Beta Marine Engines

Barry · Barry

I'm looking at replacing my a4 in my C&C 33 mark 1. It has a Vdrive with a 16in Maxi Prop. Displacement of 10000 lbs and water line lenght of 26 ft. What do you think of the BD902 or the 28hp version. It also has a 2 to 1 reduction gear. Any comments would be appreciated

mikeB · mikeB

Is there a difference between the diesel I get at a gas station and the diesel I get at a marina gas/diesel dock? I try to go to a Valvtect certified marina (biocide and stabilizers in fuel) if possible, but if not I use only marine diesel in my engine. Thanks for any and all opinions.

Swaussi · Swaussi

Hi Stanely Is it worth while opening and area where one can view pictures of the various installations and how they have over come the their problems of placing motors, components. etc Perhaps you aleady have this facility. PS I see you have an area to take images but perhaps they should be stored unde...

Brian · Brian

Hey Stanley, Got a quick question for you. Work and the weather has been a bear lately. Since I haven't been able to take out the boat much lately, how often should I run the engine? I've been running it up to temp by putting it in fwd and reverse about every 2-3 weeks. Is that enough? We repowered just over a...

mikeB · mikeB

A short time ago there was a discussion about expected fuel consumption which interested me as I was planning a long sail/motor from CT to VA. On Sun. Sept. 9 we began a trip from Norwalk CT to Hampton, VA arriving at VA on Friday Sept. 14 after a 28+ hour last day sail/motor from Cape May, NJ against swells...

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	A4 replacement (Preview) I'm looking at replacing my a4 in my C&C 33 mark 1. It has a Vdrive with a 16in Maxi Prop. Displacement of 10000 lbs and water line lenght of 26 ft. What do you think of the BD902 or the 28hp version. It also has a 2 to 1 reduction gear. Any comments would be appreciated	Barry	6	1555	Nov 6, 2007 by Barry
	Marine diesel vs Highway diesel (Preview) Is there a difference between the diesel I get at a gas station and the diesel I get at a marina gas/diesel dock? I try to go to a Valvtect certified marina (biocide and stabilizers in fuel) if possible, but if not I use only marine diesel in my engine. Thanks for any and all opinions.	mikeB	1	1700	Oct 30, 2007 by Stanley
	Pictures of installations (Preview) Hi Stanely Is it worth while opening and area where one can view pictures of the various installations and how they have over come the their problems of placing motors, components. etc Perhaps you aleady have this facility. PS I see you have an area to take images but perhaps they should be stored unde...	Swaussi	1	1535	Oct 7, 2007 by Stanley
	Running engine just to run... (Beta16) (Preview) Hey Stanley, Got a quick question for you. Work and the weather has been a bear lately. Since I haven't been able to take out the boat much lately, how often should I run the engine? I've been running it up to temp by putting it in fwd and reverse about every 2-3 weeks. Is that enough? We repowered just over a...	Brian	1	1458	Oct 7, 2007 by Stanley
	Actual fuel consumption BV1505 (Preview) A short time ago there was a discussion about expected fuel consumption which interested me as I was planning a long sail/motor from CT to VA. On Sun. Sept. 9 we began a trip from Norwalk CT to Hampton, VA arriving at VA on Friday Sept. 14 after a 28+ hour last day sail/motor from Cape May, NJ against swells...	mikeB	2	1293	Sep 18, 2007 by mikeB
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