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Joe M
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Tue Nov 03, 2009 6:24 pm
Posts: 1025
Location: Tyler, TX
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 What do ya'll think about the predator for sale? looks neat, sounds neat. Has anyone ran one?
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chops3131
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Sun Oct 04, 2009 4:34 pm
Posts: 1182
Location: Beaumont TX
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Re: What do ya'll think about the predator for sale? there is a reason nobody uses harley motors on MMs
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Joe M
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Tue Nov 03, 2009 6:24 pm
Posts: 1025
Location: Tyler, TX
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Re: What do ya'll think about the predator for sale?
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"You may all go to hell, as for me I'm going to Texas" D. Crockett
What is best in life?
To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women.
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cb5331
MMT Super Elite Member
Joined: Fri Dec 18, 2009 8:10 pm
Posts: 16915
Location: Rowlett, TX
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Re: What do ya'll think about the predator for sale? heat
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radikkle
MMT Pro Member
Joined: Sun Aug 02, 2009 7:37 pm
Posts: 210
Location: knotts Island nc
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Re: What do ya'll think about the predator for sale? hard starting in cold weather.
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1854 pd with 36fpr
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balloon-knot
MMT Pro Member
Joined: Wed Jan 14, 2009 9:05 am
Posts: 398
Location: Prairie du Chien, WI
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Re: What do ya'll think about the predator for sale? The guy that is selling that motor is a good buddy of mine, and I can tell you that cold weather starts or heat has never been and issue while running that motor. I don't get why everyone is quick to flip the comments out there.
I would say overall these motors had very little issues. No more than your typical long tail or SD. The ONLY reason these are not still into production today is due to liability law suits. To many waterheads out there were getting pitched out of thier boats cuz they couldn't hang on to 70 hp turning a prop 6 feet behind them. So the law suits started pouring in.
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Illowa Marine - Home of Illowa Pro-Drive and the Phowler Boat Company
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Josh
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Fri May 14, 2010 7:35 am
Posts: 1110
Location: Longview TX
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Re: What do ya'll think about the predator for sale?
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Sometimes it's best to just keep your fingers quiet...
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Joe M
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Tue Nov 03, 2009 6:24 pm
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Location: Tyler, TX
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Re: What do ya'll think about the predator for sale? It does seem like it would be a handfull when the prop grabs something.
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"You may all go to hell, as for me I'm going to Texas" D. Crockett
What is best in life?
To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women.
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Robn1020
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Mon Feb 16, 2009 6:09 pm
Posts: 4232
Location: Cypress, TX
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Re: What do ya'll think about the predator for sale? Lots of tourque I'm sure. You gonna look like a lightbulb after the season's over with all that arm strength you gonna gain.
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| Thu Aug 12, 2010 9:18 am |
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Joe M
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Tue Nov 03, 2009 6:24 pm
Posts: 1025
Location: Tyler, TX
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Re: What do ya'll think about the predator for sale? Could always mount some snowboard bindings in the boat.
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"You may all go to hell, as for me I'm going to Texas" D. Crockett
What is best in life?
To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women.
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Josh
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Fri May 14, 2010 7:35 am
Posts: 1110
Location: Longview TX
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Re: What do ya'll think about the predator for sale?
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Sometimes it's best to just keep your fingers quiet...
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Shadow
MMT F.E.
Joined: Tue Mar 30, 2010 7:11 pm
Posts: 798
Location: Shreveport, LA
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Re: What do ya'll think about the predator for sale?
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My motor doesn't have docking assistance, it has REVERSE!
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balloon-knot
MMT Pro Member
Joined: Wed Jan 14, 2009 9:05 am
Posts: 398
Location: Prairie du Chien, WI
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Re: What do ya'll think about the predator for sale?
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Illowa Marine - Home of Illowa Pro-Drive and the Phowler Boat Company
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chops3131
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Sun Oct 04, 2009 4:34 pm
Posts: 1182
Location: Beaumont TX
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Re: What do ya'll think about the predator for sale? And how fast did they run
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basinlover
MMT Pro Member
Joined: Mon Mar 09, 2009 12:24 pm
Posts: 279
Location: DE Jeanerette, LA.
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Re: What do ya'll think about the predator for sale? put 12 hours on my gt harley mud viper and heat was not a problem but keeping the electric clutch was making a FNR gearbox and will see what happens has power out the a$$ and never had any problem starting.
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50fps
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Tue Jan 13, 2009 6:42 pm
Posts: 2377
Location: West Coast Wisconsin
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chops3131
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Sun Oct 04, 2009 4:34 pm
Posts: 1182
Location: Beaumont TX
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Re: What do ya'll think about the predator for sale? WOW i cant believe they still make boss hogs with SBs and BBs i wonder how they got around the "Liability Issues" 
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saveontaxes
MMT Pro Member
Joined: Sat Aug 29, 2009 10:16 am
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Re: What do ya'll think about the predator for sale? if you think about it, on a good harley style motor, say an aftermarket S&S 113cu engine, ($4k) you can get almost 1 hp per cu in, and 1 ft lb of torque per cubic inch. it'll turn 8k rpm + or 5-6 all day long. but you can get the torque at 3-4k rpm, thats perfect for these mm setups. But I can see how the clutch won't hold up. May just have to go with a dry plate clutch,primo style, like a belt drive primary has. As it has been proven, it can be done. On the heat issue, you could always add an electric cooling fan to suplement air cooling.
as for liability, you can't fix stupid, there is always going to be dumbasses that can hurt themselves on a feather.
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chops3131
MMT 1000 Club
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Location: Beaumont TX
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