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25-12-2008, 11:13 PM
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Registered User
Country: Guernsey
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Outboard engines in stuff other than boats :D
Anyone ever seen an outboard engine in something other than a boat, ie a car, buggy or ride on mower??
I have a plan........ 
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25-12-2008, 11:22 PM
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Country: UK
Location: Weston Super Mare
Occupation: Electrical Engineer
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seen a picture of a jet ski with a 260 in it
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26-12-2008, 10:44 AM
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Registered User
Country: UK
Location: Pevensey Bay
Occupation: Teacher
Interests: photography
Cruising area: Pevensey Bay / Solent
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Theres a few 2.4 bridgeport's in sand buggies in the states
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26-12-2008, 12:44 PM
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Registered User
Country: England
Location: Kenley,Surrey
Occupation: Telecomms
Interests: Jetski racing, water skiing
Boat name: How Fast Does That Go Then...
Boat make: Fletcher 14 GTO/ Sea-Doo RXP
Engines: 90 Merc/1.5L supercharged 4 stroke
Cruising area: Swanage
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Kenley,Surrey
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How about a merc drag motor in a Sea-Doo GSX ltd....86mph
http://www.greenhulk.net/forums/showthread.php?t=15733
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26-12-2008, 01:31 PM
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Registered User
Country: Guernsey
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Originally Posted by Burty
seen a picture of a jet ski with a 260 in it
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Originally Posted by Grant
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My God have you two given me a new good idea!!!
anyone got any links to the buggies in the US?
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26-12-2008, 03:38 PM
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Registered User
Occupation: Champion Pie Eater
Boat name: On The Rocks
Boat make: Ring 21 marshan 17 four winns horizon, hydro 3 pointer, f2 cat, backdraft 22
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Used to be a Hillman imp or (singer) Hotrod that raced at Cowdenbeath years ago with a Merc V6 in it not sure how this was classed as they were 1600cc then up to tooleaters,
gaZ
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26-12-2008, 05:50 PM
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Ha ha, sweet! Sounds like they've been put in quite a variety of things then!
My idea was to (putting it basically) fit suspension, axle etc from a quad to a ride on mower, fit spare merc v6 to front, have lots of fun and take advantage of the fact it can be road registered over here!!
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26-12-2008, 06:16 PM
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Registered User
Country: Ireland
Location: Dublin
Occupation: Boatbuilder
Boat make: Hydrostream V-king, 650SS OCR ,Ring 21, Ring 18, Phantom 18.
Engines: 300Hp Mercury 2.4, 130 Yamaha, Bridgeport EFI, XR6, Merc 200.
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300 drag Jetski and bridgeport dune buggy
Alan
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26-12-2008, 06:16 PM
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numbskull
Country: United Kingdom
Location: South
Occupation: none
Interests: none
Boat name: Leviathan
Boat make: Phantom 28
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The challenge would be the cooling system.
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26-12-2008, 06:31 PM
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Cheers Hydrostream, some good examples of lunacy there!!
Jon - My plan was to use a fresh water system with an electric pump and a rather large rad at the front. Something like a 3" core job should do. What do you think?
There's also now a mower race over here once a year at a bike show, it' got an unlimited class i intend to win!
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26-12-2008, 06:34 PM
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Another challenge for me is going to be that i want the engine to sit upright as god intended, so i need to work out some form of gearbox and drive system so i end up with either chain or shaft drive pointing in the right diection!
Anyone got any bright ideas? I was thinking i could use the gearbox from a harley to give me a standalone solution for gears and neutral?
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26-12-2008, 07:05 PM
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Registered User
Occupation: Champion Pie Eater
Boat name: On The Rocks
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V6 Merc box to take power at 90 degrees sprocket on top of the housing then drive shaft to Harley box then youve got gears,
Or a 2" mid to cut all that out
Best just finish the Cat first though and stop drinking the sauce
gaZ
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26-12-2008, 07:58 PM
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numbskull
Country: United Kingdom
Location: South
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Boat name: Leviathan
Boat make: Phantom 28
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If you wanna win an unlimited lawnmower race, an air cooled 100hp-ish 1 litre motorcycle engine would have all the power you could ever really use (and some) and be 1000% more practical & easy to do.
Matt & I went to a LawnMower race a while back. looked like fun.
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26-12-2008, 09:10 PM
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Registered User
Country: England
Location: Hampshire
Occupation: Credit Crunched
Interests: Rally Driving
Boat name: Double 2 Shirts
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jon Fuller
Matt & I went to a LawnMower race a while back. looked like fun.
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26-12-2008, 09:17 PM
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numbskull
Country: United Kingdom
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Pash 1
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Lawnmower racing is a sport of men.
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26-12-2008, 09:24 PM
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Registered User
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Location: Hampshire
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jon Fuller
Lawnmower racing is a sport of men.
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Its a Gay sport.... for "Men" who's wives wont let them do the gardening
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27-12-2008, 08:08 AM
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Gazza - think you hit the nail on the head there, with the get on with the cat bit!
It's true, a 1000cc bike engine would be far easier, and thats why i wanna use a 2 stroke v6!!
Otherwise i wouldn't be up at this time on a saturday getting ready to go carry on attempting to get my cat ready for march, i'd be lying in bed thinking about when i next need to go check my nice simple phantom 20 is still all ready to go!
Oh, and pash - lawnmower racing is a sport of men, there's just always an exception (or 2) to prove the rule!!
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27-12-2008, 11:18 AM
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numbskull
Country: United Kingdom
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Pash 1
Its a Gay sport.... for "Men" who's wives wont let them do the gardening
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I guess that if you feel you couldn't 'cut it' in the fast lane of Lawnmower Racing, the natural reaction might be to 'diss it'.
A sportsman might enter an event and win to show how 'Gay' the otther racers were.
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27-12-2008, 01:24 PM
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Yeh, it was a good laugh.
Besides, I reckon having a Ford Ghia badge, or a Jaguar motif, on yer landrover would be pretty gay.
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27-12-2008, 02:16 PM
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numbskull
Country: United Kingdom
Location: South
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Boat name: Leviathan
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Matt
I reckon having a Ford Ghia badge, or a Jaguar motif, on yer landrover would be pretty gay.
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No one would do that. It would be silly.
Anyways, do we know when/where the next Lawnmower event is??
EDIT> just looked, there's a 12 hour endurance race at the end of July near to Chichester!
going by the map they post on their site, Pash could be right, check out the nearby 'street'.
http://www.blmra.co.uk/modules/content/?id=3
Matt, shall we (Token Gays) go along for the final hours of the endurance event? might even find another superb pub!
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