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Have you tried any of the regular (4S) engine builders... they all balance car flywheels for like $50: http://dprmachine.com/service-page/

Yep, then we’d be cooking.

I have a couple plastic, very durable, I bought for an off road project years ago. Great condition with funky camo covers. $50 for the pair plus...

Good question. Hope somebody can answer it. I've never heard anything negative about the "new" four-strokes. Can that be possible?

Went on the Behind the waves tour today. It a tour of parts of the ship most passengers never see. We saw the kitchen and the laundry facility. ...

I spoke to them two days ago and they said that they only balance the flywheels that they build! This is starting to get really strange. I wonder...

Powers does. He will do new magnets and ring gears and re-balance.

Try Chris Carson. Not sure he does it but it is worth a try. 305 852 2725. If he doesn't maybe he can point you to someone who can.

Just talked to him. He doesn't balance anymore. He says on the flywheels he builds they are perfectly balanced. So I am still looking. Help! ...

Do you still have it. I’ll take it

I’m sure you could rig up something pretty easy that would give you static balance. I wouldn’t hesitate to run a static balanced part. Did you reach...

Mercury 2.5 260 16amp. Carter I took it apart to repaint it and did not index the ring gear, bad. Carter

He was buddies with Strang. One of the units was the one Jim Nerstrom parked in front of Kuney's garage door so he couldn't get in or out. It was in...

Wow..10 years ago today.

Speed density fueling works great but you need a host of modifiers, coolant temp, air temp, baro, transient fueling etc. Also super accurate injector...

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Onetime Beautiful looking boat! They are very rare these days! Thanks Gary

Still surprised about Zipps & the Rotaries, why & for what other than to write about & take pics.

Nz has made a 12 rotor twin 6 huge hp https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GM1jykE_Cbc or something a bit more normal ...

John: I can say as a fact, Zipps had 2 of the latest 4 pc. crank rotaries, I talked to him on the phone several times. If he has past, I don't know...

all went quiet 10 or so years ago. It was all on a chat thread here or in oz A rotary got ideal torque curve for race boat 3 rotor today up like...

A guy in oz cast an adapter for a current Mazda on a merc mid. In Australia/NZ you can pick your power when it comes to rotaries.

The buckets were sand cast aluminum. The shrouds were fiberglass. Seaway told me the engine was on loan from BRP and they returned it. From What John...

RJ - How were the cowls and lower buckets developed? The lower bucket appears to be cast aluminum? Was the top cowl hand lay up fiberglass? Why...