Jimmy Cazzani

Who is Jimmy Cazzani?

Serafino Vincenzo AKA "Jimmy" Cazzani" in Sant'Angelo d'Alife, Italy is a Northeast Divisional Champion, North American Champion and National Offshore Powerboat Racing Champion .

As a young man Serafino became familiar with Ferrari and Lamborghini eight and twelve cylinder engines . As a technician and owner of these vehicles Cazzani was very familiar with the scream and power produced by these relatively small displacement motors .

In 1987 Jimmy was surprised when his race boat engine builder instructed him not to rev the engines beyond 5800 rpm . To Cazzani this made no sense . Jimmy dissected the engines and decided to change their internal geometry which would change their operational characteristics . The engine's internals were replaced with light, strong components . The change in operating range would require larger camshafts, better flowing cylinder heads, large volume intake manifolds and higher CFM carburetors .