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What motor should i run?
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MMT Addict
Joined: Sun Oct 30, 2011 8:29 am Posts: 510 Location: minnesota 
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 What motor should i run?I got a 16 ft alumacraft rivited flat bottom and was wondering if it could handle a surface drive. If so wat kind of motor and horse power for running in shallow weeds,cat tails.ext
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| Sun Oct 30, 2011 8:36 am |
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MMT Elite Member
Joined: Wed Mar 03, 2010 7:00 pm Posts: 6060 Location: Choudrant, La
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Re: What motor should i run? More info...
Chine Width? Transom hieght? Budget? Speed and performance expectations? _________________ CSM Custom 18x42 Battleship with a 36 PD beating you to the hole My Rig (Old Motor) viewtopic.php?f=5&t=45193 (New Motor) viewtopic.php?f=5&t=54733 Stumps Fear Me |
| Sun Oct 30, 2011 9:23 am |
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MMT Pro Member
Joined: Sun Feb 13, 2011 8:26 pm Posts: 334
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Re: What motor should i run? I ran a 16 x 48 rivited Lowe for years with a 29kawi MB and then the last year ran a 35 MB and the boat handled just fine... your going to see lots of tiller torque because the hull is so lite... keep in mind these boats are just for traveling in clean water... don't try to jump stuff or run in stumps... you can run in shallow weeds and cat tails just fine but not like slick bottom hull...
if you don't have a tall transome then your going to want pods put on the transome... you will wash a wake of water over your transome on a tall transome boat... but if you have a short transome your will swamp your boat with a big block motor... also fab up some kind of transome saver too if your travel much or have ruff roads... _________________ 18x52 Widow Maker Hull being pushed by a HD 5500 BAMF... |
| Sun Oct 30, 2011 12:41 pm |
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Joined: Sun Oct 30, 2011 8:29 am Posts: 510 Location: minnesota
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Re: What motor should i run? its a 16/21in transome and a 48in chine... budget is 5000.. just want it to get up and go in open water and get threw vegitition from a dead stop.. nothing real crazy but just want something faster than a long tail
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| Sun Oct 30, 2011 12:52 pm |
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MMT 1000 Club  Joined: Tue Jan 13, 2009 8:02 pm Posts: 4534 Location: South Louisiana
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Re: What motor should i run? 35
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| Sun Oct 30, 2011 4:50 pm |
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Joined: Sun Aug 21, 2011 8:38 am Posts: 29
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Re: What motor should i run? get the most motor you can afford. trust me on that. you do not want to be stuck out in an underpowered boat when the weather turns shitty
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