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12-01-2007, 09:24 PM
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Test Wheels
Do test wheels exist these days? Anyone know where I could get one?
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12-01-2007, 10:10 PM
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Location: GOLDEN MILE
Boat name: LILY THE PINK AND TERMINATOR 11
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Originally Posted by Matt
Do test wheels exist these days? Anyone know where I could get one?
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Yup they exist, ive got one,
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12-01-2007, 10:24 PM
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Country: United kingdom
Location: West Sussex
Occupation: Grease Monkey
Interests: Makin my boat faster!
Boat name: S.B Racing
Boat make: Ocke mannerfelt canopied B23 / Zapcat
Engines: Merc 200XS Gen 2 / Tohatsu 50
Cruising area: littlehampton/Southampton
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Test wheel?
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12-01-2007, 10:32 PM
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Location: GOLDEN MILE
Boat name: LILY THE PINK AND TERMINATOR 11
Boat make: PHANTOM 21 AND 20
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Quote:
Originally Posted by scottyboy
Test wheel?
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Its a kind of propeller, Used for testing, also good for running your engine in while still on trailer.
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12-01-2007, 10:35 PM
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Registered User
Country: United kingdom
Location: West Sussex
Occupation: Grease Monkey
Interests: Makin my boat faster!
Boat name: S.B Racing
Boat make: Ocke mannerfelt canopied B23 / Zapcat
Engines: Merc 200XS Gen 2 / Tohatsu 50
Cruising area: littlehampton/Southampton
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Got ya! So the engine Still has load so that you can rev it in gear?
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12-01-2007, 10:35 PM
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numbskull
Country: United Kingdom
Location: South
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Boat name: Leviathan
Boat make: Phantom 28
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I've got a home grown one from years back, it was 'adjusted' to pull 6000rpm on a fresh, happy XR2 Sport. we used to test each motor on Richards cat, on the trailer, on the slipway in the canal at Denham, before setting off to a race.
I'd measure the rpm with a digi tacho, so knew before we set off if they were making every wee hp they could.
Nothing more annoying than getting the boat to a venue, in the drink, and the first time you're aware of a missfire, or other problem, is on the way to the muster.
We did the same thing with the 'T' boat, before every race. (with a different test wheel, obviously)
It was like our very own little dyno.
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12-01-2007, 10:42 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jon Fuller
We did the same thing with the 'T' boat, before every race. (with a different test wheel, obviously)
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That'll be the one that fell off the hook in my workshop, and hit Trevor on the head!
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12-01-2007, 10:45 PM
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Did it knock some sense into him?
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12-01-2007, 10:46 PM
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numbskull
Country: United Kingdom
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Boat name: Leviathan
Boat make: Phantom 28
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Hope you're not blaming me!
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12-01-2007, 11:05 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jon Fuller
Hope you're not blaming me!
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He may want to speak to you once he comes out of the coma.
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13-01-2007, 11:02 AM
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Registered User
Location: GOLDEN MILE
Boat name: LILY THE PINK AND TERMINATOR 11
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Pic of test wheel.
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13-01-2007, 03:06 PM
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Registered User
Country: England
Location: Birmingham
Occupation: Scratching
Interests: Big Dinners
Boat name: Never Enough
Boat make: Seaquel 600xs
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Can you over Rev an engine with a test wheel on?
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14-01-2007, 10:47 AM
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If its the wrong wheel for that engine then yes.
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