Collectable vintage race engines....

[Mark75H]

If you go to the original question as written ... there is only 1 answer: the Mark20H. Without a doubt, it is the absolute most sought after race motor ever built.

There are many motors that are far rarer than the 20H and many motors harder to find than the 20H, but no motor has more people trying to find a good example.

Of the bigger motors the most awe inspiring/best attention getter at shows would be a 1250 BP or 1250 Super BP. From the decals on the top, to the 3 huge megaphones, to the tip of the nosecone and the nub of plastic on the prop nut, absolutely everything on the motor says "race motor" like nothing else

[gatorer15]

I WAS told some off them motor's had brass sleaves in them in the mid 60's the one's that have kiekhaefer on block my 1967 35 has odd sleave's in it i had it apart my 80 hp did not my 9.8 or fifty never had them apart and guy who worked on them is dead, is there any truth to special sleave's in early Kiekhaefer merc's i don't know if 1350 was built but if karl Kiekhaefer was there it could have happened.

[Mark75H]

No brass sleeves, ever. Brass is not hard enough to be a cylinder sleeve

[crazy horse]

If I end up on a desert island with my XS, It's because that damn engine wouldn't start. It's hard to think of any of my XS engines, Parts or SSM gearcases as a collectable yet? I still ring those old crates out. I just don't hold them down as long anymore. I've had my first one 30 years this year. If work would have been better last year I'd a bought a third one, And I was gonna run that one too.

[Fast Fred]

I have never seen a motor that Screems RACEMODA more than the CC.
can't say for my self that Any merc racemotor other than the 2.5 OS is inpressive,
the CC was and still is the badest true 3cyl ever made under 60ci by anyone.
the mark20h got replaced by something else, thare is no replacement for the CC.

[Mark75H]

the mark20h got replaced by something else

Nope, the 20H still races. It hasn't been replaced; that makes it the longest running race motor ever. 52 years and counting (I never thought of that before). Its a veteran, but not yet retired.

Where is the CC raced?

[Tom Smyth]

Man, you ain't right. My choices in order are:
1, My dogs.
2, A magic refrigerator
3, My old girlfriend
The XS motors will get left behind........


I dont see beer anywhere in the top three..........
you need to readjust your priorities...

Tom

[SCT]

Bruster,

Does the current wife know about the "old girlfriend" thing??

[Fast Fred]

USA, Aus. show me a more powerfull 3cyl outboard of any size, no 1/2 a 6packs.

[Bruster]

Man, you ain't right. My choices in order are:
1, My dogs.
2, A magic refrigerator
3, My old girlfriend
The XS motors will get left behind........


I dont see beer anywhere in the top three..........
you need to readjust your priorities...

Tom

Man it's the "MAGIC" 'frige.... you don't get out much???
Here, watch this and tell me again where my priorities are..... http://tinyurl.com/hgots

[Bruster]

Bruster,

Does the current wife know about the "old girlfriend" thing??

Huh? What you talkin about?

[gatorer15]

they were gold in color hope not rust sleave's in my 35

[Mark75H]

they were gold in color hope not rust sleave's in my 35

Are you talking about the reed blocks?

Yes, some were aluminum and some were brass. Nothing really special about the old brass style reed blocks.

[Mark75H]

USA, Aus. show me a more powerfull 3cyl outboard of any size, no 1/2 a 6packs.

You asked for it ... 3 cylinders, less than half the size and more powerful than a CC

[Raceman]

It'd be interesting to hear what Sherlock thinks about the possibility of a factory 1350BP. Since the 1250 Super BP was basically a 1350 block with the older style 1250 front half (irrelevant from a performance standpoint, but only mounted the starter differently) I guess it wouldn't be impossible to believe, but with the advent of the new Twister the question "why" would beg to be answered.