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What good is a BATH tub when most hot water heaters aren't large enough to support one? Thats how I got out of a bathtub model for my wife. Told her all she would have is COLD baths!
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1984 F36 w/350 Crusaders 'Reel Class'
2011 Trojan Rendevous
Solomons Get Together 2011
Ocean City 2012,2013,2015
prowlersfish wrote:I don't make a enough to buy a boat with a tub . But I have owned boats that could be call tubs
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We ran a line for hot water from the wetbar to the lazarette.
Run hot water to the lazarette with bubble bath and circulate it with the livewell pump.
If you can believe this it's a great redneck hot tub.
If you can't, well you would be right.
These Internationals DO HAVE some nice features though.
RWS
1983 10 Meter SOLD after 21 years of adventures
Yanmar diesels
Solid Glass Hull
Woodless Stringers
Full Hull Liner
Survived Andrew Cat 5,Eye of Charley Cat 4, & Irma Cat 2
Trojan International Website: http://trojanboat.com/
chauzer wrote:300 horse... per cylinder? sooo your cranking 1200 horse out and only doing a 7.70 quarter mile? what are your 60 foot times?
4.80 1/8 and 1.1 60ft. 6500 rpm 2 step on trans brake shifting 9500 rpm . 456 gears 32x14.5x15 tires chassis weight 1704 without driver 74 mm turbo on m1 meth. and 12 150 pound fuel injectors no intercooler
stock block 30 over stock head casting oe lash adj. factory stock crank ;
Agree... I smiled to myself about the logic of applying dragster theory with engine rebuids after 7 second runs and applying that knowledge to marine use where engine high load is ongoing for hours
Michael
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1987 President 43' Twin Lehman 225SP Turbo
Highfield 310 Ally 15 HP Yamaha 2cycle
1978 F32 Sedan twin 318 Chry SOLD
Safe Cove Marina, Port Charlotte, FL
And to fill the tub you need a 10 gallon water heater set @ 180 f it doesn't take all the hot water that way, and use engine system to heat it. the puppy's love it. And one of my 1st boats was a tub it was a 21' Manatee with a 250 Johnson what a pos but it was good for catfishing.
Carver 3607 ACMY 454's Merc's
10' Dinghy 6hp Merc.
La Dolce Vita
Let's hit the water !
Not sure where this topic is at this point, but if you want to build a 496, why wouldn't you look at the specs that were created by a marine engine company, ie: crusader or mercruiser, on their 8.1 liters? The 385 hp, 8.1L has some decent reviews for the medium sized boats.
Of course, I'm not sure how this applies to drag racing or bathtubs...
1991 Trojan International 10.8 Meter Express hull# 003 - 454 Crusaders
1961 Century Raven 22 - Gray Marine 327
the 8.1's back fitted in boats from what I've seen have some troubles with adding all the controls and sensors and d##@ computers for them. Now without all that and one could use carbs and electronic spark boxes like a thunderbolt 4 system then I could agree, But what will the hull and rudders do at the higher speeds ? Will the platform handle it ? Can it take the stress ?
Carver 3607 ACMY 454's Merc's
10' Dinghy 6hp Merc.
La Dolce Vita
Let's hit the water !
Agree... I smiled to myself about the logic of applying dragster theory with engine rebuids after 7 second runs and applying that knowledge to marine use where engine high load is ongoing for hours
Ready - I thought the same thing ... 7 seconds x 10 runs = 70 seconds between rebuilds ... wouldn't get you out of the marina.
Fastest - we're all busting your chops because you've logged onto the wrong board - might try TheHullTruth.com or ScreamAndFly.com for race boats ...
The fastest Trojan ever probably runs 35-40 knots ...
Captain Ross, 2009 Trojan Boater of the Year
"Viva Mahia" F32 Cummins 6BTA diesels,
"Mack Attack" Chaparral 244 Fish, SeaPro 180, McKee 14, Montauk-17
1983 10 Meter SOLD after 21 years of adventures
Yanmar diesels
Solid Glass Hull
Woodless Stringers
Full Hull Liner
Survived Andrew Cat 5,Eye of Charley Cat 4, & Irma Cat 2
Trojan International Website: http://trojanboat.com/