#1 Lars Ström (Sweden) Burgess/AKAI/EvinrudeCC, #7 Cor Krouwel (Holland) Burgess/Johnson RS
Picture credit: Barry Trindall
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#1 Lars Ström (Sweden) Burgess/AKAI/EvinrudeCC, #7 Cor Krouwel (Holland) Burgess/Johnson RS
Picture credit: Barry Trindall
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Rob Wood of Canada driving the US F1 series 1988
#24 Velden/Evinrude V8 3.0 liter 2 stroke, fuel injection 6 inch mid section
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Rob Wood drove his #24 Velden Racing/Evinrude V8 3.0 liter 2 stroke, fuel injection 6 inch mid section to victory in Toledo 1989.
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Ben Robertson in his #57 Velden Racing/Johnson F1-V8. Not sure what year and sorry for pictures not very sharp.
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Kankakee OPC nationals but don’t remember the year
Micke Frodé goes from a SAAB inboard to outboards.
The Z-4 cat below build by Mikael Frodé around 1976 was first designed for a 2 liter SAAB 4 cylinder inboard..
Well..on the back of the transom Mikeal installed a paddle wheel…!!!!!
The paddle wheel was very good but SAAB in Sweden could not deliver the 240 horses as promised..only around 110 hp..!!
A very disappointed Mikael took the SAAB engine out and replaced the very advanced/effective paddle wheel with a brand new 1977 Evinrude..2.4 liter V-6.. 200 hp outboard.
With the right power the cat was flying and Mikael scored his first overall win in the famous Roslagsloppet the same year..
Here is a picture and some reading in Swedish..
More about Micke Frodé here:..http://svera.se/blogg/offshore/micke-frodes-forsta-totalseger-i-roslagsloppet-var-1977/
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Renato Molinari #18 Molinari/Martini/Evinrude F1-V8 3.5 liter 2 stroke looper. Year 1984.
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Renato Molinari #165 Molinari/Martini/Evinrude F1-V8 3.5 liter 2 stroke looper.
Year 1982.
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More SST 100 history.
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Happy Birthday to my old F1-V8 racing brother..Arthur Mostert to the right.
This is from Tavares, Florida 2 years ago.
My wife Carina and Arthurs wife Rita is also in the picture.
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Forget the boats....I think we should have thread on "Racers Wives" LoL..
HeeHee ron54...Well..Carina is friendly to everybody except me..:)Quote:
Originally Posted by ron54
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Another Evinrude F1-V8 friend..Bertil Wik and his wife Annika.
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Wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute....., a paddle wheel that worked?Quote:
Originally Posted by lars strom
Seriously??
SST-45 Probably the largest outboard racing class ever.
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And I built the first proto-type in my home workshop. Still have all my paperwork including sending a letterproposal to Edgar RoseQuote:
Originally Posted by lars strom
This is from the SE Class European Championship race in Nora, Sweden 1976.
Lars Strom in his #1 Clerici/Evinrude FT-19s.
http://svera.se/blogg/racing-histori...tles-in-a-row/
Thank you Jřrgen Jřrgensen for the picture and good memories.
I rigged this Clerici with a Ray Nydahl foot throttle and complete steering kit Ray sent me to Sweden.
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Who won the 1980 Formula One World Championship Race? (Europe)
Well..This is the OZ class World Championship race in Drammen, Norway 1980Quote:
Originally Posted by FUJIMO
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I was at the race in Dayton Ohio when they introduced that motor, at our stock outboard nationals.Quote:
Originally Posted by John Schubert
They ran an exhibition with two of those on boats against D or E mod hydros and they gave them a half a lap Headstart and they passed them coming out of the first turn!
I was blown away!
Killer motor/class.
What year was this event..??Quote:
Originally Posted by Instigator
From APBA home page.
http://www.apba.org/classes/sst-45
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Early '80's.Quote:
Originally Posted by lars strom
Not really sure but for some reason '84 sticks in my mind.
I wanted one but I was a kneel down 3 point hydro guy and didn't like the little tunnel boats.
Later they started racing them in hydros in the Mod and Pro classes but I'd already quit.
What were the specs for SE in Europe? That boat looks big by APBA standards for an SE boat?
great engine, I could never understand why they didnt build a 3 cyl with that 45 stroke to compete with the yam 90 3 cyl rather than an old v4 90Quote:
Originally Posted by Instigator
I don't remember but my SE class Clerici was not big and the weight was less than 220 lbs empty without engine/hardware.Quote:
Originally Posted by 2us70
Barry Woods in his #35 Molinari/Nordica/Evinrude F1-V8 3.5 liter 2 stroke looper with fuel injection and 6 inch mid-section. (1985)
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SE or OE? Is there a difference in Europe?
SE may have been the biggest class in OPC, but certainly not in APBA
When I raced the SE class the rule was a larger cockpit than an OE boat but later I guess around 1980 the rules changed and an OE class style cock pit was allowed also in the SE class.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark75H
The free engine (OE) was the differences between OE and SE
Yes it did but the SAAB engine did not deliver the horse power needed and Micke Frode picked the powerful Evinrude V6 - 2.448 liter cross-flow instead.Quote:
Originally Posted by Instigator
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200hp+ 4 cyl engines didnt really exist in those days ( ok Cosworth BDG was 270hp)
I am not sure but Micke Frode was very good at getting 2 liter inboards go fast. This was his boat before the paddle wheel cat and if I remember right he was using a 2 liter Opel engine close to 200 horses.
SAAB in Sweden promised Micke a new design 2 liter 200HP+ engine but Micke could not wait..he wanted to go racing and refitted his very nice cat with the Evinrude V6.
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I wonder how much HP the 2.0ltr xflow and looper were?
Only Jim Nerstrom and people like him from OMC know the correct answer. Everything else is just a guess.
Bob Spalding in his #11 Hodges/Evinrude F1-V8 3.5 liter 2 stroke looper with fuel injection and 6 inch mid-section. First year with safety cockpit (1985)
Picture credit: Barry Trindall
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One more picture of Andy Bullen.Quote:
Originally Posted by lars strom
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The crossflow OMC 2litre engine varied on power they worked them a lot 3 outfits with the same engine could vary in speed by as much as 12-15 mph but I never saw one that was blown up bad whatever went they could easily be fixed.I am sure the pistons were forged by cosworth the same as the 3cyl pistons.Lets not forget all the 2.0 crossflow engines were in Europe by 1975/ 1976 I remember asking Barry Woods if he ran this engine back home he said he was still using a V4.Quote:
Originally Posted by powerabout
Any recollections of how the power of either 2 litre compared to the 2.48 crossflow CCC/RS? Or were they never raced together.
BarryStrawn,Quote:
Originally Posted by BarryStrawn
I have experience with that,
The #29 ON class Molinari/Saffa/Johnson V6 RS 2 liter looper in the picture below is me. I drove #29 boat for a few hours at Lake Como 1978 and raced it the weekend after in Milan. (Idroscalo).
Renato wanted me to test and race his bigger boats before Paris 6 hours 1978. This was extremely fun for me and I ended up second to Renato at the race in Milan.
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After the Milan race we went back to Renato's place at Lake Como and tested the #11 OZ class Molinari/Saffa/Evinrude V6 CCC 2.448 liter cross-flow. (Picture below)
This was the boat Angela Vassena and I drove in Paris 6 hours 1978 and finished fourth overall.
The OZ class boat was longer and more a marathon race boat. My memory tells me both engines was pretty simular. I remember the Paris engine was using more fuel. The boat was pretty heavy fueled up..!!
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More from Paris 1978 and our #11 OZ class Molinari/Saffa/Evinrude V6 CCC 2.448 liter cross-flow
The first picture is me driving the #11 boat passing Erwin Zimmermann of Austria in his yellow/red Molinari/Johnson V6 RS entry on the inside.
In the second picture you can also see Angelo Vassena standing on our #11 Molinari/Saffa boat in the line up for the start of the race.
R.I.P. my friend.
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