The Sabbs are great engines, very reliable and quiet thanks to their super
big flywhell.
They are easy to fix, easy to rebuild and the company as dealers in the US
or will ship parts.
I would pay up to $ 1,000.00 for a running 10 HP especially if it comes with
the var. pitch prop and shaft.
My only reservation is the HP, 10 HP is a little small for that very heavy
Devlin design. Those old engines have great torque at low rpm but still, I
would prefer to see a 20 in there.
Again: it's a great engine.

--
Jacques
http://www.bateau.com

"NKlykken" wrote in message
...
you mean you are looking at a grossly heavy, pitifully underpowered
engine
made
in some garage in Norway

Sabbs are wonderfully suited for what they do best in a displacement hull.
They will run forever with a minimum of care. They are as dependable as
it
gets. Sabb makes starter kits for them, but they can always be
hand-cranked
and will start at just about any temperature.

Offer the guy $1000.00 bucks and be overjoyed if he takes it. If you are
looking to power a displacment hull and understand the benefits of
variable
pitch, then this would be a gift.

Good Luck !

Regards,

Nils Klykken
St. Pete, Florida

I would pay up to $ 1,000.00 for a running 10 HP especially if it comes with
the var. pitch prop and shaft.

It *HAS* to come with the variable pitch prop and shaft. That is the ONLY
transmission made for the engine.

Those old engines have great torque at low rpm

HP = torque times rpm. If it has just 10 hp and it achieves this hp at lower
rpm it MUST have higher torque (otherwise it wouldn't make 10 hp), and this
means it MUST have more cubic inch displacement. There is zero point zero
advantage to "more torque". It is the hp you need to drive the boat. A 90,000
rpm turbine engine, or 12,000 rpm racing 2-cycle, or 9,500 rpm racing 4-cycle,
or a 6,000 production 2-cycle, or 4,500 production 4-cycle, or a 3,000
production diesel, or a 1,500 rpm industrial diesel, or a 500 rpm mule diesel
engine, or a 50 rpm steam engine, or 10 plough horses (actually, about 8 plough
horses as Jimmy Watt kinds fibbed a bit about the strength of plough horses to
help sell his steam engines), are ALL just 10 horsepower, and it *IS* the hp
that drives the boat.

but still, I
would prefer to see a 20 in there.

The 20 hp Sabb engine weights in at 880#, or well more than a 750 hp MoPar
hemi.

You REALLY have to like the _thought_ of a seriously heavy, low output *diesel*
engine to think that the Sabb engines are anything useful.

Think of it: a 880# engine that puts out less hp than a teenage boy's 180 cc
motorcycle.

Again: it's a great engine.

As is a 2,000# 2hp steam engine in the right circumstance, but it gotta be a
character type boat to be the right circumstance.

A huge displacement, high torque, slow turning 10 hp motor puts out no more hp
than a tiny displacement, high reving, low torque 10 hp motor.

I would pay up to $ 1,000.00 for a running 10 HP especially if it comes with
the var. pitch prop and shaft.

It's complete......
Regards,

Nils Klykken
St. Pete, Florida