I would use the Yamaha. A lot of yamahas have an aluminum pump tunnel that unbolted from the hull. This way you don't have to mate fiberglass to aluminum.
im looking to build a jetski powered boat. originally i wanted a 1448 or a 1648 aluminum jon boat. my problem is there arent any used 1448 or 1648 jon boats near me and im not looking to spend 1000 -1800 for a new one. however there are a lot of 1436 jon boats and lots of 14ft v hull boats. i...
1100 swaps are nice because you get big power but keep reliability. you dont have to mod them as much or at all. the 1100 has a different bolt pattern than the 750 so the guy on pwc is building aluminum plates that have both bolt paterns. plus the aluminum plate is alot lighter than the stock...
as far as weight i think ill be ok. im looking for a 1448 boat and im going to do a simple joy stick steering. im not going to have the added weight of a steering console. i had planed on using some aluminum square stock for my motor mounts rails. my plan is kind of a crappie style boat. it...
im glad i found this site. i parted out one of my kawasaki jet skis but still have the motor. i decided i want to biuld a small jet jon using the kawi 750 motor i have. i was origianally going to do the bolt the hull into a boat thing but then i found out that berkeley made a 120mm pump at one...