Enclosing the OEM exhaust manifold with a water-cooled metal shroud - painted lamp black on the surface facing the former, to enhance absorption...
The whole idea is related to the KISS principle ! Do you have fresh-water engine cooling on board ? Make avail of this facility for any extra...
I fabricated cooling jackets from SS, which enclose the turbo charger units on my twin-diesel set up. Engine water (closed-circuit) circulates...
The objectives that you established were sound. Criticism has been directed at how you went about attaining them. Next time around spend...
Absolutely. A quick peep on EBay reveals Cummins exhaust manifolds going for around 500 bucks. People looking for stuff at 1/5 that...
Using an electrically-operated sea-water-pump - with but a fraction of the OEM (Cummins) pump´s flow-rate - is hoping for a miracle !
Permit me to revive this thread, if only to ask the following question: How does the size (volume) of the header tank influence the...
Thank you, Mr Moderator for your timely help
Just as an aside: 'RMS' (root-mean-square) is another method for estimating 'power' and other physical entities, for example, voltage, current,...
First of all, Happy New Year ! Depending on the salinity of sea water, a ground plate on the boat ends up connected to shore ground, so yes,...
For sake of argument : 1. A single-phase and a neutral wire from shoreside connected to the isolating transformer primary, with a dedicated GFI...
I have converted the PDF files (graphs) to JPG image files. Can I bypass the URL requirement to post the image files ? In the past, this...
And for the alternative of installing an isolation tranformer on the boat, thereby isolating the AC shore supply from the boat´s AC wiring ?...
. I suggest you browse through the MTA Aftermarket Catalogue, which you may download from the internet. MTA is an Italian supplier to the...
Nº 6 gauge wire obviously contributes towards minimising the voltage drop, aside from the fact that the principle you refer to is the mainstay of...
I experienced the effects of over-volting in my car in the late 70´s..... After reaching my destination, I was unable to restart the car , so I...
Indeed.
I recall reading up an article authored by Dave Gerr in Professional Boatbuilder dealing with this subject: If the props are to turn in - or out...
After-coolers do two things: 1. On cooling the compressed air-charge exiting from the turbo, its density increases, meaning more mass / unit...
Boatdiesel is a great site for people who have bought their marine engines straight from the manufacturer (Cummins etc) - big bucks ! If you...