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"Inboard Motor Installations" by Glen L. Witt and Ken Hankinson
Authoritative and very detailed procedures for choosing and installing engines. Includes propeller selection, shaft alignment, cooling and exhaust systems, ventilation, electrical, more.This is the only "how-to" book covering inboard motor installations in all types and sizes of pleasure boats, both power and sail. It is required reading for anyone installing an engine in a new boat or repowering or understanding the installation in an existing craft.
Marine engines are covered as well as converting an auto engine for marine use, with photos of the entire process for a typical automotive conversion. Also covered in detail are: matching motor and boat, installing the required hardware, aligning the motor, transmission types including vee-drives, stern-drives, and jet drives, exhaust systems, tanks and fuel systems, rudders and steering systems, controls and instrumentation, electrical systems, cooling systems, engine ventilation, trimplates, and much more. Written in non-technical, easy-to-understand language so that even the novice can master this often misunderstood subject.. It even shows you how to build a template of the hull, so you can lay out the whole process on your garage floor and get a true picture of what you need to do.
The authors are both boat designers with many years of experience in designing and working with all sorts of powerboats and sailboat auxiliaries, and realize the problems that confront the amateur. They've written this book to allow you to do a professional installation. If you are a novice and plan to install an engine in a hull that has never had an inboard in it, you will definitely want, and need this book.
Hardcover: 250 pages
Publisher: Intl Marine Pub Co;
Language: English
Product Dimensions: 26.4 x 20.6 x 5.3 cm
Shipping Weight: 975 g
Excellent condition.
Out of print.
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