IDI in a boat

[SKimballC]

Arg, marinize that old rusty IDI.
http://cgi.ebay.com/FORD-6-9-7-3-V8...QQihZ015QQcategoryZ102818QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Mel, maybe a Moose motorboat for your next rig?

 

[Agnem]

Dang! I hope they include a picture of the motor before they tore it down, so one could figure out where all that stuff goes. If they sold diesel on the lakes I frequent, I'd have been all over that when my 302 blew a freeze plug last winter.

 

[Double-S-Diesel]

seems that I have seen that before, also its in austraila

 

[adrianspeeder]

I thought marine motors spin backwards?

"Arrrrrggghhh, pillage the high seas fer diesel fer my IDI..."

Adrian"pirate"speeder

 

[4x4TruckinGirl]

wow, that kits purty kewl! didn't know you could even do that, i've seen small block chevy's used but thats about it....

 

[jauguston]

Adrian,

Most marine engines turn the "normal" direction. Its just when you have twin engines that they have one turn "backward". That cancels the torque reaction from the propellers.

Jim

 

[adrianspeeder]

Cool info Jim, didn't know that. I did see a Marine 351HO efi with a cool intake graphic on ebay and it said reverse rotation.

Adrianspeeder

 

[icanfixall]

True, Some twin boat motors turn reverse rotation to each other. Now they just run a reverse rotation trans. Its really expensive to make a motor run backwards.

 

[swampdigger]

Hehe, unless it's a screamin' two-stroke Jimmy and you stalled it on a hill......

 

[Diesel JD]

The most common wya I have heard of the counter rotating motor being used is in twin engine outboard applications. In that case you can get the left hand motor cheap if the twins are ever separated for some reason. back on topic...why not just take some diesel to the lake with you? Can't use that much fuel inland...offshore or commercial fishing...they use LOTS of diesel over a 3 day grouper trip.

 

[tonkadoctor]

Hehe, unless it's a screamin' two-stroke Jimmy and you stalled it on a hill......

Havn't seen that in years, can happen when they kick back when trying to start them too... pretty neat when smoke comes out the intake and everybody soils themselves trying to shut it down

 

[TLBREWER]

Wonder if they do those conversions often or if this is a relisting. I saw that listed a couple of months ago.

That would be reason enough to build a cool old inboard. Now if we just had some water in New Mexico...

Tom

 

[bikepilot]

Northstar used to sell marine IDI motors, in fact a member at one of the sites has one in a welcraft IIRC.

 

[jtate]

marine

i have a 26ft shrimp boat that the 351 gasser gave up and i thought very serious about pulling the 6.9 out of my truck and putting it in my boat. it would push the hell out of it, because i have a 32ft boat with a 150hp isuzu diesekl in it and it will get on top and roll.

 

[spencnaz]

Are those water cooled exhausts on that kit?