Brings a tear to one's eye

[GJD]

These are pics of the prettiest er I've ever seen from a gentleman's 53edmy on lake Barkley, KY. He was, rightfully, quite proud of his handiwork. Love the shiny copper! Sheesh, if only ...

 

[REBrueckner]

What's the vertical white cylinder with the blue 1.5" flex hose looping around in the first and last photo??

And in the second photo, I see two air connections, one from each turbo,the blue silicon hoses coming from aft, to the blower....when did Detroit change to that arrangement?? Have not seen that double feed before.

 

[MikeP]

It is pretty! Can't imagine the work it takes to keep the copper that clean while, at the same time, not discoloring the white paint as you use the brasso/never dull/whatever on the copper. Though maybe he coated the copper with clear lacquer after polishing.

I have also not seen that turbo connection before - it looks extremely restrictive airflow-wise compared to the "normal" setup. From what I can see it looks like an 8V71TI but could it be something smaller?

 

[doc g]

Looks like 6v92ta's to me , and someone has entirely too much time on thier hands.........................................Pat

 

[tom5518]

I have also not seen that turbo connection before - it looks extremely restrictive airflow-wise compared to the "normal" setup. From what I can see it looks like an 8V71TI but could it be something smaller?

Mike, the engine looks to me like it may be a 6V92.

 

[Captned]

Looks like 6v92ta's to me , and someone has entirely too much time on thier hands.........................................Pat

And money!

Captned
MBMM

 

[SportFishCruising]

Too much time and too much money. Two nice problems to have!

 

[Capt K]

Maybe he's cheating. He may have laquered the copper pipes.
Still, ...........................................

Nice!

K

 

[Pete]

My speculation is the vertical white cylinder is a drain chest to consolidate both black water and gray water waste. The boat is a lake so they may not allow gray water discharge into the lake, so all waste water goes into the holding tank.

As for the copper and other shining objects, I suspect use in fresh water is helping here also. Not sure that any amount of maintenance would give you this result in a salt air environment.

Pete

 

[SKYCHENEY]

The white pvc cylinder is the sea chest. Hatteras changed from glassing them into the hullside to that pvc setup in the mid 80's.

 

[jim rosenthal]

Someone isn't using their boat enuff....

 

[doc g]

or taking their meds as Rx'd.................................Pat