Junkyards are full of Inboards!

Posted by Chris Case [108.247.147.12] on Saturday, August 31, 2013 at 21:41:20 :

In Reply to: O/t inboard or outboard? posted by Perry [96.242.137.67] on Saturday, August 31, 2013 at 20:50:55 :

HP/weight is better for outboards, but you can't buy a core motor for $140.

Though they do need some marinised parts. Alt needs flame screens, starter needs it's head band hose clamped, mechanical fuel pump needs the broken-diaphragm bowl, and the carb needs it's external vent plugged- it needs to vent only inside the 'flame guard", that is an air filter to us landlubbers.

Plus water cooled exhaust manifolds.

All in all, a used car motor for about $1,000 in accessories beats a $12.000 inboard.

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• I saw the deck blow off a gas powered boat.. - gmharris 21:46:04 08/31/2013
  • Didn't run his vent blowers for a minute er two? - Chris Case 23:03:06 08/31/2013
    • Re: Didn't run his vent blowers for a minute er two? - gmharris 00:36:45 09/01/2013
      • Re: Didn't run his vent blowers for a minute er two? - Doc Dave 07:17:48 09/01/2013
        • Re: Didn't run his vent blowers for a minute er two? - Dana (in Lancaster) 07:58:08 09/01/2013
          • Re: Didn't run his vent blowers for a minute er two? - derek 16:20:26 09/01/2013
          • Re: Didn't run his vent blowers for a minute er two? - Doc Dave 14:11:08 09/01/2013
            • You can weld gas tanks too (most of the time, anyway).ntx - gmharris 14:16:22 09/01/2013

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