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February 21, 2016 at 9:42 pm
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quote R. C.:
What you saw were two 500cc Konny (a copy of the Konig from the Check Republic, because Konig was already out of business) powerheads on top of each other to make a 1000cc engine for the 1100cc runabout class by Steve Letzell. It was built on the anniversary year to honor what Dieter Konig did back in the 1980’s in making a 850cc engine to run in the OE class in Europe.
What Dieter did was couple a 500cc powerhead with a 350cc powerhead on top to make an 850cc for OE class. It would be the equal to our USA Mod 50 class. It took a year or so, but they won the World Championship with this combination. Just more confirmation of Dieter’s engineering.
Steve had spent many hours at the Konig factory through the years and decided at the anniversary of the 8 cylinder engine, to make another, because he knew how Dieter did this, because he was there. What to hear stories?
Steve’s only problem was the bottom belt for the rotary valve drive came off when he tested it, it was awesome when it ran, and never reached its full potential.
However, again this one of the problems when one goes out side of the box. It takes time to make it work.
What Dieter did was couple a 500cc powerhead with a 350cc powerhead on top to make an 850cc for OE class. It would be the equal to our USA Mod 50 class. It took a year or so, but they won the World Championship with this combination. Just more confirmation of Dieter’s engineering.
Steve had spent many hours at the Konig factory through the years and decided at the anniversary of the 8 cylinder engine, to make another, because he knew how Dieter did this, because he was there. What to hear stories?
Steve’s only problem was the bottom belt for the rotary valve drive came off when he tested it, it was awesome when it ran, and never reached its full potential.
However, again this one of the problems when one goes out side of the box. It takes time to make it work.
Killer!
Thanks for the history lesson. It did not run when I saw it.
I never heard of the motor that Dieter built??
When I was 19 or 20 I worked for Tim Butts building the legendary "Butts Aerowings" in Houston and got up close and personal w/the baddest Konigs on the planet in that era.
We spent one weekend testing a new lay down boat at past World Champion Wayne Baldwins house on Lake Corpus Cristi. Pretty heady stuff for a punk kid 😉