Evinrude Super Strangler!

[olboatman]

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Pics of kr-15m / Stinger GP / Super Strangler carbs

Boy that is one mean looking machine!!! Gary

[Allyda]

I wouldn't mind finding one of these for our bass tracker. It'd be the fastest tin here where I live anyway.

[steve123]

Hi John i know your a Merc Man. In 1972 i took my 14 ' Allison With a Mercury 1250 Super BP Stacker to Lake George. Stayed at Scotty's Motel. At the end of day the cops told me to take my Allison back to Long Island N.Y. Thanks Steve.

[dzalj1]

here is a few photos of my old super strangler v4 i built as my first "race" motor when i was 14-15 yrs old, i love evinrudes and bleed them to death, and have been brought up with 140 xflows on my old man fishing boat, so i acquired my first fast boat and i got my hands on a kr15 engine, in my build, i used a stock 140 hp fish block and ported it right out, i.e squared ports, scalloped pistons and block, rod slotted front half as much as i could and ran carbon fiber reeds using old school electronics, i knocked of the origional starter ring gear of the flex plate flywheel as it was getting to hard to find good presto-lite starter motor and fitted a current ring gear on it which i could use a standard x flow starter motor, had 1976 135 heads decked 30though which was 145pds compression and wiseco 30though over size pistons with chrome rings, also a cut down 15 inch mid and a 2:1 standard v4 box with bobs low water pick up. was the best most reliable, coolest sounding engine i ever owned! also had 1977 carbies but removed the butterfly choke and drilled a hole in the top of each carb like the later model crossflow carbies had and added the primer/squirt choke. it was my first race motor built like it says, so everything was new to me, now i got a 250ho etec, never looking back! the cowl was a 1976 135 evinrude cowl with all the foam taken out of it, repainted in black and some newer style decals added with stainless vents.

[dzalj1]

[dzalj1]

sorry for clarity of photos, these where taken in 2007 so technology wasnt there with me yet haha

i have heard great things about these motors if you can get a hold of the parts anyway, they looked cool and sounded mean, of coarse i wasn't in the era of the 70's but i haven't heard anyone bagging these lil beasts out yet even if they where on mercury's side.all i been told is 155 hp was the best you can do nd there was one guy that mad a NOS system for it.

[olboatman]

Great job dzalj1! I have a 84 140 and you have inspired me. How fast was the beast? Gary

[Li'l Toy]

I have to chime in with the sound. I sure miss the 6 cylinder stacker Mercuries and their sound, but there was nothing like that Super Strangler. When I was racing, 78 to 82 or so, Pat Cullinan had come up with one and ran in U class locally. Was amazing to listen to the "tearing rag" sound just wind up and up at the big Lake Alfred marathon course

[JWTjr.]

That is an awesome description of the timeline John. If I'm not mistaken, I believe that Mr. Strang from OMC is still with us.

Charlie was the "Strang" in "Super Strangler".

[JWTjr.]

I have to chime in with the sound. I sure miss the 6 cylinder stacker Mercuries and their sound, but there was nothing like that Super Strangler. When I was racing, 78 to 82 or so, Pat Cullinan had come up with one and ran in U class locally. Was amazing to listen to the "tearing rag" sound just wind up and up at the big Lake Alfred marathon course

I think Cullinan was still running that rig in Formula 100 (Super Strangler engine on a tunnel, converted to run 140 two-barrel carbs). I have photos of his rig at Stuart 84/85 somewhere in my albums.

[AceKosheKruger]

I had a super strangler gearbox with a mercury drive shaft cut down to 12 inch with an adaptor plate to run on a 2.5 mercury. Used it for circuit racing because the prop spins left making cornering easier. Ran 116 mph on a tunnel deck with 240-260 hp carb finger port. Prop was 25 3 blade cleaver.

[powerabout]

way cool
is that on a 1500 Bullet?
did you have the rest of the original KR?

[dzalj1]

Thank you guys and POWERABOUT, it was on my 1750 bullet tunnel deck called KWICK TRIP I never done speed passes but sure was fun for my first boat, and no, don't have any bits left, Des Maslen from NSW who still has and original triple C evinrude v6 still running on his tunnel , he bought all my gear after i pulled the motor down which i shouldn't have done, i ran the power head for about a year or just over and never turned a spanner, i kept saying i'll just run it till she dies, unfortunately it never did, and cause it had been on 3 diffrent mids, 20 inch, 15, than back on a 16, and numerous amount of hours on it, i thought oh being an old xflow, and running higher rpm than normal i will pull it apart and suss it out, YEA RIGHT, pull the heads off and was absolutely mint! pretty much as clean as it was when i first put it together except carbon on top of the piston, pull the rest of it apart, hmmm well it was that well oiled up and running like a watch internally, was practically to me mind blowing! i then some what lost interest in rebuilding her and started my new project on a v6 xflow... if this was a page on v6's, i would post fotos!
also thats a 28 cleaver on that gearbox, the box is a standard small v4 2:1 box but! it had a v6 big box shaft turned down and re lathed? to fit inside a v4 casing thats why i could run all MERC props, although i have been told it was a second effort performance made shaft...... dont know but was tuff as though, ended using the box on my v6 project afterwards

[Greg G]

Charlie was the "Strang" in "Super Strangler".

Very cool. I understand that he is over 90 now and still sharp as a tack. Here are two photos of the Evinrude Super Strangler's exact twin, the Johnson "Stinger GP"

[Greg G]

Does anyone happen to have a good clear photo of the lower unit of a Super Strangler or Stinger GP they could post?