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That's Randy Ball, good dude but that thing definitely wasn't making 3000 hp on that pass it sounded like crud.
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Probably closer to 5.5-6 second 1/4 mile
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@Horton who wouldn't want a 4000hp flatbottom??
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I had thought I heard the site in Lemoore got emptied??
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PM sent.
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I'm going to ski there tomorrow behind the other new CP, Can't wait!
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@Horton I'm pretty good with a tape measure, I think I might try and fight Bob for the first ride!
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@ral that was filmed quite a while ago it was my offside turn and I believe I hit the ball because I was too narrow. @coxjon it fell off but because it was tied to my life jacket I just grabbed the shoelace and pulled it up. I have a ton of footage, we actually did it during a tournament where every skier during one round wore the camera. I also mounted it to a turn buoy one time but that didn't come out as good as I thought it would.
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We did it with the headstrap no chin strap, it had to be pretty tight. We did zip tie a key float and we also tied a shoe lace from the strap around the shoulder of the life jacket.
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driveability in a car and being able to pull a skier through the course well are very different. I still think unless you could control the waste gates with the speed control to keep the boost exactly the same it wouldn't be a pleasant pull. And by the way, forget the chute on the car or on your back it gets exciting when it's on the back of the boat!
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Gear changes would be relatively easy, we use Owens or Lenco type transmissions in the race boats without any issue. The real issue is as you stated the cost, the v8 small block is easy and pretty inexpensive so no real point in going through all the energy and expense to come up with something new. Fun to think about though.
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A supercharger or pro charger would probably work ok, but not sure what the advantage would be over bigger displacement except maybe you could save some weight. After I typed my first response I got to thinking more about a turbo, the R&D would be ridiculous but if you could tie in waste gate management to the speed control you might be able to come up with a pretty small motor that could produce the torque & hp you need.
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A smaller displacement motor wouldn't necessarily give you better fuel consumption if you were trying to get the same HP. The new F1 V6 is a turbo motor, I'm not sure if the speed control on a ski boat could handle keeping the boat from pulling the rope out of your hand when the turbo kicked in?