FIRST WIN for George Lavine of North Vancouver came last weekend at the Mission Raceway, when he raced this 17-foot dragboat to the premier position in the 17 second bracket. Lavine has owned the boat for three years and has spent about $17,000 on it. The boat can pull nine skiers at one time. (Ellsworth Dickson photo)

Nothing new in the business

Automobiles are. being made lighter so they can be powered by smaller engines. Smaller engines use tess gasoline.

It’s called downsizing. And downsizing is nothing new to the major manufacturers of outboard motors. Rising fuel prices or not, their aim has always been to reduce the size of the package but not the punch at the prop. With out- board motors, less is moret

Competition on the race course and at the market- place is the reason for this outboard downsizihg, ac- cording to the Allied Boating Association of Canada. As in the smaller cars, smaller out- boards require lighter power plants and that means better fuel cconomy and better performance, as_ the following example shows:

In 1958, a major manufacturer introduced a four-cylinder 50 h.p. out- board motor. It weighed 205 pounds. Ten years later, the motor was upgraded to 55 h.p and the weight reduced to 190 pounds.

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out 60 h.p. and the weight has been reduced to 180 pounds. An increase of 10 horsepower and a reduction of 25 pounds in weight in less than two decades!

The reduction in weight, as well as the increased design and manufacturing sophistication, has saved fuel. But the improvements in performance and _ fuel efficiency have come about for reasons beyond the downsizing itself.

There have been im- provements in all areas of design and manufacturing techniques. Lower units are more streamlined. The newer outboard motors are drainless, meaning the unburned fuel is recirculated back into the combustion chamber for improved ef- ficiency. They offer highly- tuned exhaust systems for more power. Electronic ignitions and thermostatic temperature control con- tribute to efficiency as well.

And ‘under the hood’ the two-cycle powerplant itself lends well to continuing im-

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process in which molten aluminum is ‘force-fed’ into a mold. This allows the design of subtle engineering improvements, like port shapes, that translate into more efficiency.

The power-to-weight ratio of outboard motors will get even better in the future. Improvements will come in the way fuel is brought into the crankcase prior to combustion. Intake and exhaust ports will change shape and location. Boating enthusiasts can also expect advances in boat design,

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