My briggs & stratton powered boat running at sea
July 30, 2010 by chec
Filed under Snowblower engine
Finally got the boat on the water and running great! Used it all last summer, but i did some mods to it this summer, like the stearing system that comes from a old Ariens lawn tractor. The engine is a Briggs & Stratton 8hp from a 1977 Gilson snow blower, and it runs perfect!
is that big bear lake ? looks like the observatory
I got that same motor on my Go Kart. The thing is a freakin beast. Weighs like 70+ pounds. I have a video of it on my channel
I had the same ieda inboard with a keel though ,,what kind of waterproof bearing do you use where prop is to keep boat dry and does motor setting at a slight angle hurt it [oil pump]?
@indigestive nope honda mowers suck had mine two years 5.5 garaged ,everything one day the piece of shit started ran a little died . rebuilt the carb still ran sucky.bought a briggs 6.5 flathead way more power (faster and in foot tall grass it doesn`t skip a beat and starts on first or second pull almost always first . and to my suprise it burn`t way less gas than the OHV Honda .always have a little left over in the tank for washing (it also has a washing system.
i was thinking you could take a small motorcycle motor and extend the shaft from the drive sprocket and make that lil bugger scream!
I wonder how far you can go on one gallon of gas.
wow man good job, nice project!
@withoutanoutboard1 Honda beats it
Slow down, your going to crash that piece of shit.
geeez i bet she kicks ass a full throttle! GIVE “ER SHIT!
I like the idea and you did a good job, but hold the camera STILL, so we can see what you did! No harm ment, just interested in the workings. Thx.
would it work more effective if you put a water pump to the shaft instead of a propeller? and used the force of the water to move?
Funny as hell.
awesome!!!
oh yeah I never thaught of that, but when the engine is not running it can splash in the engine if there is a big enough wave.
almost all outboards have the exhaust underwater, if anything, its helping the motor: more backpressure.
aint that the truth
can’t beat a briggs and stratton motor.
i like it
??? learn how to speak english please! I am not under standing your comment very well !!!
thats why you got two muffler on an out board
yeah and you loose power that way too!! it would require MORE POWER to push the exuast out under water than above the water!!!!!!!!!!!
umm alot of motor have pipe underwater
Love it.
then the water would would choke out the engine if it was in the water!!!