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Originally Posted by lars strom
This is from Paris 1973 when the new Johnson 2 liter V6 cross-flow won big over Merc's new V6 2 liter.
Yes..I was there racing.
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Originally Posted by lars strom
This is from Paris 1973 when the new Johnson 2 liter V6 cross-flow won big over Merc's new V6 2 liter.
Yes..I was there racing.
What we need is a thread about the OMC engineering history such as the one RCK shared the Mercury V6 history with.
I tried that, but very few people from former OMC engineering have any interest to do so.
Rotary John is the only one.
Ric McChesney is a no, so is Jim Nerstrom and a few more.
The classic French boat race Rouen 24 hours is starting today. This is from 1975 when I was part of this kind of crazy race. We did 24 hours non stop.
http://svera.se/…/our-se-class-victory-in-the-rouen-24-hou…/
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It seems to be drifting in that direction.Quote:
Originally Posted by lars strom
Didn’t Strang start out at Mercury?
Correct
A quick stop at our local Evinrude dealer today to check out a few things. — at St. Lucie Outboard Marine.
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Would it be correct to assume that OMC got a big push in the performance direction once Strang arrived? Did Strang bring the HP to OMC or did OMC bring Strang so that he could deliver it?Quote:
Originally Posted by msm
I don't know. That's a question for someone like Rotary John.
Well..yes Charlie Strang was very good for OMC racing. If he was the man behind the horse power or not I dont know.
Fred Hauenstein did lots of work to develop the OMC 2 liter V6 looper Cees Van Der Velden won the ON World Title with in Cardiff, UK 1975.
As a race driver working for OMC engineering he got in conflict/trouble with OMC and left for Mercury racing around late 1978.
Maybe Fred gave Mercury a lot of OMC racing experience..!!
Pictures of the very powerful OMC 2 liter purpose built race engine.
http://svera.se/blogg/pictures-of-th...t-race-engine/
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Charlie Strang a true legend in the marine business have left us.
http://svera.se/blogg/charlie-strang...-have-left-us/
I remember when I first met Charlie at the Paris 6 Hour race in the early seventies.
My Evinrude friends told me to go up to him and present myself.
Well..I was not sure if that was the right thing to do..
The CEO and President of Outboard Marine Corporation and the maker of Evinrude/Johnson outboards may not have any interest talking to a very young race driver from Sweden.
I finally did and to my surprise Charlie was very friendly and asked about my race boat.
If I remember right his mother was with him also.
My friends asked me what Charlie told me but I was so stressed out and needed to sit down.
Later I met Charlie many times as an Evinrude dealer and race driver. He was always friendly and its a big honor to have done a lot of outboard business with a marine icon like Charlie D. Strang.
The Evinrude Super Strangler was probably named after Charlie but I don’t know that for sure.
I spent a few hours digging up every picture I could find on the internet of the famous Evinrude Super Strangler race engine and here they are in a mixed order. (Close to fifty)
Starting with a few pictures of Charlie Strang.
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Hi JohnQuote:
Originally Posted by Rotary John
do you have a photo of the 2.0 xflow, I dont know that any exist?
Cheers
Did you try David Blanchard, he worked on the F1 v8 stuff, has helped me a few times?Quote:
Originally Posted by lars strom
A really cool picture of Rick Frost in the London GP 1984.
His black #6 Burgess/Trimite with Johnson F1-V8 3.5 liter, looper carb model and the updated exhaust manifold.
You can also see a Merc T-4 in the picture. I believe its Billy Seebold (#7 second picture) but he lost to the powerful Evinrude V8 on the transom of Barry Woods #35 Molinari boat.
Photo credit unknown.
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More London GP 1984
Team Molinari/Martini/Evinrude F1-V8
#18 Renato Molinari, #19 Kicco Vidoli and #35 Barry Woods.
Barry Woods won the race over Billy Seebold in his Seebold with Mercury big bore T4 power and Johnny Sanders driving a new Burgess with the Mercury Wizard.
Yes..its the facts.
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Lyon, France 1984.
The start of the F1-V8 race.
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Chattanooga, TN 1984
Renato Molinari
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Sacramento, CA 1984
Barry Woods winning in his #3 Molinari/Evinrude V8
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The Second Effort race shop 1984.
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Another F1-V8 racer 1984.
#8 Burgess/Evinrude V8
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Cees Van Der Velden 1984.
#1 Velden Racing/Benson & Hedges/Johnson F1-V8.
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Andy Bullen 1984
#16 Molinari/Johnson F1-V8
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More 1984
Two of the very best US F1-V8 drivers.
Barry Wood in his #35 Molinari/Evinrude V8
Ben Robertson in his #57 Burgess/Johnson V8
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Toledo, Ohio 1984.
Barry Woods winning in the #35 Molinari/Evinrude V8
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Toledo, Ohio 1984
Tom Posey #97 Velden/Abilene Marine/Johnson V8
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The new F1-V8 Burgess 1984.
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Hertogenbosch, Holland 1984.
The F1-V8 start, I think the #8 boat looks strong..:)
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The 1984 F1-V8 Burgess in colors.
Roger Jenkins #9 Burgess/Carlsberg/Evinrude V8
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Offshore with the Evinrude E-TEC V-6 225H.O.
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More Offshore racing today with the Evinrude E-TEC G2
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Nitra 29 with twin 300HP G2:s on a Bob's Machine hydraulic double jack. — with Marcus Friberg, Evinrude and Nitra Racing.
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Peter Forsberg racing the new smaller Evinrude V6 150 E-TEC G2.
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Francesco Musti and Emanuela Procaccini raced last weekend in Italy with a Soffio RIB powered by 2 X Evinrude E-TEC 300 G2.
Finished second after a RIB with inboards.
First race for my good friend Emanuela Procaccini..:cheers:
Congratulations
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24 Hours of Rouen 2018.
Well..much safer boats, much more horsepower and modern everything.
Yesterdays winner did 557 laps.
1975 when I raced the crazy 24 hour race in an unsafe boat, less horse power and very poor weather conditions we won with a total of 605 laps.
Yes, we was on the trailer for repair and change of gearcase/propeller.
No weather conditions temporary stopped the race..we just went on and on for 24 hours.
I guess we where much tougher back then..:):)
http://svera.se/…/our-se-class-victory-in-the-rouen-24-hou…/
https://www.powerboatracingworld.com...ficial…/
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BRIG Rib powered by 2 X Evinrude E-TEC V6 3.4 liter, 2 stroke.
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Deflector racing with Petestep powered by Evinrude E-TEC 150H.O.
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The Petestep..
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A few years ago...!!..:):)
24ft CC with 2 X Evinrude 150 V6 Looper 60 degree Ocean Pro.
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The start in Paris 1976. You can see Bob Hering in his #88 Molinari/Johnson V6Quote:
Originally Posted by lars strom
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