CUV scores C-T-C victory 25 years after it's last C-T-C victory

[FLYING FISH]

So each Lambo motor had 4 exhaust pipes coming out?

See attached pic.

[FLYING FISH]

Flying fish I found the pic last night off your website powerboat archive.com. Quick question why are the exhaust pipes all curved on the back of the 38 instead of coming straight out?

It looks like they tried to balance up equal lengths of pipes for both forward and aft engines,presumably so any backpressure was the same for both engines.

[Bobcat]

Thanks for the pic. Elegant motors.

[old377guy]

that is indeed a beautiful engine and my, what a lot of pipes!

[Ratickle]

What was/is the advantage of the Lambo engines for boats? Compared to how many cars they build, there sure were quite a few in boats.....

[FLYING FISH]

What was/is the advantage of the Lambo engines for boats? Compared to how many cars they build, there sure were quite a few in boats.....

I suppose one should get a definitive answer from the guys who decided to use them,but I tend to think,when the lambos appeared it was at a time when the OP1 fleets in Europe were 30+ on a regular basis,mainly Italian,so to have Italian engines in Italian built boats were a good patriotic thing to achieve,rather like Jaguar engines in British boats,except that fell flat.Trick was,to find an engine as reliable as the Mercruiser,which takes some doing for smaller nations.Mind you, diesels were another story re Isottas and Seateks,but they don`t have the wow factor in the U.S.Always quite amusing to see Buzzi wind the yanks up on this,and then go out and beat em!

[Cookee]

What was/is the advantage of the Lambo engines for boats? Compared to how many cars they build, there sure were quite a few in boats.....

They made a specific marinised version of one of their big gas engines, diesels were relatively unrefined in those days and the big Class One boats needed big horsepower - In addition Class One was very well supported in Italy in those days with powerboat racing probably biggest in that country for this side of the Atlantic (and still is).