I didn't know this engine existed

[Krazymaan]

I was looking at the Mpls Craigslist (Boats, Hugo, Red one)
I came across a boat made by Johnson called a Johnson Caprice for only $300
It has an inboard Johnson V4 90hp that looks like an outboard stripped down and rotated like a car engine. Useless but pretty cool looking.

[home made tunnel]

Pretty much exactly what Mercury did with the 90 and 120hp Sport Jet's of the mid-90's. Except they kept the powerhead upright.

[Capt.Insane-o]

I know where there is a brand new one on an OMC show room display stand.

[FMP]

or this madness triple Chrysler with big carbs and pipe

[Stoker1]

Good grief, and I thought maintenance on a 3.0 Mercruiser was painful, that one that FMP posted is nuts to get to.

[Bodhi]

I was looking at the Mpls Craigslist (Boats, Hugo, Red one)
I came across a boat made by Johnson called a Johnson Caprice for only $300
It has an inboard Johnson V4 90hp that looks like an outboard stripped down and rotated like a car engine. Useless but pretty cool looking.

Krazy, that's exactly what it is. A stripped down v4 turned horizontal. They were doin some weird stuff then, like the evinrude snow mobile, it looks like someone stuck an out board in and kept on ridin..

[Krazymaan]

Its interesting, thats for sure. Belt driven dizzy operating a mechanical fuel pump. Two piece heads. Carbs must be down under in that big tin box, that cannot be fun to tune up. Is the long "yellow" plastic thing carb linkage for 4 carbs? Looks like fuel injection, but no way possible. Looks like that really long arm with the scissor spring rotates the dizzy for timing as the carbs open.

[FMP]

Good grief, and I thought maintenance on a 3.0 Mercruiser was painful, that one that FMP posted is nuts to get to.

Homemade maintenance for homemade fun.

[DanUmbarger]

This was the earliest OMC sterndrive...they only used the outboard powerhead for a short time, don't remember the years...prolly mid to late 60's...PITA to work on!

[Krazymaan]

It says 1969

[DanUmbarger]

Just looked it up...the V-4s were built between 62-68 then they went to the Ford 4 cyl....I didn't work on a lot of them but they are out there.

[FUJIMO]

They came in Johnson & Evinrude brand sterndrive boats like this:

[FUJIMO]

... www.OMC-Boats.Org ...

[FMP]

We saw one on the water couple years ago, they were taken by our CHRYSLER boat and us by the EVINRUDE boat and then the day went on. LOL

[Bodhi]

They came in Johnson & Evinrude brand sterndrive boats like this:

I've seen a few of these up north, they certainly weren't "killing it" in the style department but still nostalgic nontheless