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11-16-2021, 09:22 PM #48916000 RPM
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Willabee - I need a little technical help here. I always thought that the Cowbell, Twister and Twister 1 were all "silo" engines. I always assumed that the name "silo" was from the extended exhaust chest. On the Cowbell, the silo was shorter because the exhaust exited through the two cowbells at the bottom of the silo. The Twister and Twister 1 had a longer silo because the exhaust had to be routed back into the mid.
Like you, I really loved the sound of a Cowbell. It had a unique sound to it unlike the stackers. Back about 1970 there was a cowbell that ran here in the Clearwater Fun 'n Sun Regatta - possibly Jim Hunt (Olegator). There was a real two day battle between the Cowbell powered tunnel and young Duff Daily, who ran a GN flatbottom powered by a Chrysler hemi named "Oh Mona." In the end, the Cowbell out drove the hemi and won...If that was Olegator, I hope he will add a few details.
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11-17-2021, 09:10 AM #4892
Silos .....
You don't need any technical help, you've got it right. On a side note, the picture above shows the 'bells' to be two different lengths. The longer bell is under the shorter side of the silo log and the shorter bell is under the taller side. The result is two equal length exhaust cavities.
At Merc Racing, we rarely used the term silo. Those motors were referred to by what they were, Twister or TI or Cowbell.
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11-17-2021, 12:02 PM #4893Screaming And Flying!
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So who's put a C6 front on it , done correctly all mains to crank, and how'd it run?
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11-17-2021, 02:16 PM #48946000 RPM
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11-21-2021, 10:06 PM #48958000 RPM
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11-24-2021, 02:29 PM #48967000 RPM
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Duff's parents raced inboard F Service Runabouts in the 1960s. Duff and his Dad were hurt in the 1966 Gold Coast Marathon. They hit a big cruiser wake and broke the boat. I think Duff was about 14 at the time. That incident ended the Miami to West Palm Beach format of that race.
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11-25-2021, 09:28 AM #4897
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11-25-2021, 02:05 PM #48988000 RPM
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12-03-2021, 05:05 PM #4899
Question. On a silo Twister (not cowbell, full length chamber) what was under the cover plate? Did the exhaust channel continue down and turn back into the leg or just exhaust out the bottom of the silo?
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12-03-2021, 06:17 PM #49006000 RPM
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12-05-2021, 04:14 PM #4902Junior Member
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Great History. I raced Parker in 1972 too. I had a single engine, Ron Jones lookalike tunnel. Boat #617. Very good looking. I knew Ham Hamburger from Mercury sales training...he Never forgot a name..This was right before he got canned for announving the 300hp outboard before it was ready for sale. Evidently, Ham was at the race down at Windmill resort, and Mercury was taking pictures. They got a few great pictures of my boat, # 617, (Terry's Outboard, Farmington,NM) on the cowling. We ran good till breaking a drive shaft caused by the lower unit coming loose. Got it fixed, finished race in 31st place. If you have access to those pictures, I would dearly love to have them.
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12-05-2021, 05:51 PM #4903
if you email me at Tsmyth@cfl.rr.com I have detailed pics showing the innards of the silo set up. Tom
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I knew Johnny back in 72-76. He came down from Denver to win the race at Navajo Lake, outside Farmington,NM. He saw all the Roadrunner trailers we had under our boats at Terry's Outboard. He asked if we would buy trailers from them ( McCune's) and we did. Dick Sherrer came all the from Seal Beach to run our race too. Bill Seebold was scheduled to come, but his business was being flooded out. I race a 16ft tunnel that was a Ron Jones looking boat with more rocker like a Molonari. Ran good with 3rd generation Mercury equipment. My take on equipment war, Factory=1sr gen, wealthy independents like Dick Sherrer, then US poor boys. I got my stuff when Dick was done with it. Any mavhine work was sent to my friend Ron Brown in Ft. Collins. I'm still looking for any pictures of my boat #617, from the 1972 Parker Race. I love reading all the 'in crowd' facts and s tories. Thanks, Tom Watkins, Farmington,Nm
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Willabee, hope you have a Merry Christmas and a Healthy & Happy New Year.
Here's hoping HOT SINGLES (my all-time favourite thread) has a great 2022 !!
Peter Wilson
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