The beast just did a lap of Daytona.
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Originally Posted by lars strom
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The beast just did a lap of Daytona.
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Originally Posted by lars strom
30ft+ cats with twin outboards are nothing new. Powerboat magazine tested this Maelstrom 32 cat with twin Evinrude V8s rated at 400 hp each in 1988.
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Pretty sexy picture of the Evinrude-Johnson F1-V8 racing gear case..❤️❤️
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Olav Åberg
Finnish boat, 1978. I think Lars remember this, raced in Kotka the same year.
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Paris 6 Hours 1978 started in Finland for me..!!Quote:
Originally Posted by lars strom
The Scandinavian Championship race for the Offshore Z class 1978 was in Kotka, Finland.
Weather conditions was extremely tough..storm and big waves..
I stuffed the Delicato/ARGO/Evinrude V-6 way out on the Baltic Sea and my co-pilot
Curre and I had to swim for a long time before some one came to rescue us.
The boat was OK..but the best thing with that race was my old friend Angelo Vassena
was there from Italy....click link for more..
http://svera.se/blogg/paris-6-hours/...inland-for-me/
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Evinrude Ficht V6..:):)
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Evinrude E-TEC G2.
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Another Evinrude picture. I have a few more..:)
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Are any of those motors still running? I looked at one when I bought my Optimax and I didn't like the operating principle of the system. It was like running your motor with a "Wagner Power Painter". Green Marine LLC just about killed the Evinrude brand.Quote:
Originally Posted by lars strom
Yes, there is plenty of Evinrude Ficht still running. Not one of the better OMC engines but the Ficht was replaced by E-TEC 2003.Quote:
Originally Posted by 2us70
Early Merc Optimax was not much better. I spent many summers at MarineMax, Lake Of The Ozarks and have seen all the Optimax powerheads blown..
Here is a few of my pictures.
PS..BTW..Fugimo have a thread you can beat up on OMC here at Scream & Fly.
Here is a link..https://www.screamandfly.com/showthr...ne-Corporation
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Back to some fun posts..:)
Evinrude 15 HP 1977 model year.
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Nice
Thanks Fast on Water.
#57 is Ben Robertson.
Probably the best F1-V8 driver ever..!!
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