Guys,

Can you bolt a briggs & stratton motor to a outboard bottom end?
Reason I ask is that you can buy 25hp four stroke briggs & stratton
motors for less than a grand. If you could mate them to a 25-35hp
bottom end you would be rockin', no? Not only would it save money, but
I imagine it would last a good while provided you changed the oil once
a year.

I hate those outrageous prices that they want for a silly 25-35hp
outboard. Especially a four stroke. What does the parts look like
that connect a regular two stroke motor to the bottom end? Meaning
does the two stroke motor have a shaft that inserts into a female end
in the bottom end? Wonder how hard it would to engineer this?

Email me with ideas too.

Randolf

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Guys,

Can you bolt a briggs & stratton motor to a outboard bottom end?
Reason I ask is that you can buy 25hp four stroke briggs & stratton
motors for less than a grand. If you could mate them to a 25-35hp
bottom end you would be rockin', no? Not only would it save money, but
I imagine it would last a good while provided you changed the oil once
a year.

I hate those outrageous prices that they want for a silly 25-35hp
outboard. Especially a four stroke. What does the parts look like
that connect a regular two stroke motor to the bottom end? Meaning
does the two stroke motor have a shaft that inserts into a female end
in the bottom end? Wonder how hard it would to engineer this?

Email me with ideas too.

Randolf


How do you plan on handling neutral and reverse?

I don't need reverse and neutral. As for reverse...I will sit idle
while waiting for a friendly boater with a rope to back me up. As for
neutral...do push lawn mowers have a neutral?

wrote:

I don't need reverse and neutral. As for reverse...I will sit idle
while waiting for a friendly boater with a rope to back me up. As for
neutral...do push lawn mowers have a neutral?


Mine doesn't

wrote:

I don't need reverse and neutral. As for reverse...I will sit idle
while waiting for a friendly boater with a rope to back me up. As for
neutral...do push lawn mowers have a neutral?


Why not just rig a long shaft and put a prop on it? I saw something
like that in a James Bond Movie a while ago.

Seriously...for reverse I have a paddle. Neutral is when the engine
isn't running. Cranking the thing isn't going to be that tough with a
little prop. How many of us bought a motor for the ability to reverse
and sit idle? What percentage of the time you use your engine do you
call upon these functions?

I grew up with a 10ft jon and a wooden paddle. Anything is an
improvement.

I should add that b&s motors don't spin more than 4,000 rpm. So it
might mean using a larger prop for the hp rating. If you used a 25hp
b&s you might want to get a 35hp sized prop. So, if I could find a
35hp bottom end and mount a b&s to it...WATCH OUT!

On 18 Mar 2005 15:23:54 -0800, wrote:

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I hate those outrageous prices that they want for a silly 25-35hp
outboard. Especially a four stroke. What does the parts look like
that connect a regular two stroke motor to the bottom end? Meaning
does the two stroke motor have a shaft that inserts into a female end
in the bottom end? Wonder how hard it would to engineer this?

It's done is SE Asia - in particular parts of the Mekong Delta,
Cambodia and Thailand.

A long tube with bearings at either end, a drive shaft, prop on one
end and a B&S engine at the other.

No lower unit required.

Later,

Tom

Yep, but why I wonder they do that? Cheap? Shallow water? I will
investigate.

On 18 Mar 2005 16:28:36 -0800, wrote:

Yep, but why I wonder they do that? Cheap? Shallow water? I will
investigate.

You do that. Report back when you are finished.

You have your orders - execute them. :)

I rode on one a long time ago (and by long, I mean exactly that) -
they are kind of neat deals. It was a water taxi. The odd thing was I
don't remember if they had a transmission for reverse or not - I don't
think they did. It was more of a slow down technique, then bump dock.

Later,

Tom