Southern 80 Reflections.

[EFFalcon]

hahahahah @ pics of shaun.

[fordbaby]

yeah you were wishing it was really you though.

[LTDHO]

yeah you were wishing it was really you though.

I doubt it as Shaun copped her back whilst everyone else got the view!!

[Eb Barbie]

Except for me coz Im a shortass, doesn't bother me one bit in that circumstance

[fordbaby]

i never said it bothered me, it was just playing with john

[Malakai]

Looks like you guys had a ball... What exactly is Southern 80 though?

[Gunns]

Looks like you guys had a ball... What exactly is Southern 80 though?

Water skiing event held on the Murry River every year. The couse is 80 miles long (at least it use to be) hence the name.

[LTDHO]

The Race takes place on the Murray River between Torrumbarry and Echuca on the second Sunday in February each year.

The event is a two up water ski race, which covers the river from Torrumbarry to Echuca.

There are over 120 bends in this part of the river.

The race attracts over 400 entries from all over Australia with international representation from New Zealand, Great Britain and the USA.


For more info go to - http://www.southern80.com.au/index.html

[Gunns]

Can't believe the time for Hellbent 30min 43sec. Back in 1998 I though Godsgift 32min 02sec would be around for ever and a day.

[stevo]

One currently in the making.
Nizpro's Quad Turbo setup

[EFFalcon]

sweet!
wonder what cooler setup they'll go for.

[EFFalcon]

BTW: Should we ban you for advertising nizpro?

[stevo]

Yes im thinking a two week holiday is how they start me off usually.

Umm from what ive heard its a dual stage turbo setup, and everything is water cooled.

[EFFalcon]

certainly looks dual stage
one tiny turbo, another decent sized.

u'd be silly not to go water cooled with the immence supply of water
just keen to see how they do the coolers/piping.
a lot of them run a cooler/plenum combo ontop, a few ran PWR barrel coolers.

[Steady]

I'd heard about the Nizpro motor.
I'd imagine the sound of a quad cam V8 will stand out amongst the chevs!
Cheers for posting the pics Stevo.

[EL XR8]

Nah the 13B rotary stood out to me last year!
Fucking sick having a rotor in a ski boat. Even better hearing the thing coming from 1km away.

I must admit, if i ever get an inboard ski boat, i'll put a blower on an injected windsor. Just for something different!

[EFFalcon]

i was waitin for the RB powered boat this year.
we were lookin at it at the sat mornin show, breifly spoke to one of guys who runs it, he goes 'go the 6 packs' we all agree and cheered... don't think he realised we'd go for a 4.0

[stevo]

certainly looks dual stage
one tiny turbo, another decent sized.

u'd be silly not to go water cooled with the immence supply of water
just keen to see how they do the coolers/piping.
a lot of them run a cooler/plenum combo ontop, a few ran PWR barrel coolers.

Ok found out yesterday they are running two large water cooled intercoolers.
They are sitting in the side of the boat in baths that get pumped with water.

They are under these black covers you see on the bottom:


Also, simon was trying to explain the dual stage turbo setup. Its crazy and confusing. He said he has only seen it setup like this once before, and that was on a GTR skyline he built. The little turbos are working whilst also pumping the large ones ready until a certain time, then the large ones start working or some shit. (im not very technical when it comes to turbos ahah).The piping is amazing with so many cut off valves and stuff in the pipes which act like wastegates etc.
The large turbos have HUGE housings on them. They will be running 20psi each.
The plenums you see are custom made, he also has full carbon fibre ones made up too. The intake manifold is also hand made, along with all the pipe work you see. Also the block and heads are also items he cast from original factory spec items with changes he needed. The photos dont do this thing justice.

If your after a massive lesson in high-tech turbo stuff we should organise an hour to drop in and see him and check the boat out! My brain was melting from trying to take it all in.

[Sunboost]

This isn't http://www.boostedboats.net

[TUFED6]

If your after a massive lesson in high-tech turbo stuff we should organise an hour to drop in and see him and check the boat out! My brain was melting from trying to take it all in.

Thats pretty cool, but why? Because he can? Thats what the owner wanted?

Surely 1 big turbo would be less fcukenaround(tm).

[Steady]

Boats are weird, you can only run one step up to the prop, no gearboxes obviously, and that has to be a compromise between top speed and actually being able to pull your two fat cnt skiers out of the water.
With two smaller turbos bringing the 1UZ on boost earlier I guess they don't have to compromise top speed as much?
Dunno, thats my guess.
Sunny, boosted boats are sick, what other vehicle in the world can you slap whatever the **** motor you want in, and not have to worry about emissions, engine change regulations, or ANY ADRs.
And then drive it around legally as quick as you want, on public water

[smokin ef]

haha that would be a shitload of fun drivin that fukker around!!

[Gunns]

I know some of the guys in the ultimate class that run sterndrive's run a powerglide.