Originally Posted by
Gene East
I suppose a motor could have been raced by a QW driver that did not get stamped, then someone bought the motor from QW at a race site thinking it was better than what was available to the general public.
Most improvements were always in the cylinder block. It's possible a new set of cylinders was installed on an existing crankcase assembly before the block was stamped.
I personally am not aware of any motors being shipped without a stamp.
Dick Austin has a 60 c/i motor with my name on it.
Some one who raced prior to the Quincy Looper engines was at a boat show in Muscatine, IA was curious about Dick's motors. I was standing near Dick's display and the gentleman asked me if I knew anything about the strange looking motors. I showed him the motor with my name. He agreed that perhaps I might know something about them.
We had a good talk. I explained how the loop scavenge system worked and he went away happy.
While QW was always trying to improve the product, I can assure you we NEVER built special motors for our team drivers. Every motor we ever built was available for sale at the advertised price on a first come, first served basis.
In fact, twice we had customer accuse us of that. Twice, Chris instructed me to swap our P/H with theirs. Twice we beat them using their own motor while they ran the "special" Quincy motor.
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