Coolest racing engine of all time???

[Mark75H]

What is your favorite? Here's mine:

(Still looking for one of these ugly lower units for it or a short 13½" tower to get in trade for the long 16")

[Dr. Thunder]

50's HRA Konig 250 ... today it would have to be the Rossi 125.

[Master Oil Racing Team]

I always liked the 500 cc 4 carb Konigs with the short megaphones. The 6 cylinder Quincy flatheads had the best sound AND looked good.

[Rusrog]

1750XS\T-3's.... Great looking motors and for the day were pretty hard to beat...

Also the later 2.4 Oval port EFI's.... Late 80's versions...

Russ

[Jeff Akers]

A Lon Stevens six cylinder merc. God they sounded good !
When I was a kid I used to play in the propwash as they fired them off .Man the feel, the sound , the smell, nuthin like it!!!!

Hmm, I wonder if thats wy I don't hear so well anymore ??

[Jeff Lytle]

Crescent 500cc alky, or gas Super C.........nuthin' quite like them.

[stephensmithracinguk]

Hi saw the wizard at London Docks UK when Johnny Sanders raced it before it ripped the transom off, boy did it sound good, shame it did'nt race against the OMC V8s

[Jengle37]

I know this is a mostly outboard website, but being an inboard fanatic I'd have to say the Merlin is the coolest racing engine of all time by a long shot, followed by the V12 Jag that was in Mitch Lemke's ET79.

[Master Oil Racing Team]

Jeff--Was the Lon Stevens Merc with the six pipes or the right side or a Merc Quincy flathead like this? You know Jeff, I swear when I started scanning this photo I had the brief smell of that fuel blend from Californie (forgot the name) that had something extra that made it smell different from regular castor oil/methanol blend.

[Jeff Akers]

Jeff--Was the Lon Stevens Merc with the six pipes or the right side or a Merc Quincy flathead like this? You know Jeff, I swear when I started scanning this photo I had the brief smell of that fuel blend from Californie (forgot the name) that had something extra that made it smell different from regular castor oil/methanol blend.

Wayne, I cant remember if they had six pipes or three ? but it wasnt the flathead , I would have rememberd that thing !

The one in the pic I belive is a stevens (could be rong). this six carb engine is still racing today

And oh yes that smell was something else