55 MTI "Jaws"
 

Wish i had my camera out at the Casino in the Erie islands sunday. A local guy just got a 55 MTI with quad 1075's and all i can say is unreal, the name of the boat is Jaws and i believe its owned by Dennis Kaiser. Its the first 55 i've seen that is one big azz boat :eek:

anybody got any pics of it?

The Legend Is Back On The Lake

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Wasn't his last boat a 46Skater?

Gotta love those 55MTIs, but FOUR 1075s??? Four motors will cost $100,000 on the Merc factory fresh program. Why not two 1800hp T53-703s?

quad merc 1200's, good for 150+mph

yea that's it, bad azz.

That doesnt even BEGIN to describe that boat!:cool::cool::drink:

You're welcome :drink:

what kind of speeds does he get outta that boat

Top end I believe about 150-155mph. I could be wrong but heard from a pretty reliable source!

Wow.... Another fine cat built here in Wentzville.. :drink:

thought they ran in the 130's with 1075's or is this one lightened up?

there is 4 of them

4>2 :drink:

sick!

paint job was kinda weak but thats splitting hairs. its still an incredible piece, that thing really dominates a dock when it pulls in.


anybody have any other pics? the bilge was closed while it was there.

That would be a condo traveling at 150+!:p

Pixs

That is an awesome cat!

Dayum... that is a LOT of boat.

I missed it, my brother saw it this weekend at kelleys, said it was sweet!!

there is more pics floating around I am sure..

Can someone explain to me how they get 4 motors in a cat and apply power to the drives? Any pics? Never seen it before but have heard of it when Big Thunder had theres.

See pic in post 16, one in front of other with a long driveshaft..

4 1075's is a 2K an hour operating cost just for maintenance (4 100 hr. services at 26K each). That is a sick cat but at that point the turbines look reasonable!

wouldn't it be closer to 1k/hr or am I figuring wrong? :cool:

its less than that as well since its not 26k... but yeah, even at 104K for 100 hours you don't need a calculator to figure that one out... :drink:

and turbines aren't for everybody, some guys love the sound of pistons, not too mention things like having merc dealers close for warranty stuff, insurance, ease of use...

I'm all for the rumble of piston engines over the scream of turbines....

That would be a funny call to my insurance guy....

Yes, 55' Cat....

Yes, 4300 Horsepower....

So it has 4 individual drives? Or is two engines coupled to the same drive?

4 6's

ha, see what happens when you are watching TV when typing!

That would mean that I could blow 4 #6's per year!!:evilb:

huh..huh...huh...huh....He said BLOW!!:evilb::evilb:

Should I say EXPLODE????:ernaehrung004:

The blowup of the engine room in pic 17 looks like inline motors. How can four drives work with an inline setup?

Saw it last sat.... that is a sweet ride!!

Is it still 55 without the shaft drives or is it a bit shorter?

No shaft drives. It is a #6 boat. The hull is 55'

What do u tell the gas dock boy, just give me a $ 1,000. worth gas so i can take my friends on a short ride !!!

haha, its probably $1000 just to idle over to the gas dock then out of the no wake zone. :party-smiley-004:

Believe it or not the fuel economy of 1075's are incredible. Efi tecnology is the way to go. It seemed in a couple of boats I've owned with 900hp blower motors with old technology that they would drink twice the fuel of my merc 1075's.

I wonder if on idiling and docking if he shuts down the two middle engines. Would the boat get on plane with just two engines??? Come on Frankie give us the details. Meaning if one engine broke would you shut off the other engine on the other side and be able to run just 2 of the 4. I would think 3 of the 4 wold really screw up handeling and would be better just to do 2 out of 4 in a pinch????