Found this picture of one of our fun engines made for salt water racing on Long Island. We ran FRR at every one of our events and all kind of boat/engine combinations were allowed. All boats entered in the class had to have a deck rider. The following photo is one of the rigs we ran. It was a DeSilva 14 ft Runabout powered by a 100 HP. Johnson V-4 powerhead on a real short steel midsection. The engine had open exhaust and ran a modified electric shift lower unit spring loaded in foward gear. We had three of these rigs in the club for years until the noise problem made us stop running them. Butch Langdon, Elli's brother (master engine builder) "see also Langdon/Fales Looper" started this trend and it was reliable, fast and noisy.
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