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Originally Posted by Maynard
IIRC, some of the very first superchargers for cars were adapted off of Navy powerplants (and airplanes, but apparently the boat versions were easier to adapt?), so about as far from a new idea as you can get. They have speed shops for boats too if you go looking. Just remember that when you throw a rod in your car, you don't sink the whole car.
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Intimately familiar with some of the Milirary sea going applications. I work primarily topside on boats and ships but I'd imagine they're easier to adapt because there are no gears or adjustable props on most these boats so there's no tweaking speed/pitch profiles.
In my case I have "race throttles" with two clutches so just forward, neutral, reverse. Wouldn't warrant any crazy tuning. I have been relying on buddies for helping me with my boat but now that I'm in a new area it's probably worth picking the brains of a good boat performance shop at a minimum.