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Hi Don

6-cyl Ford turbodiesels of the modern era are about 160hp, so yours probably won't be far off this figure I think. The old Perkins were indeed 120hp but were de-tuned to 100hp in service to avoid reliability problems, so that may affect your purchase decision.

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Thanks Christian.

Thet aren't exactly cutting edge as you can see:

http://www.rania.co.uk/boat%20photos/ST/MySeaplaneTenderOld/ oldsmokeyno1.jpg
http://www.rania.co.uk/boat%20photos/ST/MySeaplaneTenderOld/ oldsmokeyno2.jpg
 
Anybody  recognise them?

So, the 40.5' wide beam had  effectively 2 x 100 hp  ( same HP as the Meadows petrols in the 37.5 Narrow beam?) and reached 20+ knots.  Not too bad for a big old wooden boat.

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Sorry,

When  you sometimes paste url's  it adds an unwanted space.
Please remove the space from before the 'oldsmokeyno1.' in both url's.


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I fixed it for you Don
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They look like they could be 6.22L Ford 2725 ETs .If they are they are rated to 185hp @2600rpm. The dimensions would be 1100mm long by 585mm tall. Which 40.5ft ST is it? Any pictures of the boat? 
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Hi Christian,

She is 'Che Sera' in  Blackpool.  An interesting boat.  I just have to make room for her now....

Thanks for the info.

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Looks good, that's quite some progress, on the engine front, since you only require 80 or so hp, perhaps you could look at some of the replacments that people put in old Landrovers, most are also available in marinised form, perkins prima, 3.3 l perkins, 3.3 mazda (same as perkins) and so on, they're all around 80-100hp and the perkins prima (2ltr turbo diesel-from a montego/maestro) would be very light indeed. The only problem is, I presume you'd want a pair ie counter rotating, but this must be possible?

 

Good news on Che Sera, she looks pretty good, would be a real shame if she'd have dissapeared.



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Hi Rozm2,

My plan was to simply buy a good 2nd hand pair with boxes.  I think most modern engines are pretty reliable and I'd  considered a Transit  lump as they are quite low  and that would suit the installation in this boat.

I'd imagine Lancing Marine would be the people to contact about adaptor plates etc.

Do you have any idea about the HP of 3.3 Perkins or the prima?

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Perkins Prima 2.0 Turbo is 80 Bhp (ala Montego)
and in normally aspirated form around 50~60 Bhp. This was also a production Perkins engine for a while and was used in quite a few yachts.
Note: Montego turbo engines can be tuned up a bit quite easily, especially when using an intercooler. Check out LandRover forums or Lancing on this.
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This site may help, it's got the specs of most conversion engines for landrovers, the perkins prima was available in marinised form, maybe you could find one of them? There's also the 2.8 Dihatsu engine, they're pretty agricultural looking and look like they'd be suited to a boat!

 

http://www.integerspin.co.uk/donor01.php?name=power



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