the ultimate racer...

[Muscletang]

...is a freaking boat!

Ok I was at this 4th of July party on this guy's private lake (yeah he's pretty freaking rich) and he had his drag boat there. Well, he turned it on and let the thing idle and it was the loudest engine I've ever heard in my life. You could see the firing order of the pistons as this thing idled it was so hopped up.

Anyway, the guy opened the engine up and flames shot several feet from the exhaust pipes and it was so damn loud.

When he turned the thing off I went over and looked at it and talk to him about it. I saw it had some type of MSD duel ignition setup and a Littlefield blower. I couldn't see any other names on the heads or anything like that so that was it.

Well, I got to talking to the guy who owned it and the engine was a 500 ci Chevy racing engine with 6500 horsepower. It could go at least 280 mph and could do a 1/4 mile on the water around 4.8 seconds.

I must say I fell over backwards when I heard that stuff. Then I started to imagine what that thing would do in a car.

[flip888]

wow 6500hp, thats a lot.
did you get to take it for a ride?

[Raz_Kaz]

Why, it only has 6500hp?




jk, thats gotta be an orgasmic sound to hear

[caviman69]

Damn dude, That must have been great. You would think that something that goes that fast in the water would take off in the air pretty easy.

[-The Stig-]

280mph... Kinda hard fetched don't ya think?

Even the multiple engined off-shore race boats can barely break over 120mph.

Fastest boats on the water are the Hydra-foil Turbojet boats.
Current record holder is Miss Budweiser @ 220mph


The absolute speed record is held by a pure jet powered boat, the Hyrda's still have a prop that is powered by the Turbojet.

Current record is 317mph done by The Spirit of Australia



And, I'm sure it's 650hp guys... not 6500hp.

[Ghost96Gt]

really redneck In 1985 the Long Beach City Council named a park in his memory, Gabelich Park. In 1975 at Turlock Lake in California, the drag boat piloted by Gary Gabelich disintegrated at 180 mph. Although he was best known for his land speed exploits, Gabelich won both the American Power Boat Association Blown Fuel and Gas National Drag Boat championship. He was also the first person to win them both in the same eyar. In 1969 Gabelich was the first man to surpass 200 mph in a quarter mile drag boat.

so i 1969 a man went 200 mph in a drag boat think they can alittle faster in 36 years.

a guy in australia just went 206.09 mph and the record in austraila is 217. he feels the boat can go 245 mph.
692Plumb Crazy Jerry Kutz Santa Rosa, CA KB 500 .3154.833227.58
Jerry Kutz was on a record-setting pace when he laid down the fastest pass ever run - 254 MPH!!!!! so 280 mph is pry a lie unless mybe it was a topspeed run. but showing you redneck that the hydra foil boats are not the fastest. http://www.dragboats.com/video/du/04_10_IHBA_692.wmv there is the 254 mph run 91 Canyon - #221 Fool's Paradise - Multi-Time Record Holding Hull speaks for itself. Beautiful paint w/ anodized, powdercoated & polished hardware. Polished Casale V-Drive w/ 1.15 gears (other gear sets available), Air Shifter, Autometer Playback tach, Solid Driveline, 2.5 Gal Polished IMCO tank & New Optima Battery. Includes tandem axle road trailer. - $12,000.00 -----468 Chevy by Joey Grose Approx. 30 passes since freshened with new Eagle rods, all steel. 725HP on Dyno. Finished 2004 season in the #129 Blu By U boat - Ran 9.47 with two Demon 750's. Great 9.0 second motor w/ Dominators. $8000.00 ----- Also, 468 Chevy by Joey Grose Approx 30 passes since new. 600 HP on Dyno all steel, roller w/ oval port heads & single 850 on dual plane manifold. Ran 10.50's w/ no tune up. $4000.00 ----- Other misc parts ----- LIfeline Med Chute Jacket (RED) w/ Ballistic Shorts used 4 races $700, Holley 850 only 6 passes $300, 10 Deg.Lightened 1.12 gears - 2 races $225, SBC 462 Heads Bare - Excellent Condition, Untouched $400 this boat has 725 hp but runs 9's it takes 700 hp in a street car to run 9's but takes 7000 hp to run 4's on a drag strip y cant a boat that runs 4's in the 1/4 mile have 6500 hp? not trying to be mean red just trying to prove a fact.

[Rally Sport]

Those things are freaking awesome looking

[TheStang00]

this thought just crossed my mind... wouldnt you have to be doing over 300mph to run a 4.8 1/4?

[CassiesMan]

If it needs that much HP (6500) to go that fast...then I would be really fucking unconvinced and unimpressed about it. I mean...lets look at it this way...Those things are areodynamically bad ass. They dont have to worry about getting traction, breaking loose, or hooking. They have near instantanious power at the flick of a wrist...I mean shit...with their design, friction with the water is minimal, enough to keep the boat from flying off the lake. So no, it does not have that much power, and no, I doubt it is that fast....This thread is worthless without pics or a time slip.

[-The Stig-]

Originally Posted by Ghost96Gt

really redneck In 1985 the Long Beach City Council named a park in his memory, Gabelich Park. In 1975 at Turlock Lake in California, the drag boat piloted by Gary Gabelich disintegrated at 180 mph. Although he was best known for his land speed exploits, Gabelich won both the American Power Boat Association Blown Fuel and Gas National Drag Boat championship. He was also the first person to win them both in the same eyar. In 1969 Gabelich was the first man to surpass 200 mph in a quarter mile drag boat.

so i 1969 a man went 200 mph in a drag boat think they can alittle faster in 36 years.

a guy in australia just went 206.09 mph and the record in austraila is 217. he feels the boat can go 245 mph.
692Plumb Crazy Jerry Kutz Santa Rosa, CA KB 500 .3154.833227.58
Jerry Kutz was on a record-setting pace when he laid down the fastest pass ever run - 254 MPH!!!!! so 280 mph is pry a lie unless mybe it was a topspeed run. but showing you redneck that the hydra foil boats are not the fastest. .

Well, I don't claim to be an expert on boat speed records. I just did a quick google search and found the results I posted. It's quite possible the results I found were out dated. But that's besides the point, my point was that it probably wasn't probable that a pleasure boat would of been that fast. Most boats that the general public can buy usually don't go much faster than 110mph.

this boat has 725 hp but runs 9's it takes 700 hp in a street car to run 9's but takes 7000 hp to run 4's on a drag strip y cant a boat that runs 4's in the 1/4 mile have 6500 hp? not trying to be mean red just trying to prove a fact.

Now, why can't a boat have 6500hp? Well, it can. In a professional racing boat sure. Why wouldn't they have it?

But the fact remains that a motor that powerfull. Such as one used in NHRA Top Fuelers. Are so volitile that they're impracticle to use. The motors are rebuilt to an effect of either torn down and checked for tolerances or completely rebuilt after each run.

So, to have a motor of that potential in a privately owned boat. Is impractical. That's why I don't think a 'pleasure' boat would have such power. That's why I said it's probably more like 650hp rather than 6500hp.

A single 650hp boat usually will do about 70-85mph. Depending on the size and weight of the boat. Boats that go faster usually have multiple engines. Usually Twin Big Blocks of 500+hp each. Some have triple big blocks.

There are the rare acceptions for those who have the money to burn, boats like the Donzi 38ZR with the Mercruiser T1075's. The boat is rated for a maximum horsepower of 2150hp.

That's a very expensive boat. Probably close to $400,000+.

[CassiesMan]

Originally Posted by RedNeck383

But the fact remains that a motor that powerfull. Such as one used in NHRA Top Fuelers. Are so volitile that they're impracticle to use. The motors are rebuilt to an effect of either torn down and checked for tolerances or completely rebuilt after each run.

So...he woulda needed to tear down the engine and rebuild just after starting it up and throwing a few revs of for some onlookers?

[-The Stig-]

Originally Posted by CassiesMan

So...he woulda needed to tear down the engine and rebuild just after starting it up and throwing a few revs of for some onlookers?

No, but you're missing the point. He'd have to have it worked on each time he took it out for a joy ride. And those motors aren't designed to run for more than about 30 seconds at any one time.

They do the start up, burn out... stage... race... shut down. That all usually isn't more than about 30 seconds from start to finish.

So, as I was saying. It's impractical to have a motor that powerful in a pleasure boat/car.

That's why I said, it's probably a typo and only 650hp.



Why everybody is having such a hard time grasping the concept, I don't know.

[Rally Sport]

The boat looks nice has 650 HP and is needed to be rebuilt everytime the thing is on for 30 seconds, very nice.

[Ghost96Gt]

red i completely understand what u are saying i just thought personaly mybe this guy is a pro racer or built one. i mean he is extremly rich according to musclestang so i figured it was a possablilty. everyonce in awhile u see some rich guy with a 1200hp street car or some drag racing car mybe he does it for fun and has money to burn. i was trying to show a possablity for the other side of the story but ur right i highly dought the boat can do 280 sense the fastest i could find was 254 vid up above. but mybe he had his race boat off to show off to the ppl that were there. from what muscle said it sounded to me like the guy could be running nitro and if he was he pry didnt have nitro in a 650 hp engine. i was just defending the possablilty.

[Ghost96Gt]

also to me everything musclestang has put on the forums seems to be true and he has a alot of knowalge about engines (mustang forum) so i trust in his words i figured if he didnt think the motor couldnt have 6500 horses then he wouldnt post it. i dont think it was a typo bc he know a boat cant do the 1/4 mile 4 secs with that little of hp.