User Tag List

Results 1 to 10 of 10
  1. #1
    Join Date
    Apr 2001
    Location
    Florida/New York
    Posts
    21,807
    Thanks (Given)
    965
    Thanks (Received)
    1549
    Likes (Given)
    2931
    Likes (Received)
    5478
    Mentioned
    2 Post(s)
    Tagged
    3 Thread(s)

    1960 Evinrude Starflite Too record run

    I was watching the video below on the 1960 Starflite Too record run, and they stated that the engine was turning only 4900 RPM for its run over 114 MPH. That really caught my attention. Was this indeed the case? If so, I would be very curious to know the details about the lower unit and propeller used.



    Facebook | YouTube | Vintage Outboard Catalogs
    Photo prints available of your boat - click here


  2. Thanks lars strom thanked for this post
  3. #2
    Join Date
    Aug 2001
    Location
    Annapolis, MD ragboat capital of the world
    Posts
    11,463
    Thanks (Given)
    591
    Thanks (Received)
    164
    Likes (Given)
    2428
    Likes (Received)
    445
    Mentioned
    2 Post(s)
    Tagged
    3 Thread(s)
    Hubbell overdrive lower unit jacked up the propshaft rpm and it used what we now think of as pretty normal 2 blade cleaver

    A Hubbell lower unit very close to the one used on Starflite Too sold on eBay just yesterday.


    4900 rpm is the reason those pipes are so long ... Hubbell made the filler block mounting adapter and pipes too.
    I missed buying one of the V-4 Hubbell filler blocks on eBay about 15 years ago - I know where there is a set of those so so long pipes sitting on a shelf.

  4. Thanks Scream And Fly, lars strom thanked for this post
    Likes lars strom, powerabout liked this post
  5. #3
    Join Date
    Apr 2001
    Location
    Florida/New York
    Posts
    21,807
    Thanks (Given)
    965
    Thanks (Received)
    1549
    Likes (Given)
    2931
    Likes (Received)
    5478
    Mentioned
    2 Post(s)
    Tagged
    3 Thread(s)
    Quote Originally Posted by Mark75H View Post
    Hubbell overdrive lower unit jacked up the propshaft rpm and it used what we now think of as pretty normal 2 blade cleaver

    A Hubbell lower unit very close to the one used on Starflite Too sold on eBay just yesterday.


    4900 rpm is the reason those pipes are so long ... Hubbell made the filler block mounting adapter and pipes too.
    I missed buying one of the V-4 Hubbell filler blocks on eBay about 15 years ago - I know where there is a set of those so so long pipes sitting on a shelf.
    That's really impressive. Thank you for explaining that. I would definitely like a closer look at that setup. Would have been incredibly cool if you had that block. Talk about a piece of history. That kind of speed from (what they said) was a mostly-stock V4 is extraordinary, even today.

    Greg


    Facebook | YouTube | Vintage Outboard Catalogs
    Photo prints available of your boat - click here


  6. #4
    Join Date
    Aug 2001
    Location
    Annapolis, MD ragboat capital of the world
    Posts
    11,463
    Thanks (Given)
    591
    Thanks (Received)
    164
    Likes (Given)
    2428
    Likes (Received)
    445
    Mentioned
    2 Post(s)
    Tagged
    3 Thread(s)
    Click image for larger version. 

Name:	StarfliteDynoRoom.jpg 
Views:	931 
Size:	333.8 KB 
ID:	400118

    Quote Originally Posted by Scream And Fly View Post
    That's really impressive. Thank you for explaining that. I would definitely like a closer look at that setup. Would have been incredibly cool if you had that block. Talk about a piece of history. That kind of speed from (what they said) was a mostly-stock V4 is extraordinary, even today.

    Greg
    The boat, the prop, the set up. The builder and the guys doing the set up knew what they were doing.


    The Starflite IV was going almost 140 mph with a not much more modified 99ci V-4.

  7. Thanks lars strom, Mugs914 thanked for this post
    Likes lars strom, Mugs914, lilabner, rock liked this post
  8. #5
    Join Date
    Jan 2004
    Location
    Florida
    Posts
    37,824
    Thanks (Given)
    64
    Thanks (Received)
    1667
    Likes (Given)
    337
    Likes (Received)
    19188
    Mentioned
    3 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)

  9. Likes lilabner liked this post
  10. #6
    Join Date
    Jun 2003
    Location
    Cooper City, Fl
    Posts
    1,571
    Thanks (Given)
    116
    Thanks (Received)
    79
    Likes (Given)
    318
    Likes (Received)
    259
    Mentioned
    0 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Quote Originally Posted by Scream And Fly View Post
    That's really impressive. Thank you for explaining that. I would definitely like a closer look at that setup. Would have been incredibly cool if you had that block. Talk about a piece of history. That kind of speed from (what they said) was a mostly-stock V4 is extraordinary, even today.

    Greg
    This is as close as i can get you with TOO and III..
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails 2003-10-25 12.25.40.jpg   2003-10-25 12.25.26.jpg   2008-07-24 12.40.59.jpg   2008-07-24 11.50.54.jpg   2008-07-24 11.51.10.jpg  

    2008-10-09 10.49.56.jpg   2003-10-25 13.06.46.jpg   2008-07-24 11.51.47.jpg   2008-07-24 11.51.30.jpg  

  11. Likes DanUmbarger, Mark75H, Mugs914, tux974 liked this post
  12. #7
    Join Date
    Jun 2003
    Location
    Cooper City, Fl
    Posts
    1,571
    Thanks (Given)
    116
    Thanks (Received)
    79
    Likes (Given)
    318
    Likes (Received)
    259
    Mentioned
    0 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    here's some more candy..
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails 2008-07-24 12.02.01.jpg   2008-07-24 12.15.06.jpg   2008-07-24 12.13.58.jpg   2008-07-24 12.02.09.jpg   2008-07-24 12.14.10.jpg  

    2008-07-24 12.14.27.jpg   2008-07-24 12.15.14.jpg   2008-07-24 12.16.03.jpg   2008-07-24 12.15.47.jpg   2008-07-24 14.54.02.jpg  

    2008-07-24 14.54.14.jpg  

  13. Thanks powerabout thanked for this post
    Likes tux974 liked this post
  14. #8
    Join Date
    Jun 2007
    Location
    Singapore/Melbourne/Italy
    Posts
    9,090
    Thanks (Given)
    1008
    Thanks (Received)
    353
    Likes (Given)
    4286
    Likes (Received)
    1946
    Mentioned
    7 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Imagine being in the dyno room at OMC tuning that

  15. #9
    Join Date
    Jun 2003
    Location
    Cooper City, Fl
    Posts
    1,571
    Thanks (Given)
    116
    Thanks (Received)
    79
    Likes (Given)
    318
    Likes (Received)
    259
    Mentioned
    0 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Quote Originally Posted by OLEGATOR View Post
    love the clamp bracket and down tube on the starflite iii. looks like my speeditwin.
    Looks like you at Mt Dora in 2003 looking at Starflight III, just like me..a thing of beauty.

  16. #10
    Join Date
    Jul 2004
    Location
    Connecticut
    Posts
    6,006
    Thanks (Given)
    463
    Thanks (Received)
    168
    Likes (Given)
    910
    Likes (Received)
    951
    Mentioned
    1 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Starflite IV went on to set a world record and unfortunately a tragic ending for The Phantom well before I was even a thought to my parents
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails Starflite IV.JPG  

  17. Likes Mark75H liked this post

Similar Threads

  1. OMC Tech: Evinrude Silver Starflite Pic needed
    By FlowMaxx in forum Technical Discussion
    Replies: 14
    Last Post: 01-20-2011, 10:21 PM
  2. Evinrude Starflite VII
    By RobF in forum Outboard and Racing History
    Replies: 1
    Last Post: 12-15-2010, 08:29 AM
  3. Starflite Speed record video from Havasu
    By Skatin in forum Outboard and Racing History
    Replies: 6
    Last Post: 01-27-2007, 11:15 AM
  4. 1960's Record Run Page 2
    By Backfire in forum Outboard and Racing History
    Replies: 0
    Last Post: 12-12-2002, 01:17 AM
  5. 1960's Record Runs
    By Backfire in forum Outboard and Racing History
    Replies: 0
    Last Post: 12-12-2002, 12:35 AM

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •