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Clams Canino wrote: Hi Matt, You gotta keep the old 2 strokes under 4000 to save gas too. But ya they do drink it. The 1250 was an interesting critter. It ws the 1st of the 99ci design that would have a 20 year run on the market. But conversely, it was the last of the old plain vanilla crossflow piston dome. It's sucassors with the updated intake got a bit better mileage because the burn efficiancy went up. But they still drank (drink) gas for breakfast, particularly when you hammer them. I swear at WOT I can see the gas needle go down. Yes absolutely, these were nice motors! I liked the touch of history that was around them. When this motor came out in 1968 it was the ****kicker motor on the planet. 125 HP was at the top of the food chain back then. Today people laughed about it but still it was my first "big" motor and you have to hold it for it that it was still running well after 35 years! Ok, it had its little problems, in the sum not worth fixing but the old beast still ran. There will never again be a motor of these proportions with the tall and slim powerhead. With the fuel it used you could have powered modern 4 stroke 200 HP TWINS easily. I believe they made a 1250 Super BP which was THE motor of THE motors and is still sought after today? Same motor but different induction? Something like that ... Matt |
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The 1969 1250 Super BP appeared in 1970 as the production 1350. Yes, the new
induction system was the difference. Today the 1250's power to weight ratio is still no laughing matter. For boats rated at 90hp (propshaft) those things create a whole new world of "oh my God" -W wrote in message oups.com... Clams Canino wrote: Hi Matt, You gotta keep the old 2 strokes under 4000 to save gas too. But ya they do drink it. The 1250 was an interesting critter. It ws the 1st of the 99ci design that would have a 20 year run on the market. But conversely, it was the last of the old plain vanilla crossflow piston dome. It's sucassors with the updated intake got a bit better mileage because the burn efficiancy went up. But they still drank (drink) gas for breakfast, particularly when you hammer them. I swear at WOT I can see the gas needle go down. Yes absolutely, these were nice motors! I liked the touch of history that was around them. When this motor came out in 1968 it was the ****kicker motor on the planet. 125 HP was at the top of the food chain back then. Today people laughed about it but still it was my first "big" motor and you have to hold it for it that it was still running well after 35 years! Ok, it had its little problems, in the sum not worth fixing but the old beast still ran. There will never again be a motor of these proportions with the tall and slim powerhead. With the fuel it used you could have powered modern 4 stroke 200 HP TWINS easily. I believe they made a 1250 Super BP which was THE motor of THE motors and is still sought after today? Same motor but different induction? Something like that ... Matt |
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Clams Canino wrote: The 1969 1250 Super BP appeared in 1970 as the production 1350. Yes, the new induction system was the difference. Today the 1250's power to weight ratio is still no laughing matter. For boats rated at 90hp (propshaft) those things create a whole new world of "oh my God" What is the actual weight and prop HP of the 1250? Matt |
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