{"id":4935,"date":"2014-11-17T11:32:32","date_gmt":"2014-11-17T15:32:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=4935"},"modified":"2021-09-06T16:12:47","modified_gmt":"2021-09-06T21:12:47","slug":"air-boat-with-a-2500-hp-twin-turbo-v8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=4935","title":{"rendered":"Air Boat with a 2,500 hp Twin-Turbo V8"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We do not know what engines air boats typically run but we assume Nevin Jenkins’ air boat is pretty unique. Powering the two carbon fiber fan blades is a twin-turbo 632 ci Chevy big-block V8 built by Nelson Racing Engines. The engine makes 2,500 horsepower on 93 octane fuel.<\/p>\n

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Source: American Car Craft<\/a> via Nelson Racing Engines’ Youtube channel<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We do not know what engines air boats typically run but we assume Nevin Jenkins’ air boat is pretty unique. Powering the two carbon fiber fan blades is a twin-turbo 632 ci Chevy big-block V8 built by Nelson Racing Engines. The engine makes 2,500 horsepower on 93 octane fuel. Source: American Car Craft via Nelson… Read More »Air Boat with a 2,500 hp Twin-Turbo V8<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":4936,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":70,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[166],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-boat"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/air-boat-with-2500-hp-twin-turbo-big-block-v8-01.jpg?fit=1024%2C670&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14608,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=14608","url_meta":{"origin":4935,"position":0},"title":"Jetsprint Boat Powered by a Twin-Turbo VK56 V8","author":"swaptastic","date":"February 23, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"This is Graeme Hill's Jetsprint boat called \"Liquid Gold\" that competes in the Superboat Class of New Zealand Jetsprint Association. 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