Single eng Z33?

[Chrish]

Not counting the structure mods, what are the thoughts of an 88 Z33powered by an all alumn. 800hp BBC based design w/ Bravo XR?
HP and torque certainly won't be lacking.........

[Trueser]

to much weight................

[BubbleBee]

Waste. it will be a gas snorter and a drive braker. You'd need a 6 or arnoson and 1K hp to be mid 80s its a lot of boat for 1 motor and drive
-Mike

[Chrish]

Even if hp and torque is greater than orig 454/330hp twins?

[BubbleBee]

Yup even if its more than the twins. DOnt waste your time or money. But if you are hard set on it. Go for it keep us posted would be a cool build but reliabilty of a Pinto
-Mike

[The Hedgehog]

You can do it and have more reliability than a "Pinto" if you do it right. You would want 1,000 hp, IMCO SCX/SC combo and something to get the CG right.

I would not do it and I really enjoy wasting twins with my single. It would be heavy and you would probably have bow lift problems.

Somewhere in the 28-30 ft range is the limit of singles and that is with a step hull that can run flat.

[mrfixxall]

its already been done, single engine but a single cummins diesel..


[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAIMApy4ruA[/media]

[The Hedgehog]

its already been done, single engine but a single cummins diesel..


[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAIMApy4ruA[/media]

No kidding. That is a hell of a find.

[BUIZILLA]

Not counting the structure mods, what are the thoughts of an 88 Z33powered by an all alumn. 800hp BBC based design w/ Bravo XR?
HP and torque certainly won't be lacking.........

single engine tugboats have more power than that..

[VetteLT193]

how about single engine, two drives????

A good friend of mine (i.e. in my wedding) rigged the first one of these up...

http://southernboating.com/blog/category/engine-room/

[BubbleBee]

Seems like a lot of power loss from the transmission and drive boxes. As for the pinto thing id say same amout of reliability way to heavy its a drive brealer all day and a lot of strain on the engine.
-Mike

[VetteLT193]

Seems like a lot of power loss from the transmission and drive boxes. As for the pinto thing id say same amout of reliability way to heavy its a drive brealer all day and a lot of strain on the engine.
-Mike

Did you read the article? I know it is just a magazine article but it at least is worth researching more when it says this:

The gears are designed so there is no real horsepower loss between the engine and the transmissions.

Dusky has a 33, twin Bravos, single 440 Yanmar. Even with the diesel it runs over 40 MPH. http://www.dusky.com/boats/dus33d.html

I'm not saying this is the way to go but I do think it could be a viable option for repowers that won't blow the budget.

[Cuda]

Did you read the article? I know it is just a magazine article but it at least is worth researching more when it says this:
Dusky has a 33, twin Bravos, single 440 Yanmar. Even with the diesel it runs over 40 MPH. http://www.dusky.com/boats/dus33d.html
I'm not saying this is the way to go but I do think it could be a viable option for repowers that won't blow the budget.

Repower and budget are a contradiction in terms.

[The Hedgehog]

Did you read the article? I know it is just a magazine article but it at least is worth researching more when it says this:
Dusky has a 33, twin Bravos, single 440 Yanmar. Even with the diesel it runs over 40 MPH. http://www.dusky.com/boats/dus33d.html
I'm not saying this is the way to go but I do think it could be a viable option for repowers that won't blow the budget.

It would work. Not cheap but would work.

IMCO makes a splitter like that as well. Tex looked into them. They work well but are LOUD (at least IMCO's).

As far as the Pinto comment. I still disagree and can back it up. You could take the engine out of my ZX, drop it in paired up to a SCX upper / SC lower combo and it will live. Heck, I push around 7,000 lbs through a beefed up XR with big power and have friends with big blown 1,000's on 38's and their stuff lives.

Overall, a couple of drop in big blocks mated to Bravo's is still the answer though. Building a big single does not come cheap.

[Planetwarmer]

How about 5 Merc 300 outboards!!!!

I guess the Midnight Express already has 5 outboards, so you better make it 6.

Now THATS reliability!