latest state of the art marine diesel

[slomo]

latest state of the art technology from west end marine



anyone building a new boat or looking a top of the range engine look no further than this baby http://www.boatsandoutboards.co.uk/view/WEM129

[Ben]

Perhaps they were state of the art when Bayliner used them from the mid 80s to mid 90s.

[A30]

Any idea what it is based on, What CC?

It looks like an old straight six Perkins/Ford mermaid.

Inline Fuel pump..Wow!

"State of the art" was defo the wrong word.

I do not see how it can have a good power to weight ratio compared to say the Mercruiser 2.8 D Tronic 220hp.

Maybe if it was £2-3K Less it may be an option for some?

I do admire the british spirit though..Build it yourself with old plumbing fittings and checker plate

If it was advertised as Brick shit house Marinised agricultural engine it would probably sell!!

[gerry.p]

Hino truck/bus motor,
and i thought the new volvo's were bitty engines
give me a KAD 43 anyday

[OLD PHART]

Originally Posted by slomo

latest state of the art technology from west end marine



anyone building a new boat or looking a top of the range engine look no further than this baby http://www.boatsandoutboards.co.uk/view/WEM129

I unfortunatly had dealings with this guy about 10 years ago he deals mainly in crap that has usually had a very runny coat of paint and its not even reconditioning paint. The engines I had from him were worse than the ones they replaced, at least the old ones ran just. Costly experience!.

[Moose]

Originally Posted by OLD PHART

I unfortunatly had dealings with this guy about 10 years ago he deals mainly in crap that has usually had a very runny coat of paint and its not even reconditioning paint. The engines I had from him were worse than the ones they replaced, at least the old ones ran just. Costly experience!.

Ditto that comment. A couple of years back I priced to rebuild a Mercruiser 7.4 for a customer, who moaned at how expensive I was and that he could get the job done in the UK by 'a high performance marine workshop' who would race tune the motor and provid a dyno printout etc etc.......

When this 'Hi-Perf' motor turned up it was a long block, sitting in a home made crate, on its sump with a box load of bits stuffed in alongside it!! Ended up costing the guy way more than I had originally estimated in the end.

My advise with this crowd is to AVOID LIKE THE PROVERBIAL PLAGUE!!!!!!

Moose.