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Hey guys,
just picked up a 1548 tracker mod v with a 40hp nissan outboard....for $1500! I feel like a kid on christmas morning! Engine fired right up once we'd tinkered with it, it's a '96 two stroke with a four blade prop. Now, the boat's only rated for a 25hp engine but I'm excited to see what excessive horsepower does to a very light boat, what do you guys think? Any estimates of how fast this rig would run/should run? It's a deep hull (16" transom) so I hope this setup works alright. Do you think it will still troll slow enough?
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It will probably run great, but if you plan to insure it, you should tell the insurance you only have a 25hp. Its hard to get insurance for boats that are over-horsepowered. I speak from experience.
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why do they have hp "limitations" on boats anyway? Is it a weight issue or can the transom actually not handle the thrust? I'm sure they give it a 2x safety factor any way, most things are over-engineered so the designer covers his butt
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It's called airing on the side of safety. I would really check your transom over for fatigue stress fractures. Is there a transom saver on your motor? The bouncing of the weight back there over time will fatigue your transom and could be an issue. BLFG is correct. I would make sure your within your boats peramiters for insurance purposes. Should be a fun little duck hunting machine.
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I've been told in the past that you could be cited for putting a bigger motor on your boat than what the HP rating for the boat is, not sure how true this is. [unimpressed]
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yeah, 40hp on an 1136 is absolutely overkill but this is a much bigger boat. Still lots of engine but I figure I'll give it a try and if it porpoises too much or won't troll slow enough I'll sell it for close to what I bought the whole rig for and find a 25hp off KSL. I've been dreaming of flying across willard at 38mph though....
This spring another project is a buddy and I are designing a dual-gear mud motor comparable to mud buddy's Super Long Tail, using a 23hp vanguard motor. Come October I should be in a good place to get out to the duckies like never before and take some people with me.
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think it'll troll down to 2mph?
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if it wont idle down slow just toss a 5 gal bucket on a rope.
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it will definatly if you put a trolling plate on it. I had a 50 hp on my old 16 ft crestliner and it would barely move with the trolling plate.
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its got a stabilizer fin on it now, I hope that helps with porpoising but unless I take that off a trolling plate is out. Definitely need to pick up a transom saver though, very heavy engine
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Nice find. What others have said is spot on. You can get a ticket if the man is checking your ID plate...actually had a boat checked once for this.
Let us know how she performs when you get to really play with it!
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wow, talk about over-regulation from the government! They just have to get their hand into every sector of private life!
I'm excited to get it out though! next job is to check the water pump and then test it on the water. Then on to a bit of custom seating/deck installation. I have a feeling I'm going to spend a lot of time in this boat this year...
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We found out once we got it home that the tranny shares a housing with the motor, so there's no way to get a 1:1 output off of it, which is what we need. We decided we may as well just go for a standard motor so we don't have to redesign parts on the frame to accept different motors. We're hoping to have a couple prototypes built by this fall, can't wait till school is out so I have time to work on it!
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,what happened with the four wheeler motor?