Re: Verado Find
hello<br /> yep<br /> there is so many horse power hours in a casting.<br /> you can have it all quick or have some for a long time. <br />in the late 70's early 80's merc had a 300hp 2 stroke v6. was the fastest motor ever, however it did spend a lot of time behind a tow rope. then in the mid 80's,early ninties it was rereleased. had a caveat, you HAD to change the reeds every 100 hours. the 100 hours was later found to be rather optimistic. the problem was the initial cost. longjevity and the catastrophic nature of the engine failure when it leaned out. <br /> can the verado be increased. most likely. however for mass production and current hulls prop speed is still a limiting factor. unless you go with a surface piercing set up about 2800 RPM on the propshaft is about all you can get and still keep it hooked to the water. aircraft props suffer a similar problem ony they also have to contend with the prop tips breaking the sound barrier.
hello<br /> yep<br /> there is so many horse power hours in a casting.<br /> you can have it all quick or have some for a long time. <br />in the late 70's early 80's merc had a 300hp 2 stroke v6. was the fastest motor ever, however it did spend a lot of time behind a tow rope. then in the mid 80's,early ninties it was rereleased. had a caveat, you HAD to change the reeds every 100 hours. the 100 hours was later found to be rather optimistic. the problem was the initial cost. longjevity and the catastrophic nature of the engine failure when it leaned out. <br /> can the verado be increased. most likely. however for mass production and current hulls prop speed is still a limiting factor. unless you go with a surface piercing set up about 2800 RPM on the propshaft is about all you can get and still keep it hooked to the water. aircraft props suffer a similar problem ony they also have to contend with the prop tips breaking the sound barrier.
<br />Of course the V-12's had a sound of their own as well..