Re: Outboard to I/O conversion
This would be a huge, expensive undertaking that would seem to be completely senseless to over 99% of the boating population. The only practical answer is to sell what you've got and buy what you want.<br /><br />Then again, try telling that to someone who spends $40,000 and 4,000 hours building a one-off custom Hot Rod that could only sell for maybe $10,000 when it's done. People do such things all the time just for the challenge and for the sake of building something unique with your own two hands. Such projects are as far from practical and economcial by any stretch of the imagination, but to many they're just fun to do. <br /><br />If you think such an undertaking would be fun, you have deep pockets, gobs of time, a huge amount of talent, and an engineering background, then start cutting! When you're done, you'll probably have an unsellable, worthless, and totally unique boat that is exactly what you want to own. But if all you really want is to own a small runabout that has an I/O, buy one that's already made.<br /><br />Or keep the boat you've got and just buy a new outboard that's rated max HP for your boat. Expensive they are, but it'll be cheaper in the long run, and done in a day instead of years.
<br /><br />Any thoughts on the subject would be greatly appreciated.<br /><br />Craig
Like they say in the hotrod world,"any body can restore a classic,it takes a real man to cut one up!"