looking for alot of v4 information

**john miffco** · 12-12-2006

bill
you hit the nail head dead on,,,,
here we race the tri hull class,,,100ci crossflow only
the best motor is the omc for the class

and these guys have tried everything,,,,,,,,,,,
the 1s that are staying running and winning are just hitting up on the normal items and better parts and clean work

as i stated and others just deburing intake tracks,,,and leaving as much metal as possible and epoxy filling where you can increases the crankcase pressure,,,,better running,,,
i call it D porting ,,,leaving the sides and bottoms alone,,,,on the ports
cutting out the bridge is even more flow at same timing,,,,a big factor
gives the motor dock and turning power,,,,

hey bill
what would be cool is for you to do your guru stuff on a crossflow motor,,,,
send it down here,,,,,,,
ill put it on a boat,,,,you come down and drive it
1st race at highlands is a 1 day event,,and i have a motor home for you to stay in at the track
if it runs anything like the 2.5 you did for chris in kankakee,,,,,look out tri hullers
john

basic racing ,,,,to have some fun ,,,,,,,,,,
john

**john/rude** · 12-13-2006

so would anyone recomend that my cross flow should be a smooth runner with all the parts on it
and will it be reliable. i will not be using it as a race moter only a few times but mostly just to go on the water and show all the merc guys that johnsons are still out there running strong. i willrace this 1 fella that does over 80miles an hour with his v6 race merc, again will my strangler be reliable?

please guys i need your help

**Bill Gohr** · 12-13-2006

A race motor a few times? No, it's a race motor all the time. Keep the timing down and give it good gas. We used to run 22 deg. with 108 oct.

John, I wouldn't send the motor I'm building down for a tri hull just so Schubert could buy it cheap, LOL. But there are plenty of junk 140's around here that could be done up to run.

**Skoontz** · 12-13-2006

The 99 cubic inch V-4s of those years will always out run and outlast any Merc when set up correctly. In those years Brunswick was more concerned with making bowling balls than outboard motors. Then along came oil injunktion to please the EPA whackopaths. That was another story. The 122 cubers never ran as well as the 99's and why they "upgraded" was far beyond my grasp.

**john miffco** · 12-13-2006

your right bill,,,,,
the claimer price is 2,600,,,so just taking a 140 and doing labor work to it
no upgraded parts,,,,kick ***,,,,,get claimed and make money back for time
and have fun for the weekend,,,,
thats the way to go,,,,,,

ill have a boat waiting if you want to do it and have an original v4 sst prop to use with it
im serious,,,,i have a rigged hull sitting here now,,needing only a motor
miss you on the water

brunswick was building bowling balls.............and still are,,,maybe thats 1 of the ways they could afford to have
mercury produced more racing motors and models than any other o/b manufacturer ever,,,,,,
and are still are building them today and tomorrow
as far as im concerned,,,,everbody go bowling
to keep boat racing alive
john

**john/rude** · 12-13-2006

hey guys
thanks for all your help and information with the crossflows and now i'm very happy that my motor will survive this christmas. if you's would like i could post pictures of my motor and boat on this but i will need your peoples help on how to post it on this website.

thanks heaps and have a happy christmas.

**john/rude** · 12-14-2006

oh and one more thing, bill gohr, u said that your timing was et to 22deg, but was that with the pistons turned around, the deflector on the exhaust side? my pistons are facing the normal croosflow way and the stock timing is 28 degrees. should i still bring my timing down to 22deg

please this is the last thing i have to do.