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Old 28-10-2004, 08:22 PM   #81
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I am sure I read a couple of years ago about a company developing a big power replacement for the supercharged big block. All alloy, huge displacement. Can't seem to find details of it now....
TORQUE V12's
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Old 28-10-2004, 08:22 PM   #82
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I am sure I read a couple of years ago about a company developing a big power replacement for the supercharged big block. All alloy, huge displacement. Can't seem to find details of it now....
I've got the details somewhere.

Thanks alot. Now I'll have to go and dig it out.
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Old 28-10-2004, 08:28 PM   #83
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TORQUE V12's
Thanks for that Simon, you just saved me hours pouring over old magazines
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Old 28-10-2004, 08:29 PM   #84
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Out of production now, in fact I don't think they ever made it to true 'production'.
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Old 28-10-2004, 08:31 PM   #85
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"OMC race tested some Rotary engines with an eye to production. In testing they were installed on 18 foot tunnel boats constructed by Glastron. Rev limit was as high as 14,000 rpm. Power was over 200 hp. Rumour has it that they could easily run at over 120 mph, and once made a straight-away pass at 165 mph".
Oh no. I probably some pics somewhere. Will post them when I find them. Into the depths of the magazines once again.
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Old 28-10-2004, 08:33 PM   #86
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Out of production now, in fact I don't think they ever made it to true 'production'.
According to 'Powerboat' or 'Hot Boat' someone else is supposedly putting them into production.
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Old 28-10-2004, 08:43 PM   #87
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Any ideas on whos engines these are?
Go on then! and why aren't they available on a hydrodrive
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Old 28-10-2004, 08:49 PM   #88
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Well,

There mine, thats whos engines they are.
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Is it correct sterling have bought the tooling?
That sounds right.
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Old 28-10-2004, 09:24 PM   #90
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How about this,

Yep, its a 2005 SX230 High output ski/Wakeboard boat by those clever little Japs.

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Engines: 2 4 cylinder four stroke 1000cc EFI motors with dry sump and variable valve timing.

Total combined power 320hp!!!!!

Boat is 23 foot long 8 foot wide and has a dry weight of 1300KGS!!!

Has capacity for 10 people, comes with remote control stereo, bimini, intergrated ice box & trailer.

How much you ask?

£15000.00 Yep 15 grand.

Lets hope they bring out a cuddy version with cocktail lounge.
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I must say old chap, that's a very high quality photograph there.
its not a tiny piss pore photo....... it must be your eyes
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Well ill put you out of your misery now,

Those engines are manufactured by Ryan Falconer and are built to order and supplied with Dyno Graphs.
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Price?..power?..weight?
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650 to 1500hp depending on your requirements. Weight 500lbs, Price lots.
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It'll be difficult to truly innovate cos almost everything has been tried before.

How about an ultra wide aeforoil winged aerodynamically stable cat that runs as a true surface effect ship that at max speed is fully airborne, with the exception of the drive running on the surface?

Hang on, I think that's been done too.
Sorry, I'll try and be a bit more serious.
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I am sure I read a couple of years ago about a company developing a big power replacement for the supercharged big block. All alloy, huge displacement. Can't seem to find details of it now....
Torque Marine has gone out of business. Dave Callan of Callan Marine and Mike D'Annibale of Sterling bought it out and are building those 860ci aluminium V12s now. Callan Marine has removed the 2500hp turbines on its Tencara raceboat and installed the Torques for a test platform.

Power is up from 1200 to 1350hp NA, with more hp to come. Torque had installed twin Vortech blowers making 1500hp, and Sterling may continue that motor.

Torque Marine built the motor with internal accessories that unbalanced it harmonically. Sterling will mount them outside with belts.

I don't know about price, but Torque was asking US$110,000 or so.
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OK,

If you have a surface such as the hull planing over the surface of water, friction will increase along with speed.

So what designers have been trying to do for years is to unstick the hull and thus reduce friction, hence the stepped hull. However this caused a lot of headaches as the moulding process becomes more difficult with stepped hulls.

So if you take a conventional Deep V hull and pump air out through the hull and onto the waters surface you will disturb the water stiction and release the grip the water has on the hull by a significant amount and thus unsticking the hull from the friction and enabling higher cruise and top speeds for a lesser amount of fuel.

Comprende?
Several Vhull builders here are ventilating their stepped hulls with NACA ducts connected to vents in the front of the steps. It works.
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Several Vhull builders here are ventilating their stepped hulls with NACA ducts connected to vents in the front of the steps. It works.
I vaguely recall reading somewhere about someone experimenting with a dimpled hull (sort of like the surface of a golf ball) for the very same reason.

Actually, this may have been on a kneeboard, but perhaps the same principle would apply to a boat hull?
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Old 01-11-2004, 11:49 PM   #100
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I vaguely recall reading somewhere about someone experimenting with a dimpled hull (sort of like the surface of a golf ball) ...
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