Does anyone out there have any information on the gents who did run Yamahas in Mod U / F1?
How much success did they have?
I remember seeing in Propeller magazine they were getting better but that was a long time ago.
Does anyone out there have any information on the gents who did run Yamahas in Mod U / F1?
How much success did they have?
I remember seeing in Propeller magazine they were getting better but that was a long time ago.
Doesn't anyone here have any info on the Yamaha powered boats?
those boats were owned and built by Wayne Worthy @ Htdro Tec Marine
I remember back in the day there was a driver by the name Ray Anderson who drove a Yamaha. I also believe J.R. Safford did as well. But I never saw them with much success.. They couldnt keep the motor together. I like to see them come back and try it again. We need the boat in F1
Ashton Rinker #120
regarding that deal is all second hand but I heard that in a corner somewhere, in a warehouse are some parts that will make a Yamaha fly and I think I even remember hearing that there are a couple of complete engines hidden.
The F1 Yamaha's had a type of encapsulated header for exhaust and ran very well... But soon enough a driver was hurt & killed and after the family got through suing Yamaha, they decided it was not worth the risk and backed out of racing. So blame attorney's. they killed it and in the end will probably kill most of what we find fun and exciting before it's all said & done.
What I wouldn't give to get my hands on that hardware....
Wow, I didn't think yuou were paying attention back then. The first time I saw a Yamaha run was in Alburndale Florida 1986. A Mod-U set up driven by Harly Wilson. It was very fast, no one was even close at the finish. Since then I have seen them race a V-4 in the Formula 100 class. Mike Godfrey was very competitive with the Yamaha in the late 80's early 90's. I can even recall my mentor "The Great One" Jack Withrow driving a Yamaha powered Formula 100 boat at the Kankakee National one year. You are right that the Yamaha competed in the F-1 series(Ray Anderson, Nathen Worthy, JR Saffold) but none could ever seem to keep them together.
Terry - Yes I also remember that and it was cool as hell when it was running right. Had a VERY different sound to it than the Merc's. They had a OPC race in Grand Haven Michigan one time and I got a chance to see it run. Fast but broke down.Mike Godfrey was very competitive with the Yamaha in the late 80's early 90's.
hello there
i know Yamaha made a f1 motor back in the start of the 90,it was a 2,6 whit a fronthaft whit 6 dual throttel and 12 inj.exhaurst side was whit cast in back plate.a big tuner 2x58,we took a powerhead apart to se how it was made,it had offset heads(hydrotec made copy)and 61y rods.why i did se this was at that time some famile was woking at Yamaha denmark,there was 2 complet motors ready to run and some complet power heads also.
the papers on the motors was telling that it was makeing 450hp a 8200rpm
best regards
soren
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