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30-04-2014, 05:56 PM #1

Join Date: Apr 2014

roOhat Location: Isle of Lewis
Posts: 551

My Thundercat

Hi,
thought I'd introduce myself and make a thread showing off my
boat.
It's a 2005 Thundercat with a 2006 Tohatsu 50 D2. Got above
prop exhaust relief holes, aftermarket nakuru coils and leads,
lighting coils removed and boyesen carbon reeds.

Got 3 different props for it at the moment, trying to get another.

15p SOLAS cupped, got 42 knots.

Next to it is an 18p Mercury chopper (10 3/8 x 18), good for 49

knots

And the most recent one, Mercury cleaver (11x18) 50 knots so

far.

If anyone knows of a 20 or 22p cleaver for sale let me know!

I've recently bought a set of yamaha 70 carbs to go on it and

will be modifying the exhaust tube as well (opening it up and
cutting 25mm from the end).
Will hopefully get the crank welded so I can remove the rev
limiter and also remove the starter ring gear from the Oywheel.
Should give much better acceleration, hopefully as good with an
18p prop as the standard engine was with a 15p.
If I manage to get a 22p prop and all these mods done then I
reckon 60 knots is maybe achievable

Cheers,
Seumas

30-04-2014, 05:57 PM #2

Join Date: Apr 2014

roOhat Location: Isle of Lewis
Posts: 551

Thinking about getting the head skimmed this summer as well

for more compression. Tried to measure what it is currently but
the tester was useless so I've ordered a new one. From what I
can tell its running around 140psi just now.
Apparently 1mm off the head raises it 30psi, anyone know what
PSI is safe to run using normal pump fuel?

30-04-2014, 10:36 PM #3

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mobil1 Posts: 57

I have run 170psi on 98, but it will be arround 180/190 after the
mods. With the compresion ratio i have, i can still run 98 fuel...
Don't go to lean and watch out with the timing.
And what squish do you have now? 0,9mm would be perfect.
But would also mean you can't shave the head without
machining the squishband...

Know what you do before its to late.

Never had it, but i quess seizing your engine sucks

How many rpm with the 11x18?

I have a merc cleaver 11x22, bit to big... Only 6300 wit std
engine.
Now with mods hopefully arround 7000 .
Also 4blade overhub 11x20 , not driven yet.

Nice speeds you achieved so far

30-04-2014, 10:42 PM #4

Join Date: Apr 2014

roOhat Location: Isle of Lewis
Posts: 551

Hey, thanks for the reply.

The head is totally stock right now, will have to check what
compression it's running before I touch it. 170psi should be
about right I think.

Getting 5850rpm with all the props (limiter is still on until I get
the crank welded).

7000rpm with a 22p would be fairly moving!

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08-09-2014, 04:36 PM #5

Join Date: Apr 2014

roOhat Location: Isle of Lewis
Posts: 551

Just realised I've not been updating this thread! quite a bit has
been done.
this was a couple months ago:

Started taking apart my engine today, got it completely stripped

down today and got a few things done.

Started with basically a stock engine - boyesen reeds, exhaust

mod, lighting coils removed and nukaru coils.

Plan is
Get the crank welded
Get the crank/Oywheel balanced
remove Oywheel ring gear
get the head shaved 1mm
polish pistons, head, ports etc.
yamaha 70 carbs
D1 exhaust tuner
BR8 HIX plugs - Think these are correct for a shaved head?
Mikuni triple fuel pump (reliability not performance)

Here's the coils:

Here's the yam 70 carbs next to the standard D2 carbs:

They're the square bowl type. Very tight it on the tohatsu! Had
to shave a bolt to get them to squish together enough. Think
these are automatic choke? Not sure how I'm going to the get
that to work...

Another small problem - the 50hp carb bolts are too short, so
I've had to order 90mm long ones.

I was speaking to fast fred before I started so I knew this one -

You have to use the link from the tohatsu 50 on the 70 carbs.
The 70 ones aren't adjustable whereas the 50 ones are.

Another small job -

You can see the step at the back of the carbs, to take advantage
of the extra diameter of the 70 carbs you have to open up the
reed block.

08-09-2014, 04:39 PM #6

Join Date: Apr 2014

roOhat Location: Isle of Lewis
Posts: 551

Next the powerhead came off -

Continued to strip it down, irst time taking an engine back this

far -

Pistons before polishing -

After -

Started wtih 240 grit sand paper then 500 then 2000.

The cylinder head got the same treatment -

08-09-2014, 04:40 PM #7

Join Date: Apr 2014

roOhat Location: Isle of Lewis
Posts: 551

Had a go at some mild porting -

Think I'm going to open them up some. The top one here is
stock, the middle is after I smoothed it. They had very rough
edges when I started and they're already much smoother, but
not much larger. Thoughts on this?

08-09-2014, 04:42 PM #8

Join Date: Apr 2014

roOhat Location: Isle of Lewis
Posts: 551

Got the Oywheel done, weighed 3.42kg to begin with, 2.96kg

after. Not much less but all the weight removed was from the
outside edges so it has more effect.

Just used a grinder to cut almost to the centre part of the

Oywheel, the used a hacksaw to inish it. Just popped apart,
simple as.