whole week going to most builders in so cal doing spring swaps. what u have??

Ilmordude...

I have some questions for you. Tried to PM but couldn't get one out to you. Can you PM me please?

South, email me @ [email protected]

Well im pretty sure it was a snap-on leak down gauge thing that you left behind.

Really? It was just an air line regulator. Hook me up Jr, send it back!! Thanks

Ok.
Just give me your address and i'll be glad to give it back.

Very nice! Sounds like the Hanson Brothers singing....

When you buy a real motor it will be like Joe Cocker on speed singing....

These Laveycraft's looks very nice, do you have any photos?


Mange

Funny!

I cant tell whats worse what I have - or what a "real" motor will sound like!.

Yes I have posted about 50 pictures - you can see the whole build of the boat in the Laveycraft forum under "out of the mold Im blown away".

Uncle Dave

Ilmor Marine Engines
43939 Plymouth Oaks Boulevard
Plymouth, Michigan 48170

Thanks Jr

Cool thanks I'll get on that for you. Whant me to put a name on that so you know who it's for or just Ilmor Marine Engines?

Att: Marine build shop

Thanks again Jr

No problem
Ill ship it out sometime this week

the person with the most v-10 experience is Alexi at boostpower. He raced those viper cars for some time and likley has tried all combos. Give him a call--I was there not long ago as he was dyno testing a Supercharged one. Anyway-just a thought

I saw yesterday that boostpower is "refocusing" on higher end builds and V-10's.

Im very curious to see what he does with them as Im a fan of boostpower.

Uncle Dave

i saw the pics of your boat. that was a sweet color blue. I remember when they built that blue one with a 700 in it last year. Its all good. Have fun!:D