I do wish here In the USA the super boat or unlimited class had the variety of engine setups like in class 1. From big 8liter NA v12s, straight 6 turbo diesels, NA BBC v8s, Turbo H12 small displacement engines. Popeyes had 6 2.5 2stroke v6’s with 2 surface drives. And a lot of boats until the mid 90s had 4 NA or blown v8s with 2 surface drives or 4 outdrives. But no homegrown Diesels, no turbo engines at all. Mainly only NA BBC’s. Then in the mid 90s. Blower technology caught up with EFI and coolers so high compression NA motors were replaced with blown 1000-1500hp in the unlimited class. For years and years. 800ish was the most a single NA v8 could make reliably. The v12s too weren’t getting over 750/800. America didn’t believe in diesels since they were so heavy. The late 90s did bring an American to race a buzzi/fountain with a pair of 750/800hp seatek’s. But that only lasted a couple of years before the team moved into a big cat. But boy did he run a yell of a season or 2. Especially that first race for the boat down in key west at the end of the year. Really surprised the rest of the super vee unlimited boats. Firewater, muscle, instigator, fountain, Ohio steel, inxs. All those big power fountains, A scarab, a few apaches left. Got shown up by a boat with one less engine but the weight of not more then the 3 engine boats. Powering through the rough without issue. I can not for the life of me remember the name of the team Smh
I do wish here
In the USA the super boat or unlimited class had the variety of engine setups like in class 1. From big 8liter NA v12s, straight 6 turbo diesels, NA BBC v8s, Turbo H12 small displacement engines. Popeyes had 6 2.5 2stroke v6’s with 2 surface drives. And a lot of boats until the mid 90s had 4 NA or blown v8s with 2 surface drives or 4 outdrives. But no homegrown Diesels, no turbo engines at all. Mainly only NA BBC’s. Then in the mid 90s. Blower technology caught up with EFI and coolers so high compression NA motors were replaced with blown 1000-1500hp in the unlimited class. For years and years. 800ish was the most a single NA v8 could make reliably. The v12s too weren’t getting over 750/800. America didn’t believe in diesels since they were so heavy. The late 90s did bring an American to race a buzzi/fountain with a pair of 750/800hp seatek’s. But that only lasted a couple of years before the team moved into a big cat. But boy did he run a yell of a season or 2. Especially that first race for the boat down in key west at the end of the year. Really surprised the rest of the super vee unlimited boats. Firewater, muscle, instigator, fountain, Ohio steel, inxs. All those big power fountains, A scarab, a few apaches left. Got shown up by a boat with one less engine but the weight of not more then the 3 engine boats. Powering through the rough without issue. I can not for the life of me remember the name of the team
Smh