[John Albaum]

Hey Tony,

By no means was I thinking there was more power to get out of the engine, I’m was planning on pulling a little more pitch out of the prop because the boat wasn’t fully loaded during sea trial. WOT was only for testing and seeing what the RPM, fuel burn, and EGT was. I was just trying to see if the paint burning was an issue I needed to be concerned with or if it was somewhat normal.

Thanks
John

[John Albaum]

Thanks Tony. I saw that picture and the double pulley kit. Looks like I’ll be going that route. Thanks!

[John Albaum]

Hey Tony, thanks for the response. I’m the guy looking at the mount issue in re-powering my boat. I’ll give you a call Thursday or Friday when I’m back home to talk about bigger mounts and a possible trade in on these.

Thanks!
John

[John Albaum]

Thanks for the reply. With the Deere I can make a little over 19kts at WOT and about 13.5gph, and that’s right were I would like to cruise, so I feel like that wouldn’t be too hard for the 480 to do. I’ve read they can cruise comfortably at 17ish gph. I’d be doing 300-400 hrs per year so not too much. I’ve attached a picture of the engine with the power steering pump attached. I don’t know if this is a Cummins add on or aftermarket, and was hoping it would be able to run the power steering I currently have. If not it would come off and I would just keep the PTO as is on my gear. As for the exhaust, the Deere exhausts to port and the Cummins is to starboard so I’ll have to have a sweeping mixer made up to feed into my port side tube. I’ll have to get measurements of the exhaust and muffler when I can get to the boat again.

Thanks
John

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