Quote Originally Posted by Hounddog View Post
I just noticed on the TORC......Toronto Outboard Race Club..site that the link to the rule book is a link to the 2019 UIM Rule Book....T Class starts on page 194. There is no change in the T750 weight. The GT classes for the New motors are much heavier and are horsepower based not displacement based as the two stroke classes. Our new composite Critchfields weigh 225 lbs without the cowl, we will see the new 2019 redesign Deltas this race season and they could be lighter and quicker than the Critchfield or Allison. One reason OPBAR is looking at reducing the horsepower in T850 is the boats are having turning problems in the corners due to the increased top end speeds on the straights.
They may want to go back to the original spec rules and eliminate the altered 56 fishing motor. Under the original rules you could run a UIM spec 49 OMC or 70CES, an APBA spec 59 cubic inch Mercury, an APBA spec SST 60 with the larger cc 160 compression head or a blueprinted stock 56 fishing motor with the 160 compression head. All of these motors were competitive, some had better acceleration while the OMC 49 and SST 60 had a bit more top end. Made for multiple winners and super racing for the fans.
Simple solution for the OMC 56’s......must run 31.5 cc head regardless of resulting compression and 73D maximum jet size.. That will slow down the altered motors and is easy to check at inspection.
propshaft height is another way to slow boats down and helps safety re spins