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There was an earlier Konig 3 cylinder racer before the inline 3 of the 1950's ... the 1930's Konig triple was a radial

I believe these were the first racing triples.

Yes, there was a VA. It was the least successful variant of the 4 cylinder "V" family.

the bike is the kind of thing Jay Leno collects. I would really like to see such a piece go to a real collector who would appreciate it and show it off the way he does.

Correct again. It is a 6



As far as I know there was no 4 cylinder 850 ... 4 cylinder 750 (47.6 ci) boxer, yes


There was also an 850 inline 3 developed with Volvo I think mentioned...

It is a 350 on top of a 500.

There were also versions with reeds instead of rotary valve

That's alright, the previous generation of Germans could not say "zoo"

There is no long o sound in German, their closest is our sound for a very short "zuh" kind of pronunciation. My step-mother...

Alcohol, xylene and toluene were among the solvents I had tried for hour and overnight soaks.

Nothing worked like time with simpler solvents. The aromatics and alcohol may work just as well with...

Quickest 3 week test ever ... David's process works. I left my parts covered in grease and they almost wipe clean after sitting greased up for a long time (probably over a year). The longest I...

I'll take your advice and try the kerosene.

Sort of belongs on it's own castor stuck thread ... I have a 6 cylinder merc crankshaft, rods and pistons that are still castor stuck. Superclean did nothing at all for it. I'm afraid the castor has...

Awesome! Thanks Per!

Sam has it now in Maine. Maybe both came from Porter.

A question for Steve ... I see some early VB's I guess with the older smaller lower unit like this ... I thought that was obsolete by the time the VB came out?
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Look here: http://www.boatracingfacts.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5986&highlight=tornado&page=2


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I believe Steve Litzell told me the cooperation turned out to favor Volvo much more than Konig.

I would like to hear his comments regarding this on this thread.

Its always good to get Steve in story telling mode. :):):)

The winged Konig boat didn't establish any records that I know of. I suspect the motor on it is the opposed 6 Konig. I think young Mssrs Konig & Krage would be good sources on this.


The...

I have images of the brochures with the Ford V-6 Konigs, but no other pictures

I would ask her nephew how to contact her. I'm sure he knows where she is.

The 1968 and 1979 motors were different eras and different motors.

The 1979 motor was a stacked 8 cylinder; a 350 on top of a 500 for OE.

The picture of the 1968 motor on the boat looks like...

I'm sure I'll be corrected if I'm wrong, but if I understand correctly Margit was the die maker for the cast parts. A significant member of the team.

Mora, Sweden is the location. This comes from Henry Johansson in Sweden. Maybe we can get him to give us a better version

David, the original bolt up was without the Bayer cavitation/adapter plate. The water should come up the rear strut and out the fitting on the strut to the motor.

The steering bar is a car tire...

Danke. You are correct, these pictures clarify it for those of us who have not seen it in person. It was hard to see and understand the support at the center going forward.

I see this motor also has the device to lift the motor after the jetty start.

It is amazing that the motor is stable with the reduced upper support

The translations are competent

The images and information are fantastic!

Thank you for your time spent researching and scanning all this material ... and ... thank you for sharing it with us!

Thanks Frank!

The throttle only brings the motor up to about 7,000 or 8,000 with the pipes in the long position ... pulling the pipes short brings the rpm up to full speed.

Many times alky racers can hold their...

The pipes do not fasten to the support ... they slide back and forth via a cable ... connected to the tabs

Get the driveshaft and coupler from Mr Litzell

I'm certain Steve Litzel can supply both

I have VB6864 and I might need a piston and some rings for this motor, but I definitely need ignition coils.

I also have something very unusual for North America ... the silencer can exhaust. I...

Yes, Carl-Eric raced them and set some speed records

Other than the fact that they were not designed by Konig we should split the Crescent stuff off to its own thread, as there is a lot of...

The BIG Bombardier is not the same company as BRP ... they split

Joe, I do not think that is accurate. I do not believe Konczy received anything from Konig. I also think he was making replacement parts for his east block friends while Konig was still in operation...

I have one of the iron blocks like this. I did not know they came from the factory like this.

Very nice!

I just read on another source that the 3 cylinder Crescent was designed by Konig. This is not correct. The Crescent was completely designed in house in Sweden in direct competition with Konig.

The...

Wow Henry, this is great. Please post more. :):):)

No, I think you are seeing the edge of the radiator, not a spring. There have been many bikes with that though ... the Honda "Dream" series all had it in miniature on their fronts ... I think BMW or...

The 500 is based on the outboard motor, but it has both intake and exhaust on the same side ... which ends up being the top on the bikes.

On the standard Konig VC outboard racer, intake is on one...

I think Bill Van has it right, Dieter put expansion chambers on the small motors in '61.

The first 500cc opposed VC motors were piston port intake, I'm pretty sure the year was 1966 (1965 if I am...

Tim, Dieter was one of the early users of expansion chambers and stingers, but not the first. As best as I can tell, Carniti's V-4 500cc racer was the first racing outboard to come from the factory...

No, I meant the next one. I know about the one on the end. It was marketed as a "sideboard" motor that clamped to a board midships. I think the distributor "Bray" in England sold a whole lot of them...

Is that motor next to the "side board" display motor a 3 cylinder radial 500cc?

I wish Dieter was still around to tell us about this stuff. :(

Dieter's father, Rudolf started making little outboards with very long shafts for sailboats. People said he was crazy, but sailboaters liked the inexpensive fuel stingy outboards and he developed a...

I'll let Dieter König's own words start us off: