Reply With QuoteYears ago there used to be a slideshow presentation (or maybe a movie clip) of the conversion on the internet. Don't know if it's still out there though.
In the back of Hot Boat there's always an ad for Unlimited Marine talking about "Berkeley type pumps converted to surface drive I/O"
Have any of you guys seen this? Pics? Info?
Years ago there used to be a slideshow presentation (or maybe a movie clip) of the conversion on the internet. Don't know if it's still out there though.
Rocket, John (Unlimited) has had that concept for years,never seen one but kind of scary to think about that "cleaver" spinning round at the transom ? Tom
I sure wouldn't want one.
Seen the ad for YEEAAARS, but never seen the finished project. Surprised more people don't ask about it! Who's gonna get the story/pictures from Unlimited?!
Surface drives are fast fast fast!
The one I remember seeing years back, used the jet drive housing as a support for the surface drive prop shaft. It was a conversion using parts from the Berk and parts for the prop n shaft deal. Obviously they closed off the intake in some manner, but didn't show any real detail about how the conversion was done. Pretty strange and definitely dangerous looking.
I attempted to find it on a search, but no luck. It had to be 10 years ago that I saw it. Going back to the old RJB days.
Or there's this deal.
http://www.dbdmarine.com/
http://www.dbdmarine.com/images/DBD-...-outdrives.jpg
http://www.dbdmarine.com/images/CD-300-Diagram.gif
I remember some type of drawing where a "Z" drive (Casale) was driven by the engine and the propshaft (overdriven, like a normal vdrive) was aft. I'd really be interested in seeing some pictures!!!!
This ad says it has a Surface/Vdrive......not like the Unlimited Marine deal.
Wished I had seen this boat run!:boxed:
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/...rfacedrive.jpg
Looks like an old Lake Ming photo heading away from the dam toward where we have the rope now ...
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/...rfacedrive.jpg
The first surface drive I ever remember seeing was in 1985. someone took a TX-19 style hull with a 400 small block Chevy and put an Arneson drive on the back of it. It was quite an impressive feat. The hull would leave the starting line torquing over, but once it was straightened out it would really go. The boat ran several 100+ mph passes at the Waco SBDA races.
Then I rememeber the day when they were revving the engine in the pits and the thing threw a gear or something. The shrapnel went through the side of the hull, then threw the door of the motorhome parked beside it and out the plate glass window at the dinner table in the motor home. There were folks sitting at the table at the time and when the shrapnel went out the window and scattered glass oll over the folks sitting in law chairs in the back of a pickup on the other side of the motor home.
I don't remember the boat showing back up at any races after that. It still was impressive as the small block chevy was running a single four with a 14" chrome air cleaner..... no big scoop and looked real stock.... but would run pretty good! 100 plus with a SBC in the mid 80's. Now that surface drive with the big prop hanging out back a couple of feet or so behind the boat was wild looking!!!
Gearhead
There was a 21' Eliminator with an Arneson Surface Drive on E-Bay about a year ago. Claimed to be the owner of Arneson's old boat, very clean and looked awsome.
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