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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