boydeste Posted April 27, 2019 Share Posted April 27, 2019 11 hours ago, Thinkingallowed said: How would you like one of these in your boat @Painter ? 2000kW of power. Wow, is that gearbox driven from a cam belt? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punter Posted April 27, 2019 Share Posted April 27, 2019 (edited) Taken in my Dad's bathroom in Cardiff. Edited April 27, 2019 by Punter To give location 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thinkingallowed Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 14 hours ago, boydeste said: Wow, is that gearbox driven from a cam belt? Definitely not mate. Here’s a representation of the space saved with this set up... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boydeste Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 3 hours ago, Thinkingallowed said: Definitely not mate. Here’s a representation of the space saved with this set up... Ah so that's a splined inline coupling. I did wonder as there still must be a fair amount of torque generated driving that gearbox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunDon Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 (edited) 40 minutes ago, boydeste said: Ah so that's a splined inline coupling. I did wonder as there still must be a fair amount of torque generated driving that gearbox. Many moons ago, a mate of mine acquired an ex RAF Air/Sea rescue boat made from marine ply which slept 10. We regularly went across the channel to France or the Channel Island’s in it. The engines were twin Rolls Royce Merlin (Spitfire) Super Marine engines and the damn thing went like a bat out of hell. Both the engines were mounted with the gearbox facing the bow and the drive shaft went into a “V Drive”, which reversed the shaft rotation through a second shaft to the props, similar too the one in the picture. Damn it was fast. 🤗 Edited April 28, 2019 by KhunDon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Sherlock Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 46 minutes ago, thumper63 said: Some great colours there. I bet in the fall time the colours must be amazing!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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thumper63 Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 Cherry trees are in full bloom. A bit too overcast for good pics. You can see the burn from last June's fire in the background. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thumper63 Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 Washed Baby on Saturday 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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thumper63 Posted May 5, 2019 Share Posted May 5, 2019 On 4/28/2019 at 11:40 PM, Sherlock said: Some great colours there. I bet in the fall time the colours must be amazing!! It's not like back East where they have LOTs of reds mixed in. Here in Colorado it's mostly the aspens and oaks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Aqualung Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 Spent the morning by the river in Ayuttyha. Looks like someone is building a very nice pad across the river. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john luke Posted May 11, 2019 Author Share Posted May 11, 2019 In a grey world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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thumper63 Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 Up above Silverton Colorado 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillearly Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 On 5/5/2019 at 9:50 PM, thumper63 said: Stunning colours 🙂 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thumper63 Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 (edited) Thank you Stillearly. I have been blessed to live in a beautiful corner of Colorado. As with most places, there are great photo ops all around but you have to be there to catch them. Edited May 17, 2019 by thumper63 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starshine Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 46 minutes ago, thumper63 said: Thank you Stillearly. I have been blessed to live in a beautiful corner of Colorado. As with most places, there are great photo ops all around but you have to be there to catch them. Awesome Terry...but I would need a ski lift to go to the shops for groceries. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pumpuynarak Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 On 4/29/2019 at 8:57 PM, thumper63 said: Washed Baby on Saturday Seems beautiful ladies are not the only thing we have in common mate lol, here's my TT i had when they first came out (1998/99), there was no roadster then and metallic grey was the only colour available, loved it, great fun to drive. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunDon Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 2 hours ago, Pumpuynarak said: Seems beautiful ladies are not the only thing we have in common mate lol, here's my TT i had when they first came out (1998/99), there was no roadster then and metallic grey was the only colour available, loved it, great fun to drive. That looks like the 225 model with the twin exhaust. I imported a new one from Belgium late 99, (it arrived on Christmas Eve on a trailer) the 225Bhp model, same colour and saved myself around £8K over the Audi UK price. Only kept it for a few months, as I was always going abroad and thought it silly to keep it rusting away in the garage. Nice little car. Audi in UK were pissy with me and wouldn’t offer me a trade in for another Audi, as it was an import, despite being exactly the same spec as UK cars! They were trying to stop people importing their cars in an effort to keep their UK prices high.🤬 Swopped it for a new Honda Civic auto for the wife, but it had dropped £7k in trade in price as I’d put 20K miles on it in 7 months😡 I still remember the Reg no X326 XJT 🤗 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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