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Can you modify boat outboards?
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[QUOTE="rmc_olderthandirt, post: 1206994, member: 68872"] Many years ago I had a friend who was into boat racing. He ran big block engines but when I would hang around I would see all sorts of stuff. Lots of people ran modified outboards. One such class of boat racing was the enduros, where they would typically be 9 hours of racing on a fairly small oval course. The outboard boats that dominated this class were based on a "pickle fork" hull but instead of being really low profile they had a rather tall cockpit followed by an enormous gas tank. The outboard was modified quite a bit. The lower unit was typically stripped down, gear shift removed so it only had forward. I believe that the water pump was also removed and replaced with a water pickup tube sitting behind the prop. Dry exhaust system with an expansion pipe like a dirt bike would have. These boats could barely get on plane with a full tank of gas, but once they did they would just scream! Some boats even went as far as having an airplane style rudder so they could steer whey they started "prop walking". A lot of money spent for 9 hours of torture. Rod [/QUOTE]
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