The 71c and 72c are 2 of the most common trannys around. Borg Warner is the manufacturer, Velvet Drive is the product and 72c is the model. BW...
The subject boat is a 30 ft. Reinell flybridge sedan cruiser. I have now been researching this project for well over 2 years and have come to the...
I've been using synthetic tranny fluid for 2 years now. However, I'm sill using dino oil in my Volvo TAMD 40's. (Diesels) I haven't even thought...
Well they have certainly priced many of us out of the market, but it's all relative. For the true "do-it-yourselfer" a FEYS system is...
Placing all your tankage as far aft as possible is a very good idea. This will improve your "at rest" trim and planing attitude. The tankage you...
I'm right at the beginning of the process of converting my 30 ft. twin diesel sedan cruiser from veedrive prop driven to jets. The choice has...
My experience with using syn's instead of dino stock tranny fluid leads me to choose the syn's every time. The spec's are exactly the same as far...
there's lots of options, none of them cheap. You will need to know the RPM range of the diesel and then match it up with the right jet with the...
In my opinion only - SMOKIN' GOOD DEAL! Mind you, i've done nearly every kind of structural, mechanical, and driveline type repair possible on...
The turbulence from a "skeg" may be dissapated by the time the water stream reaches the jet intake, but it will depend on speed. The skeg used on...
An electric drive system doen't absolutely have to depend on batteries, though trolling motor type systems are set up that way. However, trolling...
The leg is cast aluminum. The engine is porbably just cast iron, possiby with aluminum heads, but more likely just cast iron heads. Skeg kits are...
Very interesting project... I looked into a similar conversion over the last few months as an alternative propulsion method. Found a lot of...
So... stick the prop in a lathe and "turn" it down to a smaller diameter, then test again. You'll eventually find the loading characteristic...
Hamilton and Ultrajet websites have a lot of good info on "suitablility" of hulls to jet application. From the description of the stringer...
