Suitable for Marine Use?

[SirGeo]

Ok, been perusing around for motors (still) and am coming across allot that are tagged "Suitable for marine use"..

What do they mean by that? as in it's not suitable for road use? or it's also ok for marine use? what makes it ok for marine use?

Steve.

[EAT-30T]

It means that you can drive your camaro down the river now without having to worry :p

[CI-1968]

im pretty sure that means its for boats or someting along those lines i remember at my old work we used to sell some crate motors and im pretty sure thats what it means coz a lot of people put them in boats it sounds odd i know...also i know your in melbourne but maybe try rocket industrie's in sydney and speak to dimitri he will be able to help you out with a crate motor and im sure they would be able to send it down

[SirGeo]

alright i get that, but what makes 1 motor ok for marine use and another not ok for it? is there something in particular people should look out for?

As far as i knew any motor can be thrown on a boat, as it doesn't actually sit in the water.....

And Kurt you gave me a 007 flash back with that comment :p

[EAT-30T]

LOL

I believe its got to do more with the material compostions the metals would be higher in silicon content etc to resist corrosion thats basically the gist of it.... I am not to sure what they do to an iron block to make it marine compatible? Perhaps an electro plating process of some kind

In short there is no reason you cant use one in a car but do remember Marine combo will be different to a car combo.... totally different power bands..

[SirGeo]

Hmm... i never thought about the blocks being prepped differently to suit the salty conditions.... if thats all it is to it, then i won't stress. :)

[EAT-30T]

Hmm... i never thought about the blocks being prepped differently to suit the salty conditions.... if thats all it is to it, then i won't stress. :)

Yes you can safely run salt water in your cooling system :p

[SirGeo]

lol

[VinnyCadillac]

Actually some motors can be made to spin in an oposite way. If you place two car engines in a boat one has to have "reverse polarity" (I think thats the term)

There may be something else with the transmission hookup also

[VinnyCadillac]

I asked my brother who is a mechanic about this last night. He told me that engines in a boat are made with a "so called" thicker engine block. He went on to say that he thinks it is because of corrosion especially around an engine running in salt water. Don't know if this is the real reason but it sounded good as he was talking about it.

He thought it was just a bunch of bull as he has put a few car engines in boats over the years.

[Dillons69]

I thought it had something to do with cooling, as the heads on my friends boat look different, and he said it was to do with cooling ?, Because he says no radiator on his boat and most he knew off.