Facts about Evinrude/Johnson racing outboards made my OMC

[lars strom]

I think I have some more photos somewhere, hard to tell if this is omc or not?

Pretty sure its Peter Walush. The picture look like him.
Here is a picture of his F3 boat. Peter is standing on the dock.
Picture is from 1989 and he used a fuel injection but did not work real good.

[powerabout]

Pretty sure its Peter Walush. The picture look like him.
Here is a picture of his F3 boat. Peter is standing on the dock.
Picture is from 1989 and he used a fuel injection but did not work real good.

was my first photo this boat so thats the EFI story then
Thanks for sorting that out Lars

[lars strom]

This was the first OMC race mid section for the SE class with a X-115 gear case. A few was built for the 3 cyl 1968/69 model but it really took of 1973
the Nickname was 65 SS

http://svera.se/blogg/racing-historier/historien-om-hur-det-startade-i-stor-skalafor-mig/

[lars strom]

A short Peter Walush story from 1989
I was the Officer of the Day for the OMC Stockholm F3 Grand Prix same year.
After I dropped the green flag Peter flipped right in front of me and I was forced to red flag the race.
Peter was OK but I think that was his last year for F3 racing.
Yes, he used his own fuel injection but was not fast enough.

[lars strom]

Paul and Dieter Jousseaume from France winning poster from Paris 6 hours 1975.
The two brothers took the overall win in a boat built in France powered by an Evinrude 2 liter Super Strangler V6 cross-flow.

[lars strom]

More Evinrude racing posters. This on is from the late seventies.

[lars strom]

This picture is from 1975 and when Cees van der Velden left Team Mercury for Big Johnson..!!

[lars strom]

A better picture of the OMC UIM F3 31 engine. Not sure of OMC sold this engine in the USA. A very strong, reliable race engine.
I have a few pictures of the block also with the name Strom marking.
I know they still race this engine in Australia.

[2us70]

That thing doesn't look like any E motor I ever saw.

I guess Renato was up to something illegal in the OE class 1974..

[Bob V]

[powerabout]

great engine

[lars strom]

Here is a picture from Sweden 1990 when we tested one of two new Burgess F3 boats with the OMC 31 engine. powerabout

[powerabout]

How hard to you rev them, I hear the guys in oz say endurance 8500 and sprint 9000 but need new pistons each weekend if running over 9k

[lars strom]

I don't really remember but we did not have any piston problems 89/90.

[Mark75H]

All agrees with what I said. OMC put their racers and motors on the widely publicized races where publicity counted.