Thread: Cool boat!!
View Single Post
  #4  
Old 04-03-2011, 10:08 AM
Bill Ladd Bill Ladd is offline
Registered Shadetree
 
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Wilmington, NC
Posts: 676
Quote:
Originally Posted by t walgamuth View Post
What the heck are the motors in that Miss America boat? They look to be chevy v8s but why are the stacks so enormous?
When the old Packard engines were discarded for more modern Chevy power in the early seventies, skinnier 8-pipe exhausts were installed.



Looks like they've since retrofitted large six-pipe units to mimic the originals on the Packard 12s.
__________________
____________
1998 E300 +310,000K
1996 E300 +460,000K



Last edited by Bill Ladd; 04-03-2011 at 11:09 AM.
Reply With Quote