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**Monopoly 46** · 11-02-2010 09:28 PM

Originally Posted by John P

Call me I'll put you in touch with the guy that put the arneson's on his black thunder. Maybe he'll have some good insights for you.

what bt has arneson drives??

**John P** · 11-02-2010 09:40 PM

Turbinator

**Nevr2nd** · 11-02-2010 11:20 PM

Originally Posted by MILD THUNDER

Reggie's not my mentor, he is my hero!

What if..you were to re-rig the titanic with say Speedmaster #5 drives on the outer motors, and a IIIA on the center motor. Then go with triple 750HP mills. Eric from St. Louis has the 43 BT with ssm V drives. (twin setup) and that thing runs pretty darn good! No drive issues and i think he is 800HP a side?

Thanks Mild,

Yep, my BT does have the twin Young Performance Marine. They are to put out 750hp, and its tuned for fuel economy.
I have not had any trouble with my SSM V Drives,(my fingers are crossed) as a I say this.
It is the raised deck and weighs 11,500 dry. However I'm not sure if that includes the gen-set on board or not.

**Coolerman** · 11-02-2010 11:41 PM

Originally Posted by John P

Turbinator

Hey John, Performance boat TV did a segment on turbinator about 5-6yrs ago (can't find the clip anymore), and the boat was rigged/worked on by MTT and they had said that they built their own drives for it of which they called the stinger drive... it looked like a modified arneson though, maybe Rik can chime in. If I remember right, the main difference was that they had put rudders behind each prop (not 100% sure of this).

I don't know who owned turbinator when that TV clip was taken..... Maybe they scrapped the stinger drive since that clip and put arnesons on. Maybe Rik can clarify which BT's he has sold drives for. Also, turbinator was a 43 hull, not a 460. Although the 43's and earlier 46's are almost identical in design, they have very different running characteristics. Do you know the original owner of Turbinator? Was his name Ted by chance?

**Rik** · 11-03-2010 01:57 AM

Originally Posted by saxman

Hey John, Performance boat TV did a segment on turbinator about 5-6yrs ago (can't find the clip anymore), and the boat was rigged/worked on by MTT and they had said that they built their own drives for it of which they called the stinger drive... it looked like a modified arneson though, maybe Rik can chime in. If I remember right, the main difference was that they had put rudders behind each prop (not 100% sure of this). Maybe they scrapped the stinger drive since that clip and put arnesons on.

I don't know who owned turbinator when that TV clip was taken..... Maybe they scrapped the stinger drive since that clip and put arnesons on. Maybe Rik can clarify which BT's he has sold drives for. Also, turbinator was a 43 hull, not a 460. Although the 43's and earlier 46's are almost identical in design, they have very different running characteristics. Do you know the original owner of Turbinator? Was his name Ted by chance?

The stinger was kinda another cheap copy of an Arneson that "cheap" is its best feature.

There was, according to Terry Sobo, a BT with Pulse drives that was a disaster (mind you an Arneson and a Pulse are nothing alike so please, no guilt by association (surface drive))

I honestly do not know of any BT's with Arnesons. That being said, there is a lot of fear about boat brands and what works but I have not found any particular hull that is totally crap. If the boat is good then the Arnesons will make it better. Likewise, no one can polish a turd. Thankfully the BT's are not turds.

**John P** · 11-03-2010 08:13 AM

Originally Posted by saxman

Hey John, Performance boat TV did a segment on turbinator about 5-6yrs ago (can't find the clip anymore), and the boat was rigged/worked on by MTT and they had said that they built their own drives for it of which they called the stinger drive... it looked like a modified arneson though, maybe Rik can chime in. If I remember right, the main difference was that they had put rudders behind each prop (not 100% sure of this). Maybe they scrapped the stinger drive since that clip and put arnesons on.

I don't know who owned turbinator when that TV clip was taken..... Maybe they scrapped the stinger drive since that clip and put arnesons on. Maybe Rik can clarify which BT's he has sold drives for. Also, turbinator was a 43 hull, not a 460. Although the 43's and earlier 46's are almost identical in design, they have very different running characteristics. Do you know the original owner of Turbinator? Was his name Ted by chance?

Here is a pic from his web site.
http://marineturbine.com/images-projects/Full/BR15.jpg

Yes his name is Ted.

From the looks of the things they build it is a first class operation to me.

**Coolerman** · 11-03-2010 10:09 AM

Originally Posted by Rik

There was, according to Terry Sobo, a BT with Pulse drives that was a disaster (mind you an Arneson and a Pulse are nothing alike so please, no guilt by association (surface drive))

I've never heard of a happy pulse drive conversion....... The zero cavity 38 cig comes to mind.

**Rik** · 11-03-2010 12:59 PM

Originally Posted by saxman

I've never heard of a happy pulse drive conversion....... The zero cavity 38 cig comes to mind.

Oh.. You mean the Dentist that spent a but load of $$$$$$$$$ on PSI's and then spent another but load putting the #3's back on it...

I've got so many of those old Cigarette's with Arnesons that run so great that I feel so bad for him. He could have been a happy boater but everyone said the Arnesons do not work..

**Coolerman** · 11-03-2010 01:22 PM

Originally Posted by Rik

Oh.. You mean the Dentist that spent a but load of $$$$$$$$$ on PSI's and then spent another but load putting the #3's back on it...

I've got so many of those old Cigarette's with Arnesons that run so great that I feel so bad for him. He could have been a happy boater but everyone said the Arnesons do not work..

Yeah, I think his name was Dr.Santiago.... It looked like a nice boat otherwise.

**endeavor1** · 11-03-2010 06:06 PM

afer seeing pics of the Turbinator, I wonder just what bob said when that guy walked in and placed his order.....

**Rik** · 11-03-2010 11:49 PM

Originally Posted by saxman

Yeah, I think his name was Dr.Santiago.... It looked like a nice boat otherwise.

Beautiful boat. I think it was a dark purple with yellow graphic's? What was it called "Mr. Cavity" or something like that..

**Bobcat** · 11-04-2010 08:17 AM

Zero Cavity

It was for sale a few years ago , the guy that owned it had stolen money from a trust fund set up for Jennifer Poulter (sp?) from the Fort Meyers Offshore club. it was covered in mold and looked like hell.

**Ratickle** · 11-13-2010 10:20 AM

Horseplay was down here.....

**endeavor1** · 11-13-2010 03:00 PM

Originally Posted by Ratickle

Horseplay was down here.....

Thats a BT that can run also!

**racer511** · 11-19-2010 09:48 AM

Originally Posted by endeavor1

Thats a BT that can run also!

The motors started out as triple 675s chiefs, very nice boat

**Wreckdoctor** · 01-03-2011 11:21 PM

Originally Posted by endeavor1

afer seeing pics of the Turbinator, I wonder just what bob said when that guy walked in and placed his order.....

Funny story about turbinator, The boat came to ratical graphics where I was helping in the evenings after I got done with my real job, rodney schwentker the owner and I have been friends for years and he needed help as he was just getting started painting black thunders. I'm guessing but I think this was around 97-98 when we painted this boat. I think the guy that built it if memory serves me correctly owned golds gyms. He was building it for turbines so the rear was beefed up,
Anyway, he gave us the basic design he wanted, the flames have a paint that had just came out in them, it changes color with different angles. It was 300 dollars an ounce... Unheard of at the time.

He flew in to look at it, and gave us a picture of himself, just of his face, and the VCR cover of terminator movie with Arnold schwartzneger in it, on the movie cover it was arnolds face ripped open exposing a robot skull, the owner wanted his face airbrushed onto the turbine engine on the side with his face ripped open exposing a robot skull. We were like ehhhhhhhh. Ok??? It's your money dude... Lol

So that's where the face on the turbine came from, a Polaroid of the original owner.

We painted the front stripe on ripping into little shreds going into the turbine late one night and started clearing the thing at 3:00 am in the morning.
I walked out at 6:00 that morning after working all night to get it cleared. Six gallons of clear if I remember correctly. Buffed next day all night and it left for Miami next day, never saw it or heard about it again..

Till now