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| Originally Posted by Capt. Bill11 OK, lets say I wanted to run the afore mentioned boat on only the middle engine.
Where would I start and what should I do to see if it's feasible.
And besides the oil pumps to cool the gear boxes, what other modifications would be in order.
I have some ideas. But any and all help would be welcome. |
With some gear boxes like a lot of the ZF's they have a shaft mounted oil pump that lubricates the gear boxes if the engine is not running. I don't know how good this is in the longterm.
I would highly recommend running a lot less propellor pitch on the center engine so you're not running too high of an engine load. But chances are, you wouldn't have good steerage and also the boat would be a nightmare in any kind of sea. It would be easier to run the 2 outside engines (which at displacement speed wouldn't burn much fuel anyways) and not run the center engine. The boat sounds awefully slow for it's size and HP when compared to a Broward or Burger with twin engines.
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