I think you should put the Exhaust in the water

Been thinking about trying this simply due to the cost of boat motors. I get it, but simply put they are outrageously expensive even units that are 47 years old. Not terribly concerned with max speed so long as its got the power to come back up stream against a current.

I tried a motor on my ABS plastic rowboat and found that I preferred the oars. I also tried a motor on my Sevylor inflatable fishing boat. By the time I had the motor mount, motor and battery in or on the boat there wasn't that much room for me. Again, I found that it was more enjoyable for me to use the oars. If people complained, I moved out of their way.

I thought about the same thing but I want to see you install a pulley system like you do your lawnmowers to get the rpm out of that prop I take a lot of inspiration from your other builds. Awesome videos dude.

That looks cool and sounds cool. There are a few motors in the corner of my grandparents garage, I might could do this

Never mind the homemade motor, I want that solo skiff

Wow, that is some dirty water. I'm not used to brownish red water. I don't think I could bring myself to swim in it.

Day 19 and looks like you had a blast. Can’t wait for tomorrows video.

I completely forgot about this video. And that you removed the engine.

Another thought, put some weight in the bow to balance your boat out. You might get more speed that way, certainly make it easier to get your boat up on step. Too much weight in the stern makes the boat drag through the water! Be able to get more rpm from the motor to get the prop spinning faster - around 2,500 rpm's worth - put a tach on the engine if you worry about it blowing apart if you overspeed it.

I wonder if you could hook up a belt drive pulley to a big old 24 volt diesel starter, and power that pulley on top (on demand with a clutch) using a couple deep cycle marine batteries to power it. You could even pull the spark plugs while running, as I think those are generally 5-7hp. A real trick would be if you could recharge it while running gas, fun project I'd think but maybe not practical.

Dude that is AWESOME. Wish I had water closer to me. Definitely gonna try and get a mower and mess around with it. Gold car torque convertor should be here in a couple weeks. Awesome video.

Sounds good. Didn't think you would run the gov

My old 1 done max 24mph with 26 briggs,on a yamaha 50 lower pushin a heavy boat pullin govner.i settled for goverened at 19 mph for the past 5 years running a 35-40hp prop. Love your channel,you got alot more subs,and traffic than i do. You gotta beat my speed. A 30 us hp rig with a 50-60hp lower,surface drive it.....should hit 30 mph.i dont have the time,or funds to do it. Heres hoping you do.

Chud could get off Gilligan's Island with some spit and baling wire....haha KUTGW Mr. 327

i recommend finding a dolephin its a fin that bolts to the cav plate above the prop an keep the boat more level an help at low speeds an high speeds for keeping the noes good an down where it should be, the pitch of the prop seems good because it lets you get to governed rpm, you know how high you can run one of those without blowing it up so unhooking the governer will give you more top end speed, an the law of speed in a boat is slight up pitch to level pitch an as light as you can stand it, but you want to keep the boat as level bow to stern as you can, until were doing 30 to 40 pitch adjustments of the motor angle wont really do anything at that point youll hve 3/4 of the boat out of the water is when youll need pitch adjustments, hope this helps.

Another Great Vid, thank you!

Awesome video!😍 Greeting from Norway!

Need to get me 69 9.5 going but haven't done anything with it yet.

I would have put the exhaust in the water, but overall I really like it. A slower speed prop might help it plane out. Can't beat the price.

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make sure u put heavier valve springs on it so u dont hit valve float thoes motors are notorious for messin valves up

You sir got a new sub out of me This is awesome I suck and building stuff like this but I got boat and no motor but I do have two of these lawn mower motors laying around and ofl boat motor I’ll let ya know if it works out haha.

Y'all are so Southern that y'all swim in sweet tea 🤣

I would be afraid of my center of gravity would be too high with the engine weight being very high from the water. Lowering the engine 6" would be a good idea. That would bring your turns tighter without losing stability.

A multi-pitch propeller try that to speed it up ,I know that for a FACT. My Dad took a 12 h.p. Elto out board motor put a multi-pitch prop on it and Passed a 15 h.p going down river and up river so I know does work. That prop COST BIG MONEY but worth it.

Is that water really that brown?

So what would I need to hook the motors to the boat prop

What kind of love joy fitting did you use

Have you got the kinks worked out. I want to know the final top speed!

What are noise comperd to original engines?

What pulley did you use for the pull rope!

Hey bro what size lovejoys do you usually use for this

That’s a real nice Build good job

So I’m picking up a pre built one today with a small push mower engine on it. How much adjustment goes into a larger lawn tractor motor swap? I’m looking online for bolt pattern differences and shaft differences and still no help. Any info @chud327

Did you disturb anyone with the noise

i love the auxiliary starting unit! what hp is your motor and whats the prop size?

How is the fuel consumption vs an equivalent outboard?

ive got a old jd212 with factory 12hp kohler very high hours the crankshaft connecting rod journal is worn widthwise bought new connecting rod new piston/rings new head did nothing to stop the low end rattle noise any ideas?

I'm debating on getting a jon boat or building a barrel boat what option do you think is better I’m on a tight budget

who's is the sqarebody in the back ground

What river is that? Looks fun.

wax the bottom of the boat for less resistance

I want to make a 6.5 Briggs kyak motor any idea

These are great repurpose ideas, the logical problem with them is that the gear cases are meant to run at 8,000 rpm with a 2 stroke motor, and these motors run on average 3,600 rpm, so you never get the full speed out of them, unless you re prop them, but even then it will never have the performance as the original.

why does the water look like an oil slick?

What horse power lower is this?

Which engine is better on your boat

Any names for it

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That's some terrible looking water

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