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| Originally Posted by chriswufgator I have a 38' Roamer Regal (enclosed upper salon) with original 427 power, and I am trying to get a baseline number on some of the boat's basic metrics that don't seem to exist online.
If everyone could answer the following questions, it would benefit us all by establishing a set of numbers that we can each compare to our own.
1: What type of Roamer do you own? (Size / model / Steel or Alu / estimated Displacement in # of lbs)?
2: What is your power setup?
3: What (if any) modifications have you made to your engines that would affect fuel economy (electronic ignition, electronic distributor, high-efficiency coils, wires, etc. etc.)?
4: What is your prop size and pitch?
5: What is your normal cruise speed?
6: What is your normal/average fuel consumption across the varying speed ranges (or any ranges that you know), estimates are fine, and either GPH or MPG is fine.
7: If you have changed or tweaked any of the above variables since owning the boat, please describe what you changes you made, and any effect it had on fuel economy. If I failed to mention some change or improvement that you made, please describe it along with what change (if any) it had on fuel consumption.
8: What is your GPH burn for your genset (if present)?
If we can get enough data points, I should be able to come up with an expected average MPG, which will give you an idea of whether you're doing well MPG-wise or whether you need to make some changes. It will also give us a good idea of what we can do to increase our efficiency besides simply going slower, lol.
This is important (at least to me), considering the fuel dock is currently pushing $4 a gallon.
Thanks in advance! |
Hello,I am new to this website, please forgive any mistakes to my etiquette.
We have a 1962 Roamer Riviera, hull number 4 of 14. We have done a lot of work on her over the last five years and am very interested in your fuel efficiency conversation.
1: What type of Roamer do you own? (Size / model / Steel or Alu / estimated Displacement in # of lbs)?
1962 44' Riviera / Steel / 42,000 # wet, per the yard lift operator. Heavier due to full pilot house.
2: What is your power setup?
Twin, 1968 Ford 427s, Chris Craft +/- 150 Hrs each SMOH
3: What (if any) modifications have you made to your engines that would affect fuel economy (electronic ignition, electronic distributor, high-efficiency coils, wires, etc. etc.)?
Electronic distributors, New Edelbrock Carbs, New Holly Red electronic fuel pumps,
4: What is your prop size and pitch?
24 x 22
5: What is your normal cruise speed?
Upstream 8-9 MPH, dependant on current, at 1800 - 2000 RPM
Downstream 10 - 11 MPH at 1750 - 1800 RPM
6: What is your normal/average fuel consumption across the varying speed ranges (or any ranges that you know), estimates are fine, and either GPH or MPG is fine.
On a trip last year to Quincy, ILL and back, about 265 miles, we averaged (1) MPG round trip.
7: If you have changed or tweaked any of the above variables since owning the boat, please describe what you changes you made, and any effect it had on fuel economy.
No yet, but we are very interested in your findings
8: What is your GPH burn for your genset (if present)?
We seldon use it but it seems to be about 1-1.25 GPH (Original Kohler 5 KW)