British Anzani A & B Stock & Alky Racing Engines

[John (Taylor) Gabrowski]

This engine post is going to be one large one when done. (some 30 pages) I wish to thank Smitty-The-Welder, the late and great Bill Tenney (Mid-West) and Gene Strain (Calgary, AB Racing Assn.) for all the materials concerning these engines that will date all the way back to 1959. By 1965 these engines as Alkys (Todays Pro Class engines) were already going in excess of 80 miles per hour and by 1981 were going in excess of 100 miles per hour, setting records where some runs were going up to 107 miles per hour hitting raceboat, prop and other technological barriers in the process.

The first feature will be some introductory materials to the British Anzani racing outboards that will shortly be followed by the complete type written 1959 manual produced by Bill Tenney himself in 1959 for racers purchasing his engines and modifying them for Alky themselves if that is what they wanted to do. Enjoy one of the first "cast iron" blocked loop charged engines that was part of that technological revolution that also produced the Quincy Flathead Loop, The Harrison Loop, The Konig Loop and other hybrid racing engines producing amazing horsepower before there was really the props and raceboats to handle that kind of output.

Enjoy the start to this thread, the entire 1959 Bill Tenney British Anzani manual will follow this opener in a short few days.

In the meantime if there are some posts of pictures and stories you may want to add into this thread, please do. Everyone will be pleased to share your pictures and your experiences.