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    Our dream job....

    I'd rather be competitive w/junk I built in my garage than win w/stuff I bought.


    I refuse to allow common sense to interfere w/my boat buying decisions.


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    I know a guy that does that for Volvo here in Virginia. He said it was an awesome job for about a week. Lol

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    Yep.
    I heard same ��

    Quote Originally Posted by RSWORDS View Post
    I know a guy that does that for Volvo here in Virginia. He said it was an awesome job for about a week. Lol
    I'd rather be competitive w/junk I built in my garage than win w/stuff I bought.


    I refuse to allow common sense to interfere w/my boat buying decisions.


    Checkmate 16' 140 Johnson
    Hydrostream 17' Vector FrankenRude I
    Laser 480 (?) 21' w/GT 200
    Glastron Carlson Conquest w/XP 2.6
    Glastron Carlson CVX 20 w/XP 2.6
    24' Sonic w/twin 250 Johnsons
    24' Sonic w/twin 250 HO Johnsons
    19' STV River Rocket w/FrankenRude II
    Allison XR 2002 w/Frankenrude II
    Hydrostream 18' V-King w/Frankenrude II

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    That would be right up my ally. Blow um up and get paid for it to???? HELL YEA!

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    ...3830 frankford ave., panama city, florida. check it out. you'll love working there.

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    That is a job for a young back...and everything else. There is some good footage on youtube of omc torture testing in the 70's.

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    One of the boat mags did a story on the test drivers after interviewing two of them.
    They basically said that after the first day in 90* heat and 90* humidity, you’re over it.
    Or a day in the rain.

    Mo, you would appreciate knowing that yrs ago a group of us and our boats were hanging out on the beach on Cayo Costa Island by Captiva when my buddy points out two Merc powered, bright yellow, 22’ Velocities coming our way.

    I recognized them as Merc test boats and ran down the beach, pushed off my looper powered (bright yellow) Hydrostream Vector and chased them down.
    Time I got underway they were passed us and out from behind the shelter of the island.
    Fun water for them, **** for me.
    I caught them anyhow and did a lap around them while waving at them ��
    They both acted like they saw a ghost!

    Nope.
    Just a fast JohnRude.
    I'd rather be competitive w/junk I built in my garage than win w/stuff I bought.


    I refuse to allow common sense to interfere w/my boat buying decisions.


    Checkmate 16' 140 Johnson
    Hydrostream 17' Vector FrankenRude I
    Laser 480 (?) 21' w/GT 200
    Glastron Carlson Conquest w/XP 2.6
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    Back in 1990-91, I saw the Evinrude test boats on the Indian River outside of Jensen Beach. The techs stopped me because I ran an Evinrude 200 XP on my Laser.

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    ...running a stream in the gulf at speed, unless its flat as a pancake, i would not want to do, no matter what the engine was......lol
    Last edited by FUJIMO; 10-28-2020 at 08:25 AM.

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    Supplying motors to a spec race class would have uncovered the same weak links and they wouldn't have to worry about the payroll or buying the hulls-

    Joe

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    The Gulf on a different day.
    Outside of same island.

    Quote Originally Posted by FUJIMO View Post
    ...running a stream in the gulf at speed, unless its flat as a pancake, i would not want to do, no matter what the engine was......lol
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    I'd rather be competitive w/junk I built in my garage than win w/stuff I bought.


    I refuse to allow common sense to interfere w/my boat buying decisions.


    Checkmate 16' 140 Johnson
    Hydrostream 17' Vector FrankenRude I
    Laser 480 (?) 21' w/GT 200
    Glastron Carlson Conquest w/XP 2.6
    Glastron Carlson CVX 20 w/XP 2.6
    24' Sonic w/twin 250 Johnsons
    24' Sonic w/twin 250 HO Johnsons
    19' STV River Rocket w/FrankenRude II
    Allison XR 2002 w/Frankenrude II
    Hydrostream 18' V-King w/Frankenrude II

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    Quote Originally Posted by JPEROG View Post
    Supplying motors to a spec race class would have uncovered the same weak links and they wouldn't have to worry about the payroll or buying the hulls-

    Joe
    Probably, but the endurance test cycle is a very specific one-hour cycle repeated hundreds of times; shifting, certain rpm x time, logged, fuel use, ect.

    Also, you can't replace/repair anything without it being examined by engineering first. That wouldn't be ideal for racers, really. And, it's not like they build dozens of motors to test... there were only 6 "pre-production" powerheads, gearcases, etc. available for dyno development/tuning and endurance testing.

    Also, 8 hours of 40-degrees and pouring rain with huge whitecaps on Lake Winnebago in mid-October isn't awesome!

    Uhh, this is what I've heard.

    (At the end of the OMC video above, the driver says "it's the biggest waste of a weekend I've ever had here" because that's not how the testing is done.)

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    I get it that the calibration work, repeated cycle test for shift and idle stalls, log strikes, along with overall durability testing and inspection is much more involved--It was just an "off the cuff" statement for finding the weak links. I guess that is what racing and being in the hands of ignorance does after the product gets released.
    I agree, running a boat and having to watch a screen at the same time to record data is not "enjoyable boating"--40 degrees lol..., I don't go out if its under 80 anymore (60 to 80 degree days are labeled for motorcycling) and under 40, I better be in the U.P. or Wyoming riding sleds.

    Joe

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    Quote Originally Posted by

    (At the end of the OMC video above, the driver says "it's the biggest waste of a weekend I've ever had here" because that's [I
    not[/I] how the testing is done.)
    ...how did you know what we all were thinking? so...you get to work, you punch in, and you run a 2 horse or a 9.5 horse on an aluminum boat that won't plane off for the next 2 months with an oversized gas tank so you don't ever have to come back for fuel, you eat a bag lunch out on the boat in the florida summer sun, you punch out & you go home burnt to a crisp & do the same thing tomorrow. no overtime allowed. ...hey, what do you do for a living? i'm a evinrude factory test boat driver. whooooa, cool man!

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