32' Skater w/twin V-8 Evinrudes

[Craig]

Well, my friend finally got this old Skater out to the lake. Runs pretty good so far, he's getting used to it since he's just coming to the cat club. Things has a wicked hop at about 50 mph on flat water, but you can drive through it.
Motors were designed for F1 hydroplanes. They have twin vertical shafts and, so were told, a one off 8 carb intake. Motors were rated at 450 hprsepower each. Boat was originally built for a guy who was on the board of directors of OMC's Second Effort race division.
We were running in the 90's yesterday, should still have more in it.
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[full throttle]

Those F-1 motors are RARE and by far the baddest outboard ever made. Just make sure they have plenty of fuel.

[Fast Freddy]

i have never seen outboards like that b4. they look pretty cool. i am down for anything that is unique and different. thanx 4 sharin craig.

[Craig]

Here's the whole motor. Check out the crazy bungee cord I asked Tony just what in the hell kind of rig job THAT was? He said the motor trim cylinders are attached to the transom bracket, but not the motor itself. The cylinder has a ball on the end of the rod that just sits in a socket on the motor. Supposedly, if you whack something at speed hard enough, the motor can rotate almost 180 degrees into the boat. I don't know, but a lot of folks who have run these before say you should have some kind of travel limiter on the motors.
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[Charley]

Those evinrudes sound AMAZING!!!

[andy01]

What boat is that on the other side?

[Craig]

What boat is that on the other side?
35 Motion
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[STV_Keith]

Craig, it looks great. Glad to see it's running. All of the 8's got 8-single barrel carbs though. Can you send me more pics? I'd love to see them. keith@stvboats.com

[riverbound]

Looks good......Gotta love those fishing motors

[Craig]

Craig, it looks great. Glad to see it's running. All of the 8's got 8-single barrel carbs though. Can you send me more pics? I'd love to see them. keith@stvboats.com
Going out again today to Pleasant, going to shoot some more pics, maybe video. I'm going to put them all on a page on my site, I'll let you know when they're up later today or tomorrow