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Advice on a jet conversion....Again.
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<blockquote data-quote="andrewt" data-source="post: 297332" data-attributes="member: 5322"><p>Buy a motor with a jet on it or put a jet on your motor. You know you want one and you know it will work for you you just need the reasurance that it will work. It will, so buy a jet motor and rebuild it, buy a good jet motor or convert your motor and send us some pictures. That will solve your curiosity of a jet motor and us reading the same posts year after year. Not meaning this malicously just saying answer your own intrige and curiosity. Bigger is not always better. a 200 will run a little better if you have the boat to push but a 40 can outrun a 250 depending on weight and mods. If u have a 17 ft boat a motor 90hp and under will run just as good as a 150 as long as you don't put 300lbs of tackle in it. if you wanna haul weight go v4 or so if you wanna boatride in a litte jet boat then get a 40-90hp and lighten it up as much as you can. Use your motor with a little less weight and you'll be happy. Get rid of the slow mercury and go with a light weight boat and an evinrude or johsnon and talk to little blue rude and do his mods and you'll be beyond happy. Just comit to what you really want and quit kickin this idea around and send us some pictures please.</p><p>drew</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="andrewt, post: 297332, member: 5322"] Buy a motor with a jet on it or put a jet on your motor. You know you want one and you know it will work for you you just need the reasurance that it will work. It will, so buy a jet motor and rebuild it, buy a good jet motor or convert your motor and send us some pictures. That will solve your curiosity of a jet motor and us reading the same posts year after year. Not meaning this malicously just saying answer your own intrige and curiosity. Bigger is not always better. a 200 will run a little better if you have the boat to push but a 40 can outrun a 250 depending on weight and mods. If u have a 17 ft boat a motor 90hp and under will run just as good as a 150 as long as you don't put 300lbs of tackle in it. if you wanna haul weight go v4 or so if you wanna boatride in a litte jet boat then get a 40-90hp and lighten it up as much as you can. Use your motor with a little less weight and you'll be happy. Get rid of the slow mercury and go with a light weight boat and an evinrude or johsnon and talk to little blue rude and do his mods and you'll be beyond happy. Just comit to what you really want and quit kickin this idea around and send us some pictures please. drew [/QUOTE]
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