unlike steve i was going to set up with two jetski motors bt steve convinced me to go with a bigger auto engine when this cadillac motor (actual the whole car) was donated to me by a friends father. if the velvet drives will bolt up to a chevy they should fit this cadilliac motor if not I could fabrecate a adepter plate for that.<br /><br />The reducetion yes I have thought of that. I had orginally talked to teh fellow who build steves about my jetski moor rig he suggested a 4:1 and steve with a 383 runs a 1:1 so i fiured with the smaller 6 cyl a 2:1 would be prefect maybe even a 2.5:1 but a 1:1 or 1.5:1 or 1.75:1 would work also the ratio will determan what size prop I will be able to swing and it all comes back down to cost and what I can find. if I could find someone that has a old junked or wrecked skiboat or something simular that I could get the tranny form very reasonable that would help me out allot since this tranny was not in my origanal boat budget and I would just work with what ever reduction it had, if I have to buy a new one it will cost more then the rest of the boat all toghter. <br /><br />having the engine enclosed in a box, yes I have concidered these issues carefully. The box is not as closed as a normal inboard motor there will be allot of Air circulation in the box (at least on mine) not unlike a car under a closed hood. agian for cost reason the hood may not even go on for some time as it is cosmetic and not required for operation of the boat
yep fresh water cool on a closed system. I can't use a intake like allot of inboards becuase of the area these boats run ......mud ,weeds, hydria, sticks, logs, stumps well you get the idea
<br /><br />yes it hard to find a bad boat thats why we always talk so good about a boats, just look at it like this they(boats) don't talk back or argue with you, they on't mind spending all weekend out on the water, when your tierd of them you canjust back them in the back yard cover them up and expect them to stay there until your ready for them agian 
