Anyone in the market for the most powerful outboard

http://www.seven-marine.com/motors/gallery/

http://www.autoblog.com/2011/03/12/v...-v-engines-in/

http://www.boats.com/blog/2011/02/se...ami-boat-show/

 

pretty awesome..

what an awkward ass interviewer though lol

 

Yea, the one from 7 marine was much better. (just made that the first link)

 

Dear god!

 

It uses the 6.2L supercharged LSA engine from the CTS-V. That's cool!

 

 

I know nothing of boats, but would it make more sense to have a larger propeller than that. Seems like it would be like having tiny tires on a high HP car. I have seen many boats with LS motors, but never an outboard one.

 

Props work mainly in the Pitch of the blade. The higher the pitch the greater the speed the less hole shot. The lower the pitch the greater the hole shot the less top speed. Having a motor powerful enough for a higher pitch blade will give you good out of the hole power and great top end. I run a 11 and a 13 pitch on my skiboat. It has a 350 in it. With that pitch prop i have successfully pulled 12 slalom skiers out of the water (which is no easy feat) but i top out at around 47(with the 11) to 54 (with the 13) But it gets there in no time at all. I can take my modified jetski to the boats top end by about 200 feet but then the jetski walks past it on its way to 85.

 

 

Speeding on water is 10000 times more fun than speeding on land

 

^Agreed.

That engine is bad ass.

 

Feels incredibly fast also. 40 miles an hour on water feels like 70 on land. 70 miles an hour on water? You can go from soaking wet to dry in a matter of seconds.

Sick engine.

 

Awesome. Those engines must cost a fortune.

 

Looks like about 70k a piece

 

Or on my jetski you can go from Dry to soaking wet in a matter of seconds at 80+ Usually hurts quite a bit but it usually gives those on shore watching a nice aerial show followed by a body tumbling across the water then making a huge splash in what usually looks like certain death from shore.

 

We need a boating thread.

 

Nothing like flying off while trying to show off...I know exactly what you're talking about. Last summer, an unnamed genius turned too quick while going 40+ and flew off and hit their leg on the handlebars and cut it open pretty bad.

What kind of jetski do you have that does 80? We have Honda Aquatrax F15s at our lake house. About 70 is what I usually top out at.

 

And amazingly there is a banner ad for Evinrude outboard motors at the bottom of this thread. Adsense never fails.

 

Yea i hooked it once and got my leg caught on the handle bars. Thought i tore a groin muscle, i couldnt walk for 2 days.

I have a Kawasaki Ultra 150. Im trying to convince the wife to let me get the new Ultra 300 300hp in a jetski