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Has Anyone Here Made a Homemade Short Shaft Mud Motor?
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<blockquote data-quote="Lil&#039; Blue Rude" data-source="post: 220320" data-attributes="member: 4627"><p>If you need to run in 3 inches of water an outboard jet is the only way to go. For a boat your size I think a 25hp would do just fine. you might want a little wider boat then what you have now buthtat depends on th weight of your setup now and how the boat plains out. I have a 16' 42" with a 40/28 and it'll plain out just fine as long as I'm not loaded down with more hten two people and some coolersand those kinda things. Most people run a 48" but I think you can get away with a narrower bottom just fine.</p><p>Cutting a motor down to a short shaft can be kinda dangerous and alot of people advise against it unless you know what your doing and can do it properley. Bad things can happen when stuff flies apart at wide open. It's hard to kep things lined up properly and you have to make sure all welds are good and strong. Not sayin it can't be done but from reading your post on the jet section I think a 25hp would be just fine for you. Get a short shaft 25-35hp omc and build the transom up to 22" tall.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lil' Blue Rude, post: 220320, member: 4627"] If you need to run in 3 inches of water an outboard jet is the only way to go. For a boat your size I think a 25hp would do just fine. you might want a little wider boat then what you have now buthtat depends on th weight of your setup now and how the boat plains out. I have a 16' 42" with a 40/28 and it'll plain out just fine as long as I'm not loaded down with more hten two people and some coolersand those kinda things. Most people run a 48" but I think you can get away with a narrower bottom just fine. Cutting a motor down to a short shaft can be kinda dangerous and alot of people advise against it unless you know what your doing and can do it properley. Bad things can happen when stuff flies apart at wide open. It's hard to kep things lined up properly and you have to make sure all welds are good and strong. Not sayin it can't be done but from reading your post on the jet section I think a 25hp would be just fine for you. Get a short shaft 25-35hp omc and build the transom up to 22" tall. [/QUOTE]
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