Twin Torque Engineering V12 Boat Run on Lake X

Andy Harman
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Published 2016-11-30
Here is footage of a 49' Skater catamaran with twin 1150HP Torque Engineering V12 engines being tested on Mercury Marine's Lake X in central Florida. The time is July of 1998. It is a 46' Skater race hull with a 3' swim platform. Two 859 cubic inch EFI V12 engines driving through Mercury 6 outdrives. Top speed in the testing was about 140 mph. This boat was built as a demonstrator to show what the Torque Engineering V12's could do.

Pay no attention to the website shown at the end of the video. Torque Engineering went bankrupt in 2002.
All Comments (7)
  • @dennismason3740
    @Andy Harman - yes, thank you for the correction. I get names mixed up sometimes - Charles Lindbergh and the P-38. I couldn't remember where I typed the wrong name.
  • @muria64
    I saw a vid of one of these engines in a Shelby cobra... crazy power!
  • @BOBZS1
    I worked at the place in Elkhart that built these engines. Does Dick streffling still own any of these boats.
  • @turbostyler
    Have you got any more videos with the torque v12 engines? They sound marvelous.