SV Offshore Racing Repowering For 2023 Season
03-22-2023 | 12:02 PM
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SV Offshore Racing Repowering For 2023 Season
A Super Cat power move. https://www.speedonthewater.com/sv-o...r-2023-season/
03-22-2023 | 12:21 PM
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So the motors weighed more than the carbureted ones and the rules required that they carry extra weight on top of that, even with the same power?
What am I missing here?
What am I missing here?
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03-22-2023 | 01:16 PM
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03-22-2023 | 01:28 PM
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At issue for Diorio was weight, not the added 300 pounds per engine of the 860s themselves above their carbureted counterparts but the extra weight any Super Cat-class raceboat using them had to carry per the rules.
“I got tired of carrying an extra 700 pounds when our fuel-injected Mercury Racing engines had the same horsepower as the carbureted engines other teams ran,” Diorio explained. “We were at a disadvantage before our boat ever got in the water.”
“I got tired of carrying an extra 700 pounds when our fuel-injected Mercury Racing engines had the same horsepower as the carbureted engines other teams ran,” Diorio explained. “We were at a disadvantage before our boat ever got in the water.”
