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Jon and V Boat Conversions & Modifications
1981 15 foot Yazoo. FINALLY - UPDATE!!
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<blockquote data-quote="bassboy1" data-source="post: 38862" data-attributes="member: 55"><p>The motor I have on there right now is a 1975 Evinrude 40. The boat is about 15' 7" long, with a 42 inch bottom. The '75 motor is crankshaft rated, not propshaft rated like post 1985 motors are, so it is really the equivalent of a modern 35. </p><p></p><p>A modern 40 weighs in at about 190 pounds, whereas this one weighs just 140. The new motors are also on a 52 cubic inch block, where as the 35 cube block, (which is on the soon to be E-tec 30s) should be able to put out 40 hp, which would produce a nice light, but strong 40 horse motor. One side of me wants to start saving towards one of those, as it would be such a nice motor on this boat, but the other doesn't as I am capable of doing a complete rebuild of these older ones if I want, but all the electronics on the newer ones would require taking to a shop for any sort of maintenance. So, at this point, I am somewhat torn between the two decisions. Of course, I have no money at this point, so I probably will have plenty of time to ponder the two...... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bassboy1, post: 38862, member: 55"] The motor I have on there right now is a 1975 Evinrude 40. The boat is about 15' 7" long, with a 42 inch bottom. The '75 motor is crankshaft rated, not propshaft rated like post 1985 motors are, so it is really the equivalent of a modern 35. A modern 40 weighs in at about 190 pounds, whereas this one weighs just 140. The new motors are also on a 52 cubic inch block, where as the 35 cube block, (which is on the soon to be E-tec 30s) should be able to put out 40 hp, which would produce a nice light, but strong 40 horse motor. One side of me wants to start saving towards one of those, as it would be such a nice motor on this boat, but the other doesn't as I am capable of doing a complete rebuild of these older ones if I want, but all the electronics on the newer ones would require taking to a shop for any sort of maintenance. So, at this point, I am somewhat torn between the two decisions. Of course, I have no money at this point, so I probably will have plenty of time to ponder the two...... :D [/QUOTE]
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