2006-12-02 09:31:29 · 16 answers · asked by LEE P 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Boats & Boating
+ First build a boat, OK put a good plug in the bath tub. Then add a little engine with a hole in the end that you want the prop shaft to go through. Get the picture?
2006-12-02 16:25:32 · answer #1 · answered by Clamdigger 6 · 5⤊ 3⤋
yes, you need a diesel engine that can cope with being at load all day, not like a car diesel.
Judging by the white vans on the motorway at 90MPH from Manchester to London every day I'd say it can cope with the load quite well !
Marinising a road diesel engine is a common conversion. You need a water pump that drags sea/river/canal water out of the drink and passes through a heat exchanger, then you drive normal clean water cooling around the engine as if the heat exchanger were a radiator.
Power train ?
The simplest, and smoothest method is to fit a hydraulic pump on the drive shaft ( get rid of all the clutch system ) and fit a hydraulic motor on the prop shaft. You may have to experiment with gear train reduction, i've used a 2:1 on the motor in the end. It would be worth planning this anyway, you keep the motor out of the bilge and always have the option to easily change the max speed by changing the gears.
For the power a transit engine can produce i woudl use a 50 litre hydraulic tank and a water heat exchanger. For a canal boat you may get away without the hydraulic heat exhanger, the mass of the 50 litres of oil might cope if the tank has air cooling fins.
They you can control neutral, fwd,rev with a solenoid and you end up with the flexibility of just having an eletrical switch for drive. trottle by a normal cable.
2006-12-05 04:47:52 · answer #2 · answered by Michael H 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
You'd be better with the 2.5 Diesel engine that was in 1998-on Scorpios as it was based on a marine engine. It has separate cylinder heads and blocks for each piston to ease maintenance in a boat.
2006-12-03 10:56:27 · answer #3 · answered by Bandit600 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lee forget transit engine go for a golf diesel lighter and easier to service and install you can change inlet camshaft for highlift to increase power great fun then with decent air in take system cheers
2006-12-03 09:40:46 · answer #4 · answered by not a mused 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Explain transit engine.
2006-12-02 17:33:28 · answer #5 · answered by solara 437 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Depends what sort of boat - Narrowboats sometimes have old Lister Cab engines so I dont see why not xx
2006-12-02 17:33:23 · answer #6 · answered by starlet108 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
as long as you take it out of the transit first, but you'll only get picked on, oh look its white boat man, ( its a uk thing)
2006-12-02 18:46:26 · answer #7 · answered by polly a 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes you can.
Ford has a special division dedicated to converting engines for different use other than vehicles. They specialise in Marine work.
Visit a Ford dealer and ask for details or call in your nearest Marina.
2006-12-03 11:04:47 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Yeah why not, better in a Canal narrow boat than a speedboat
2006-12-02 22:35:37 · answer #9 · answered by "Call me Dave" 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, if the boat is big enough and it will always steer you towards a booze cruise.
2006-12-02 17:33:15 · answer #10 · answered by Lewisthelab 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋