Re: 1954 Evinrude Super Fastwin

[fisherman6]

Hi Jeff,
Thank you. I’m very happy with how this motor turned out also. I do really like how it runs. I need to work on getting some of the slopes out of the throttle linkage sometime. That is really the only problem I have with this motor now. Going from full throttle to mid range is not a very controlled transition. I may get rebuild parts too. This motor had a lot of hours on it. Compression is still decent at 95 top and 92 bottom, but the cylinders do have some visible wear on them.

So far I have only run this motor on 16:1 mix with ethanol free gas and synthetic blend TCW3 since that is what’s in my only good pressure tank until I get another one rebuilt. This is my first Fastwin, but I now have a ’59 18hp and 2 ’67 18hp’s that will most likely become one good one. The ’59 is getting a tune up next. I should get it finished up today. I’m looking forward to running it.

I have done quite a bit of businesses with Marineengine.com and for the most part have had good luck with them. I do like being able to help support another club member too and Dan seems to have better availability for the older OMC motors so I will get my stuff from Dan when I can.
-Ben

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