[DeTomaso] NPC, boating

[bill gaino]

Say what you want, but the best 2 days of boat ownership are the the day you buy and the day you sell. 3 KPG. Don't blow it up too!  Twice as much.  We would like to see it though...got a link to your boat?  Bill 1362

-----Original Message-----
>From: Mikael <mikael_hass at mail.tele.dk>
>Sent: Jun 29, 2011 3:55 PM
>To: detomaso at realbig.com
>Subject: [DeTomaso] NPC, boating
>
>Just a FYI, if you think the Pantera is hard to work on, engine in the
>middle and all, it could be worse. You could own a powerboat with two
>engines.
>1. Double the work of everything
>2. Changing the water pump impellers (every 2-3 years) involves being
>literally upside down in the engine bay for an hour per engine, trying to
>get old stubborn hoses off and on again, with no space available
>3. Today I cleaned my drives and props, needs doing 2-3 times per season.
>Particularly stubborn this time, spent 1 hour and 15 minutes under water
>cleaning them
>It was good to get back to the Pantera, at least you're above water and
>right side up :-)
>
>Speaking of boating, here's two reasons it's great. First, you can go down
>to your friendly Mercruiser store and buy a 1150HP engine, on pump gas, that
>will run at 5000 rpm for hours. Seems like the auto engine industry could
>learn something? OK, that engine has to be rebuilt after not to many hours.
>Second great thing is no speed limits. And the water is a great dyno, try
>something and see if your GPS top speed is up or down. 1 mile is about 10 HP
>per engine.
>
>Watch this clip, it shows a little of what these engines have to live
>through:
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o94ZHLXzTZM
>
>
>Mikael
>
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