anyone own a stingray powerboat

As many as were produced, I'd bet someone somewhere does.

"Kyle" wrote in message
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anyone own a stingray powerboat

Kyle wrote:
anyone own a stingray powerboat



I'm looking at one to buy, for my V-8 project...

Rob

On Sat, 4 Dec 2004 15:08:06 -0500, "Kyle" wrote:

anyone own a stingray powerboat

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I rented a 19 footer once a couple of years ago. It showed a lot of
wear and tear but that could have been a reflection of hard usage and
poor care. I believe it had a V6 for power if memory is correct and
performance was OK but not great. The ride in a 1 foot chop was not
good but that is true for most 19 footers.

Be carefull w/ putting a lot of hp into a boat that was not designed for it.
I/O type boats - if overpowered - will run sideways due to the torque of the
engine. The boat is just not designed hull wise for a big hp/torque power
plant.
They come w/ V8 but at about 250 hp or so. If you put 400+ hp in it you may
find that it does not run straight.

--
Tony
my boats and cars at http://t.thomas.home.mchsi.com
"trainfan1" wrote in message
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Kyle wrote:
anyone own a stingray powerboat



I'm looking at one to buy, for my V-8 project...

Rob

tony thomas wrote:

Be carefull w/ putting a lot of hp into a boat that was not designed for it.
I/O type boats - if overpowered - will run sideways due to the torque of the
engine. The boat is just not designed hull wise for a big hp/torque power
plant.
They come w/ V8 but at about 250 hp or so. If you put 400+ hp in it you may
find that it does not run straight.


On a typical I/O single(Mercruiser, Volvo SX, Cobra), facing the stern
from outside the boat, the engine is turning ccw, and the prop(single,
again) is turning cw... so I really don't understand your statement - is
it torque from the prop or from the engine? If it's the engine, what is
the moment?

Rob

It is really fom the prop. You would be turning a lot bigger pitch prop
than stock which will pull on the boat more than the hull can support.

--
Tony
my boats and cars at http://t.thomas.home.mchsi.com
"trainfan1" wrote in message
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tony thomas wrote:

Be carefull w/ putting a lot of hp into a boat that was not designed for
it.
I/O type boats - if overpowered - will run sideways due to the torque of
the engine. The boat is just not designed hull wise for a big hp/torque
power plant.
They come w/ V8 but at about 250 hp or so. If you put 400+ hp in it you
may find that it does not run straight.


On a typical I/O single(Mercruiser, Volvo SX, Cobra), facing the stern
from outside the boat, the engine is turning ccw, and the prop(single,
again) is turning cw... so I really don't understand your statement - is
it torque from the prop or from the engine? If it's the engine, what is
the moment?

Rob

On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 20:14:29 GMT, "tony thomas"
wrote:

It is really fom the prop. You would be turning a lot bigger pitch prop
than stock which will pull on the boat more than the hull can support.

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Easily fixable with trim tabs in my experience.

Which creates drag and partially defeats the purpose of more hp.

--
Tony
my boats and cars at http://t.thomas.home.mchsi.com
"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 20:14:29 GMT, "tony thomas"
wrote:

It is really fom the prop. You would be turning a lot bigger pitch prop
than stock which will pull on the boat more than the hull can support.

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Easily fixable with trim tabs in my experience.

tony thomas wrote:
Be carefull w/ putting a lot of hp into a boat that was not designed for it.
I/O type boats - if overpowered - will run sideways due to the torque of the
engine. The boat is just not designed hull wise for a big hp/torque power
plant.
They come w/ V8 but at about 250 hp or so. If you put 400+ hp in it you may
find that it does not run straight.


I had a buddy that had a 19ft rs? Bowrider with the Z-Plane hull. with a
4.6 V6 the thing would do around 50mph. But it pounded any waves it hit.
One of the hardest riding boats I was ever on. The botton was pretty
flat. I have no idea what the deadrise was.

Capt Jack R..