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Originally Posted by thunderusone
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This has nothing to do with Dave. As I said before, I have never heard anything but good things about him. What it does have to do with is roots motors over a 1000hp on pump gas with the old style intercoolers. Have you personally owned an 1100hp roots motor on pump gas and go hold it against the wood for 15 minute legs of poker runs? I'm not saying it has no value. I'm also not trying to start a pissing contest. If you love carbed roots set ups, stick with it. I'm not trying to convert anyone. I'm out. You guys can get in the bus and run over me and then back up and hit me again. I have shared all I have on this particular subject. :)
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thundersone,...I have read your posts on this thread, and I do NOT really see any offense in them towards Dave as others may have---I seem to think they like Dave and respect his work a lot and I cannot blame them for sounding a bit protective of him. I think your comments were
not disrespectful towards Dave---but of course that is only my opinion....but, and, so believe me, I know what it is like to be misunderstood when making posts in these forums---haaa! :picard1: Just so you know, I have known Dave Wesseldyke personally for about 16 years,....he's my engine builder.
Anyway, just to bring you up to speed a little about Dave......Roots vs Whipple, and carbs vs EFI, etc,---I can tell you this, I remember stopping in Dave's shop as he was rebuilding those Merc 1075hp engines for that XXX Outerlimits boat a few years ago and Dave built those engines according to what the owner wanted---stock Merc rebuilds. I would think that the majority of the time, an engine builder builds the engines the way the customer wants---of course I am sure Dave makes suggestions to the owner before the engine project plans begin, but even so, it is still the customer's choice and money. I will also say that Dave can build any EFI supercharged set-up he wants----yeah, with half his brain tied behind his back. (as Limbaugh would say)
He has 4 big cubed engines with the big PSI superchargers with EFI that he custom built back in the early 1990's---2 in the boat, and 2 sitting in his shop....I am talking about some really nasty, wild sophisticated looking stuff for the 46' Skater JAWS offshore racing team---he was doing that stuff almost 25 years ago. He can build anything that you want...he just does not advertise and hardly says a word----because it does not really matter to him if a person brings an engine to him or not as he is plenty busy doing the stuff he loves and he is very gifted and talented at it. Dave has a way of always making the sophisticated stuff look really effortless and easy.
In the last 2 days he has align honed 19 engine blocks in a row that he has to assemble for customers---and they just keep trickling in the door by 2's....and yet, you don't see him advertising anywhere, or talking much on here. He's too busy building engines, and researching how to make them run better in boats and making
Boostane and shipping it out all over the world. He's extremely busy and he let's his reputation precede himself. He gets his work usually by word of mouth. People bring him engines from other states. So, yes, he is very capable and more than qualified to build the wild EFI sophisticated supercharged stuff----IF a customer really wants him too.
