Outboard Marine Corporation 4 Rotor: The Real Story

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• EV

  @every-istand-ophobe6320 · 4 years ago

  Omc was a powerhouse. And still to this day you cant beat the reliability of the 70's80'sand 90's Evinrude and Johnson 2 strokes. Period.

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• LU

  @lutherbonow5047 · 1 year ago

  Great video! &nbsp;Had no clue rotaries ever made themselves into outboards, snowmobiles, and chainsaws! <br>Thanks for all the hard work for putting this together.

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• RA

  @randalltaylor3700 · 4 years ago

  I grew up racing in the APBA circuit back In the 70&apos;s. I had heard the story of Jimbo McConnell &nbsp;slowing down and waving at the Mercury pits while racing the Rotory. I laugh every time I think about it

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• DO

  @donparker8246 · 4 years ago

  My father worked at Johnson Outboards until 1986. I remember all the hype about rotary engines and how they were essentially mopping the floor with Mercury. I never knew about all the controversy and politics that went on behind the scenes. Thank you for posting this video. As an OMC brat, this was beyond intriguing. 👍😁

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• SA

  @samdittmar5142 · 4 years ago (edited)

  This was fantastic, i didn&apos;t realize how much the rotary engines actually dominated outboard racing

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• IT

  @itsnotmeitshim · 4 years ago

  Such a shame OMC went under, they did push the boundries all the time. Made some amazing products.

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• UL

  @UltraMagaFan · 4 years ago (edited)

  I can’t believe OMC went out of business. I wish that company was still around. I have a 1999 Johnson 150 Ocean Pro and it’s a great engine.

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• KY

  @kypackerfan4-12-15 · 4 years ago (edited)

  Only one additional bit of Information here. &nbsp;I worked in the OMC rotary snowmobile engine department until it shut down in 1974. &nbsp;My supervisor, Ronald Tetslove, raced with the rotary engine for Team Evinrude. &nbsp;Dick Wishe ran every engine built and also dyno tested them at the same time. &nbsp;I know that they were making as much as 47 hp at the shaft at that time.

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• ER

  @ericsekula8103 · 4 years ago

  Awesome little documentary! Had no idea OMC/Johnson/Evinrude produced so much more than just outboards.

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• JR

  @JR-ho5qm · 4 years ago

  Great video! I would love to see a video on the Evinrude G2 it is such a great motor that unfortunately got a bad rap and was discontinued.

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• RO

  @robertpierce1981 · 4 years ago

  When you talked about lapping the field I remember in F1 Hakkinen and Coulthard lapping the field in their Mercedes’. That was awesome.

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• AN

  @andrekemp5059 · 4 years ago

  Mercury 2000cc V6 2 stroke are great engines they make 330hp max at 11 000rpm.<br>I raced F1 powerboat racing in Sout Africa from age 16.

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