11-15-2010, 10:16 AM
Hey guys -
Sorry it's taken me a few days to get back to this.
@Keith - When Peninsular bought the Diesel Dazzle there were some issues with the power that was in it. Being the company that we are, the decision was easy to replace the engine with a new 300 HP turbo diesel. Among the reasons was that a newly painted engine would serve as a show/sales tool. Because it's the company boat, it's also a fluid piece of gear - in other words, we do a lot of experimenting on it. We've fussed with the cooling system, completely rebuilt the Konrad stern drive, replaced the prop (and promptly damaged it and had it repaired), and some other miscellaneous stuff. If you're really curious about the details, feel free to call us and talk to Matt. He's the queso-grande here and it's his baby.
As for the gauges for the exhaust and turbo boost - those are not gauges that we typically include with our panel. Our panel includes a volt meter, tach, oil pressure and water temp, along with the glow plug timer switch and a couple of alarms. Boost gauges are something we typically sell to the automotive crowd but isn't usually of interest to our marine customers. Of course we can get the guages for you - but on the other end is the sensors. The turbo exhaust housing would need to be drilled and tapped to install these sensors. Our engines have water cooled exhaust housings, so one would have to be careful where the sensors are located.
Let me know if you want more information on this subject.
Sorry it's taken me a few days to get back to this.
@Keith - When Peninsular bought the Diesel Dazzle there were some issues with the power that was in it. Being the company that we are, the decision was easy to replace the engine with a new 300 HP turbo diesel. Among the reasons was that a newly painted engine would serve as a show/sales tool. Because it's the company boat, it's also a fluid piece of gear - in other words, we do a lot of experimenting on it. We've fussed with the cooling system, completely rebuilt the Konrad stern drive, replaced the prop (and promptly damaged it and had it repaired), and some other miscellaneous stuff. If you're really curious about the details, feel free to call us and talk to Matt. He's the queso-grande here and it's his baby.
As for the gauges for the exhaust and turbo boost - those are not gauges that we typically include with our panel. Our panel includes a volt meter, tach, oil pressure and water temp, along with the glow plug timer switch and a couple of alarms. Boost gauges are something we typically sell to the automotive crowd but isn't usually of interest to our marine customers. Of course we can get the guages for you - but on the other end is the sensors. The turbo exhaust housing would need to be drilled and tapped to install these sensors. Our engines have water cooled exhaust housings, so one would have to be careful where the sensors are located.
Let me know if you want more information on this subject.
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