Recent content by smittyseng

Heres a video of how you towyour boat to the lake w/o a trailer!!!! Smitty http://www.toughboats.com/video.cfm?fullscreen=1&filename=Toughboats_BubbaCRevLegal

As far as that last mph,I got the fear put into me last year when boat bow steered/hooked violently at 95 mph and did everything but flip over. I used to want to go 100 plus but I have no desire anymore,Smitty

After holding the boat in full boost for about 15 or 20 minutes we were about 500 yards from the entrance of the cheboygan river (close to where the USS Mackinaw ice cutter parks) and the hose going from my innercooler to the blower discharge tube blew off. There was a loud noise and boat slowed...

Fastest I ever been in a boat-99 mph in my 272 Funnest ride I ever been on was holding it at wot for 20 minutes going east the long way around bois blanc island in lake huron trying to get back to the locks before they stopped for the night back when it only had 700 hp. My wife and passengers...

I have done transmissions before for all out monster trucks,they usually have blown alcohol motors that are very similar to drag motors,wouldn't last 10 minutes in a boat at wot,Smitty

Todd,we saw you with the hood up in front of consumers,I just made a quick run there to see randy on the multi colored cat to get my airfuel ratio meter before taking off to get to work by 4 pm today,was a great time other than the cops everywhere,Smitty

Terrible thing to have happen to A son,I got to know Jack pretty well on my many trips to Baker doing Chassis dyno work on circle track cars and getting custom oil pans,he is a great guy and I would have to imagine his son was too,Smitty

I have used them all but last time Manton was able to custom build them faster then anyone else,trend was weeks behind for some reason. Pushrods should be as beefy as possible when running any kind of aggressive roller cam,solid or hydraulic,Smitty

I guess if it was a light twin or single with a hp-500 or similar I would probably go longer than 10-15 hrs,what I mean is when you start making 650-700 plus hp/ft lbs tq or if your boat is extremely heavy a shorter interval is needed. A added benefit of short drive oil change intervals is you...

good info,keep us updated,thanks,Smitty

These were stock ones after 25-30 hard hours and a hard day of tuning with crocket on the st claire river with at least 5 oil changes in between to remove metal and at least one inspection teardown while they were still runnable,Smitty

This is a used then treated gear that lasted 3x longer than stock new ones,this pic was after running 25 plus hrs at 950 hp level while testing,the gear set was ran another 30 plus hours after this pic before it started having the typical light failure on the face of teeth.

I would say from experience that more important than the kind of oil used to break in the drive is the way it is driven and a oil change right away if running big power and tall props. The gears do need to take a set before being thrashed on if they are to last (this is in 500 plus hp or heavy...

There is always one a-hole I swear. I lived in the city from 1990 to 1999,houses 50-75 feet apart. I ran a transmission repair/auto repair business at my house and guess what,my neighbors NEVER had a complaint or a problem with me. I move out in the middle of absolutely no-where,houses are a 1/2...

That is a GREAT idea,when using a stock filter mount (or in your case a modified factory one) install a drain on bottom of the mount,Smitty