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Convert to Outboard Motor?
popeye67	#1  Posted on 07/27/15 - 3:40 PM
Member Posts: 5 Comments: 0 Joined: 07/27/15	can i take a 175 jet motor out and convert the transom with an outboard motor,?
Joe Kriz	#2  Posted on 07/27/15 - 3:52 PM
Site Owner Personal Page Personal Album Photo Albums Project Albums Posts: 11447 Comments: 452 Joined: 03/18/05	It's been done before. We used to have a members personal page that had done just that. Unfortunately they have removed the photos. They used a bracket on the transom to mount the outboard.
sraab928	#3  Posted on 07/28/15 - 4:12 AM
Member Project Albums Posts: 1282 Comments: 13 Joined: 12/27/05	Quick answer yes it can be done - however you own the 175hp rage - that one still has value - You can buy a blown motor 90-115hp rage for right around $1000 - these are what people are converting. Scott 1974 21' Revenge w Mercury 200 ProXS V8
gentilebrian	#4  Posted on 07/28/15 - 7:55 AM
Member Posts: 59 Comments: 0 Joined: 09/13/07	sraab928 wrote: Quick answer yes it can be done - however you own the 175hp rage - that one still has value - You can buy a blown motor 90-115hp rage for right around $1000 - these are what people are converting. Exactly my thoughts. Get the 90 for cheap and build off that. The money you save will pay for most the project.