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Ross look at the specs on boatdiesel 210 at 2800 a 215 at 2400
a 355 at 2600 375 at 2800 etc crazy ! he needs to look at the eng plate

22x22 3-blades w/ 1.53:1 on a 1.5" shaft is nice.

Runs 25knots?

You must have the P-Pumps on your 6BTAs? I've got the Lucas CAVs, and they won't pump enought fuel to go past 220HP.

bosh inline pump 27.6 knots levers to the stops full on fuel and water
same when low no difrenct. but let a few things grow on the bottom she slows down
Paul

I thought so - I'm going to look for a spair of Bosch P-Pumps and injectors thi winter. Need that extra 80x2=160HP!

He has a naturally aspirated 3280 Cat. 3208-NA ....


Caterpillar 3208-NA
8 Cylinder, Naturally Aspirated Marine Diesel Engine
Rating, HP, RPM
A 150 2400
C 210 2800
D 210 2800
E 210 2800

I don't think it will go to 375HP without turbos and aftercoolers ...

Ross to get 80 more hp you need to go with a salt water after cooler also . but for the engine to stand up you need to do internal changes
like pistons valve rotators etc. there was a post on boatdiesel about doing this on a 210?? Tony recc it not be done . check the posts maybe you can find it its been a few weeks I think
Paul

when we going fish in south am. ??

Right, I have Jacket Water Cooled, but I see these @ 260HP rating Intermittent duty.

I'll look @ BoatDeisel again - I would love to have 50HP each more at least (occasionally),.

What does your F36 weigh?

We're going right by there in Dec - Caymans, Cozumel and Key West on a 7-day cruise, bt won't get to fish then. I'm starting a new business which is taking all of my spare time now (16-20 hour days). Have to have manufactured inventory ready by end of Jan for a show.

venzeuala is the place for Sailfish, but Charleston SC has turned on hot this year as well. We have guys catcing 5-10 a day in Sep/Oct! One boat near me went 18 for 40 on Sails here - hard to belive. But its 50-60 miles out to where they are ...

16000 lbs with gas engines from the factory I heard thats low same info puts yours at 12000 . so the anser is 4000 lbs more that your boat
now who has more junk on there boat ? I bet I realy start getting heavier then
Paul

Well, I don't ant to win a weight competition. I'm actually working on a Tron F32 Diet Plan!

I have 60 miles to run offshroe to fish - and really could improved fuel mileage! Even weeekdn cruises would benefit.

Ideas:
> Remcving inside doors (both gone now),
> Aluminum Fortress FX-23 anchors, 2 ea. (have swapped already - these ARE the best!)
> remove my 500# Onan generator - install bigger alternators and batteries and use an inverter for the day trip -shore power @ night
> replacing plywood (mine were rebuilt to clear the 6BTAs - nice, but heavy) saloon floors with 3/16" lexan with alum frames,
> 1/4" tinted lexan side (and rear?) windows
> replace saloon siliding door with thinner version (may not be worth it).
> other ideas?

This should drop 1,000#+ ...

Capt. Ross,

weight reduction is a nice goal but I'd be careful with the 3/16 lexan floors. Lexan (or polycarbonate) has great impact resistance but is very weak in the flat. I changed my side windows to 1/4" lexan becuase I had some cracks and if I had it to do over, I would have gone with tempered glass. The lexan looks nice but vibrates excessively... especially with diesels at idle or no wake speeds. It's also hard to clean without causing scratches.

Any other weight saving ideas?

Theres a product called "coosa" that would make good flooring and would likely save some weight... but not a lot. In my case, I added sounddown to my engine room and that stuff is not light, but it does help the noise, I don't think there's a lot of fat on our base boats that we could strip off for weights sake. I know for me, the only real difference I could make is in what I've loaded on board like tools, spares, supplies etc..

Coosa sounds familiar to the Divinicyl foam coring material I've used on my other boats.

I think I'll start a thread on Weight Savings and see if it generates any good ideas ...