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Discussion => The No Wake Zone => WarZone => Topic started by: Warlock on February 04, 2007, 02:47:37 PM

Title: Worlds shadiest V-drive!
Post by: Warlock on February 04, 2007, 02:47:37 PM: Couldn't imagine ridin' in this death trap! :o Is called the Craker Box....Theres a cracker in a box alright!!!! Powered by '59 283.
Title: Re: Worlds shadiest V-drive!
Post by: Ema Non-Performance Marine - BANNED on February 04, 2007, 02:57:11 PM: If you come out to the races at Lake Ming in Bakersfield you can see a whole bunch of those crazy fucks !
Title: Re: Worlds shadiest V-drive!
Post by: Warlock on February 04, 2007, 03:04:43 PM: Quote from: Emanon Performance Marine on February 04, 2007, 02:57:11 PM
If you come out to the races at Lake Ming in Bakersfield you can see a whole bunch of those crazy fudges !
You mean theres more then one??????? I would LOVE to see dudes racing that shizzz!
Title: Re: Worlds shadiest V-drive!
Post by: beerjet on February 04, 2007, 10:26:16 PM: Quote from: warlock on February 04, 2007, 03:04:43 PM
You mean theres more then one??????? I would LOVE to see dudes racing that shizzz!
It is some of the most out of control boat racing you'll ever see . They have a passenger that really doesn't do anything as far as I know .

-beerjet-
Title: Re: Worlds shadiest V-drive!
Post by: beerjet on February 04, 2007, 10:27:57 PM: Also I dont think they are v-drive either . More of a direct drive , I think . I really dont know . I'm just guessing here. Can someone correct me please.

-beerjet-
Title: Re: Worlds shadiest V-drive!
Post by: Quickjet on February 05, 2007, 12:10:26 AM: Quote from: beerjet on February 04, 2007, 10:27:57 PM
Also I dont think they are v-drive either . More of a direct drive , I think . I really dont know . I'm just guessing here. Can someone correct me please.

-beerjet-
Cant really see why with the motor in the front that you would need a V-drive.
I'll have ot agree.
Ding ding...Circle gets the square!! ;D
Title: Re: Worlds shadiest V-drive!
Post by: Warlock on February 05, 2007, 09:52:47 AM: Here's a better picture of the drive system. What we can see here, is the 'front of the engine' (in a car) . In this application, the power is taken off the radiator side of the engine. Below the water pump is the chain-link flexible coupling, connecting the small block Chevy 283 crack shaft to the prop shaft.

A flexible coupling is never a substitution for proper engine alignment. But a hard coupling between two rotating shafts, no matter how perfectly aligned, would be a destructive idea, to say the least.

The aluminum cage bolted to the engine block mounts a radial pillow block which accommodates the rotation of the prop shaft (backside of the cage plate). A thrust bearing and and shaft collars are on this side of the plate to transfer thrust to the engine block - not the crack shaft! (Achem, original builder!)

Finally there's the stuffing box as the prop shaft exits the hull.

Guess yer right...it's a direct drive. Kinda weird that it connects at the front of the motor.
Title: Re: Worlds shadiest V-drive!
Post by: beerjet on February 05, 2007, 08:31:07 PM: Heres another guess . The motor sitting that way has something to do with the rotation of the prop and engine torque . Just like a K-boat. Both are driven off the front of the motor.

-beerjet-
Title: Re: Worlds shadiest V-drive!
Post by: Warlock on February 06, 2007, 07:47:40 AM: Quote from: beerjet on February 05, 2007, 08:31:07 PM
Heres another guess . The motor sitting that way has something to do with the rotation of the prop and engine torque . Just like a K-boat. Both are driven off the front of the motor.

-beerjet-
'Cause of the direction the motor twists under torque?