I've seen a Honda air cooled motor that mated to a saildrive
unit. Can't find a web site, but I remember seeing it
somewhere.
You would need to provide enough air flow for cooling. I'd
want to wrap the exhaust with asbestos, also.

Scotty

"Capt. JG" wrote in message
...
Sure you can, but it may require lots of effort to get it
to fit and you
need to be concerned with the proper gearing for the prop,
etc. If you've
got a lot of time and not much money, it will be a good
learning experience.
:-)

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"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

"woopei" wrote in message
...
I have only had smaller boats with outboards and would
like to get a larger
boat.
The ones in my price range have engine issues and here
is my question.
I understand the preference for diesel over gas but I
have never heard
of anyone simply replacing an inboard with a normal
engine such as from a
go-kart or Volkswagon or one of those 3 cylinder
japanese cars.
I don't see the advantage of a marine engine since when
they get wet they
are
filled with rust and seized as would my 6hp go-kart
engine.

So, does anyone know why I can't replace an engine with
a normal gas
engine?

Thanks,
Frank