Guys as a long time fast boat owner please put your life jackets on and your engine kill lanyard. If something happened at speed your chance of survival will greatly improve. As a long time Donzi owner including a sweet 16 I will say that a very nicely prepared boat.

Thats a really nice boat. Absolutely beautiful. But. Thats not a NASCAR engine. Probably a standard 260 MerCruiser with a Holley carb and a dress up kit. If that was a NASCAR engine, you would be doing well over 90MPH. A real NASCAR engine has over 800 horsepower. From what I see on your video, you hit 60MPH. My 17' Checkmate with a 150HP mercury outboard does 65MPH. Sorry to burst your bubble.

I worked at Sierra Boat Company in Lake Tahoe in the 80's and we had a 21' Donzi with a Ford SOHC 427 NASCAR motor. That thing was a blast to drive.

Very nice. I used to work for a Donzi Dealer. The 22 Classic is probably the best boat of it's kind ever made. That is the little brother.

I'm pretty sure a Nascar engine is capable of running upwards 8000+ RPM. You managed 6k and while it's impressive in its own right, the Mercruiser small block v8's can do the same all day long and never miss a beat. But I don't want to shit on your good times and I'm happy to see you are enjoying your beautiful boat with the people you care about in your life. Also thank you for doing what many of us won't do and that is making and sharing your videos with us.

There's only one thing nicer than the sound of peace and quite up north and that's the sound of one of these ripping across the lake. 😁👍

That is a sweet little Donzi.....the older ones were made way better than the new ones

Beautiful boat. 🤟🤟 My best friend had an 18' back in the '70s. I only have one word of advice...get a kill switch and ware the lanyard at ALL times, AMHIK. We now run an Allison GSE with a Gen2 Merc 200xs ROS, my Cruise control that sits next to me keeps it under 90.😂😂😂

I owned the exact same boat from ‘72. She was a stroked 302. Running in the high 50s.

There was a Donzi like that in the Down River area of the Detroit River back in the late 70’s, early 80’s. Always one of my favorites.

In the 80s and early 90s Donzi was king in Miami. Timeless design IMHO

I love the genuine excitement of all you guys when you were feeling the power! I know that feeling and it's priceless!!! Looks like you had a blast. Sweet boat!

I’ve been lucky to own a nascar built engine…..this doesn’t turn up or sound quite like mine. But you guys are still cool as heck.

Awesome boat and engine. Love that engine sound.

They make trim buttons that can be mounted on the wheel to operate with your thumb.

Absolutely beautiful. Made my night. Thanks for sharing.

Dan Aykroyd in The Great Outdoors with the boat Suck My Wake is what I'm reminded of

Amazing....speeds that we do daily in a car are so thrilling on a boat.

good to raise that engine cover to vent any fumes.

Never start a boat with the drive up, you want that drive shaft straight.

This 18 had a Volvo engine in it because of the e left side steering and now you have merc drive that has a righthand prop unless you have a left hand drive.. Worked For Donzi from 10/77 till 08/86.

I have no idea what he paid for it but it sure sounded great , I could listen to that motor run all day.

I had one of these with the 350 COBRA back in the 90's. IT WAS AWESOME! My favorite boat. I always thought I'd get another with a crate engine and some turbos. I'm inspired.

That flat bottomed steering wheel would drive me bananas in a boat lol.

I wondered what became of the McKenzie Brothers. (LOL) REALLY good video guys!

There are more NASCAR motors on KZfaq than there are in NASCAR.

That high viz will help you from drowning when you hit the water at 70 mph.

As a boater for over 50 years, and I’ve personally owned three go, fast boats don’t ever leave your dock lines, tied to the boat, undo them, and stowe them away

I love fast boats. I love racing engines. However I like seeing people stay alive, why not wear your life jackets at those speeds. I’m pretty sure there weren’t even any jackets on board. That’s illegal, just in case you were not aware.

Whatya got " I don't have anything yet, till it's tested" love that brother!

Amazing drone photography!!

Dont leave the electric fuel pump on without the engine running. Turn it on to prime the system, start it up then turn the pump on once the engine is running. Holley needle and seats will stick and you can fill a couple of cylinders with gas and hydraulic it. Should run on a mechanical pump, with an electric for priming.

Which Nascar Engine, Size & HP & TQ Specs please . The 16 , 18 & 22 ft were my favourite lengths. Proper looking boats . Xcellent Ride

i liked the Sidewinder that we had back in the 80's. thank you for the video

I was waiting for that rear rope to fly out of the boat and into the propeller... maybe next time...

Ran a sweet 16 with a small V8, would run about 58mph. It was a blast. Every time it came out of the water it would roll to the left & driver was on the right. Try running fast when its rough

Do all Canadian men giggle like little girls, or is that just an Ontario thing? Inquiring minds want to know. 🤭

My 410 sprint engine turns at 8k plus don't know what that 6k was about

Could you imagine water skiing being that boat lol what a riot that would be!!!

Not going to lie driver had me stressed out in the beginning

Don Aranow sure could build a fine boat.

Nice for smaller bodies of water like you were on. I don’t think bigger lakes or waterways would be kind to that type of boat. She sounded great and 60 m.p.h. isn’t too bad in my opinion.👍👍🇨🇦

He marina my dad worked at in H.S. MI had an identical Donzi. The seats were red and white-alternating pleats. HD a 302 Ford and they all nicknamed it "the Candy-stripe" Donzi. Super cool awesome boat all the mechanics loved and claimed to be the best..

Love this boat! How about pull the steering wheel off and reinstall with the top up?

Now on a calm day , you can hook up some Wahoos. Thats sick. !!

The outboard steering gives it away!

I knew this was filmed in Muskoka somewhere. Then I saw the Ontario plate. Great boat boys!.

Pretty sure the flat side was f the steering wheel belongs on the bottom for leg clearance. It looks silly upside down, and prevents 10&2 o’clock hand positioning.

super nice piece, What happened to the nascar motor?

So you're telling me that's an 800 horsepower SB2 nascar engine

Not a bad boat, waut til he mixes it up with a Vdrive, hel get whipped

Nice job!!! Great boat!!! I'm smiling again!

Thats some solid fiberglass!

NASCAR motor…..? 👀

Water is perfect for that boat nice an smooth

You totally missed the channel markers when. You made that u turn. You could have killed everyone. Boats are no joke.

The plus side of those horrendous ergonomics is that if you fly out of the boat there isn't much to hit !

everyone stop hating -- this motor is out of a "nascar edition" Monte Carlo

You got something that is “Really Nice!”

Man, what a feeling...

The Fastest Donzi classic goes to a man in Sweden who put a ProCharger on his 502 powered Donzi and went 118mph -Not kilometres per hour! And he has the video to prove it!

I would take one of these little donzi's all done up like this over a mega yacht any day!

That’s a pimpin boat 🛥️ 😍

I was about to laugh if that Donzi had a Alpha One Outdrive! Yep! That Donzi will boogie!

That lake reminds me of Northern Minnesota, where is this filmed?

Looks like an old 18 deg Chevy to me.

Better have your kill cord hooked up!

Having serious fun

Steven below has no eye for class. I had an eighteen-foot Donzi back in the early 70's with a Holmon Moody 289 Ford engine. There was nothing around that could even come close to beating it in speed and like yours, looks. Pick up a lot of girls in the summertime until I met the one who would become my wife. This coming November we will have 49 years together. Sold Donzi by word of mouth. People with MerCruiser's can't give them away.

Nice boat,clean and simple but excellant.

If your only hitting 6k at WOT your over-wheeled, should be 7500 or so with that 8k red line, now that I think about it..those engines probably don't produce real power until 5500 anyway

My firestar 180 with a stock 5.7 merc & 600cfm 4barrel will turn 6k rpm and run 60 knots all day. That’s one sick NASCAR engine if it is one. Nice Donzi tho, too bad its designed for a small kid to drive comfortably.

It looks like. a motorcycle in the water. You probably get the same feeling. The wind blowing through your hair and all that good stuff.

I have a well craft xl23. With a Chevy 454. You know sneak up it. It's sounds drag engine I name her. Miss sassy. 8:33

Nice boat

Awesome boat sounds incredible

How big is the fuel tank and how much fuel does it use pr mile (1,609 km )or nautical mile(1,852 km) ? Love your donzi …think you got lucky and made a good deal….-its gonna give you much joy😁😉💪Tord from Norway

That ain't no Nascar engine fool!

No lifejackets?

That hardly looks like a NASCAR engine, unless it is one from the 80's. It certainly isn't a NASCAR SB2 engine, which they've been using since the late 90's ... if it was newer, it would surely blow the drive right out of the back of that transom. Not even sure you can get marine manifolds, which this clearly has, for an SB2 small block. It clearly has regular Small Block manifolds, not SB2's. Someone saw this guy coming and ripped him off for this engine. Canadians, what can you do?

He needs to learn how to set up trim tabs and trim and it will turn on a dime and go 10-15 mph faster ! I got a 22 with 502 and 509 hp !

I would like to see the business end of that boat when it was running through the lake. Prop wash, exhaust, wake,ect

My Z520 Ranger with 250 outboard will run 60mph all day long. But, it don't sound nearly as good!

Awesome clean boat. I am surprised by it's performance. My boats with much less h.p. and being much heavier see the same numbers.

I want a boat just like that. Wow

Im thinkin he paid 20k for it since its in great condition. Though that is a sweet engine, it's not NASCAR level for sure. I'd try to keep it under 5k rpm for a while. You know, until you get use to the boat. YES... get a kill switch and lanyard. Everyone should be wearing an inflatable vest that is also on a lanyard. Water is really hard at 80 mph and that boat is infamous for throwing passengers and even the driver clear of the boat at speed. That's why Donzi turned it into a 22'...

That looks so fun, congrats good luck!

need a windshield and life vest. firs thing you check before you leave the dock

Doesn't sound like a nascar engine. Must be an old one from the 60/70? Was it full throttle?

That sounds sweeeet!

I had a 1995 24’ Donzi black widow with the same colors 😍

The 22 was the best boat built. After Donzi was sold the second or third time, that's when the quality whet down hill and cheapened put on the hardware . Donzi boats were all hand built back in the day. There was no chopped glass in any of the boats I built.

Why is the steering wheel upside down?

What's with the ride problems?

A Nascar engine that is capable of idling at 800 RPM and quits at 5500 ?

HAA! I had fun watching that thanks.

Of course it will run!

Donzi Classic, my favorite boat.

What body of water is that? Beautiful.

Keep your mouths closed in case you come across a patch of bugs, it happens. Reminds me of my old 1971 RaysonCraft. Dang I miss that boat. It didn't have an I/O and was less of a V almost flat bottom but had a turning skeg on the keel and it went in a hurry wherever you pointed the bow. You have an excellent boat and looks great. I don't know about Donzi factory equipment but it's either been stored away with no hours on it or restored which the latter I would guess. They are like an old muscle car you are never done tinkering with them.