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Author:  tehrealmccoy [ Mon Mar 28, 2011 7:47 pm ]
Post subject:  New to mud motors (godevil questions)
Hello all,

I have been reading on this forum for quite some time doing research and now have found my beauty - it's an older Go Devil with an 8hp briggs i/c for $700 that I plan on running on a 14 ft alumacraft. Let me just throw out there, I'm not a hunter I'm a fisherman. But the river I fish is very shallow in some spots and an outboard just won't get over some of the rocks.

Anyways - to my questions. Is an 8hp Go Devil going to kick real hard and be uncomfortable to control or even dangerous? I'm a pretty big guy so I'm not really worried about it just curious as to what some others might have experienced.

Also, I'm sure the seals will need to be replaced. I scoured the Go Devil website and can't find where to order replacement parts, do I have to call them to order seals and what not?

Before someone comes on saying to use the Search tool I already did, searching "godevil maintenance" and even just "godevil" there is just too many results to search through and the people here seem nice enough to answer a couple of questions. :D

Cheers all.
Author:  autogateman [ Mon Mar 28, 2011 8:08 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: New to mud motors
you have to directly call go devil and have your serial # to order parts. have you bought the engine yet? an 8 hp engine isnt gonna get you through alot of stuff if you do get in something nasty though. for $300 more, i have a 16 hp godevil for sale.
Author:  tehrealmccoy [ Mon Mar 28, 2011 8:19 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: New to mud motors
I've been through the whole river. No mud, just a few shallow spots you can run the whole river with a canoe so an 8hp should do fine, there's just a few shallow spots with light rapids so I won't be beating the thing to death, I'd bet I don't even hit a rock with it. I just need something to run the shallow spots - there's still plenty of water just not enough for an outboard if there's a few rocks sticking up.
Author:  Woodiebuster [ Tue Mar 29, 2011 4:29 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: New to mud motors (godevil questions)
It's gunn a be underpowered.

A long tail and outboard are completely different monsters, it wont be nearly as hard to run as a 35 long tail but it's not a 9.9 johnson either.
Author:  tehrealmccoy [ Tue Mar 29, 2011 4:30 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: New to mud motors (godevil questions)
Thanks for the replies. :) I'm not worried about speed. I've pushed this boat with a variety of motors - 5hp, 7.5 hp, and 9.5hp. If it gets me where I'm going I'm not concerned about speed.
Author:  postalpaul [ Tue Mar 29, 2011 8:58 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: New to mud motors (godevil questions)
Understand the speed part but your prolly gonna be let down is what everyone us trying to tell ya

Just sayin
Author:  garjacker [ Wed Mar 30, 2011 6:20 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: New to mud motors (godevil questions)
dont sweat it man. i run a 16hp gdlt and in the rocky rivers its too much so if you want to draft shallow and weight is an issue an 8 will be fine. i just made a 9hp to putt around the river with. yea its slow but when you hit a rock doing even 5mph youre gonna do some damage. i can run 6 miles of river and never get above idle. i would recommend if your not in any mud go up a size on your prop. i ran a 9x6 and it strolled right on. i have a 8x4 on my 9hp.
Author:  tehrealmccoy [ Mon Apr 04, 2011 1:58 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: New to mud motors (godevil questions)
Hello all!

I got the motor yesterday, it's very clean and well maintained. I contacted Go Devil and they informed me it is a 1992. It has a 3 blade prop on it, so I figured it must be pretty old. Going to replace the seals and tune up the motor just to be safe. Can't wait for it to warm up outside so I can try it out, seems so far to be everything I was looking for.
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