High Perf OMCs over the years.

[kb5050]

Parker, Pete Nydahl had several boats and motors. I have his contact info if you need it.

Thats a great shot , I would love to own one of those boats , Is there any left out there that I could buy ????I would like to have one of those boats more than I like my capsule boat
Where the hell did all those boats go ????it seemed like there was so many of them where the hell are they all?

[Rotary John]

The OMC Rotary.. 300+ hp racing outboard 40 years ago..


http://svera.se/blogg/the-omc-rotary...-40-years-ago/

Lars: 2 corrections; 1. It was 50 years ago and 2. there were 8 drivers, I forgot James Beard. The last 2 pictures are his Cougar boat.

[powerabout]

Lars: 2 corrections; 1. It was 50 years ago and 2. there were 8 drivers, I forgot James Beard. The last 2 pictures are his Cougar boat.

Rotaries raced in the 60's?

[willabee]

First public appearance was for the media in February, 1973 at Miami Marine Stadium.
First race was March, 1973 at the Parker Nine Hour. Two entered, they led the first lap - first time an outboard ever did that at Parker. One broke right after the first lap and the other started having problems during lap three.

[PARKER RABE]

What does Benny have?

[PARKER RABE]

Benny never ran mercury stuff , usually omc , I'm looking for something rigged for a mercury....

[PARKER RABE]

I'm selling my 2 seater,the wife hates it , so I'm going back to a 1 seater , looking for another SEEBOLD maybe a lee Aeroslot , or an open cockpit older boat, I just think some of the 80s tunnel boats were so trick ......

[Rotary John]

Rotaries raced in the 60's?

Willable is correct. They say your memory is the second thing to go. He also didn't say Jimbo and Tommy swung wide at the bottom turn to wave to the Merc folks standing in disbelief.

[PARKER RABE]

Keith , taked to Pete for an hour , I gotta get my 2 seater outta here first, then ill pull the trigger on something

[Vulture27]

Hello Parker, Before F1 and before IOGP there was NPA. Benny ran Merc's in both NPA and IOGP. In F1 Benny ran Velden and Second Effort hulls, they were built by David Lee, Lee Furnel and myself. I would think Benny has a Velden or two left. Happy Holidays

[PARKER RABE]

Wow cool , I know pete has a few also, I'll check with Benny after my SEEBOLD is gone , does Benny have any complete rigs ? Or just hulls ?

[Vulture27]

I've no idea what Benny has left. Just speculating on what might be left and it would probably be F1 stuff

[powerabout]

Hi Vulture

What size were the hulls used with the v8's?
Did they need longer hulls than the other v6 f1 boats?
Thanks

[Vulture27]

The F1's were 17ft -17'-6" and Champs were 16'. It was all up to the power used.

[BC Black Max]

happy seasons everyone.

Has anyone had any experience with tuning up a 2 cylinder 55hp Johnson Mid eighties 2 stroke motor?

Or a better question are there any links to twin OMC race motors from the 70s / 90s?

Thanks . Im thinking about building a 55hp ++ OMC short shaft tiller for a Zap Cat. See if we can increase on the perfromance from Merc and Tohatsu/Nissan .

BC BM