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Figure I would try my hand at building a sd. Going to either put a 6hp or 10hp on it. Probably going to take a while because I'm just working on it little at a time. Everything will be made out of 3/16 5086 alum (all scraps off a boat).

Here's where I am now. I have the belt housing built and part of the transom mount.


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Fri Oct 18, 2013 11:08 am
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Looks good! Bit of advice even though your just putting a 10hp motor on it if you even decide to go to a bigger hp motor go as thick as possible and main stress points(transom bracket) I've never built one, but I did have a Dixie mm and they went think on aluminum on main stress points and caused me to have tons of problems. Broken welds snapped prices of aluminum.


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Well I decided to do the pivot points out of some steel hinges I had. I hated to do it like this but I didn't fell like buying 20' of pipe and rod to build a 6" hinge. And I know this will last alot longer than the alum.


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That's definitely a different way to go about the pivot.

Don't see why it won't work though!

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lookin good so far.


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Anyone have an idea on a motor? Want something cheap. I can get a 10hp LCT for around 200 but don't know much about them. I'm building a lt with a 6hp briggs too so I thought about briggs.

Anyone have anything bad to say about LCT?


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They are built just like a Honda, some people swear by them.

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Fri Oct 18, 2013 8:25 pm
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Found a predator for 119 but its a 6.5 hp.


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What size gears you gonna use inside the housing?


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cool project. be sure to keep us posted


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Ended up with 2 LCT 12hp motors fo free dollars and free cents!! And got some pullys too!!




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A good paint job would make them things look a awful lot like a 10hp!

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The boy I got the motor without a gas tank said it had a little knock in it. Well come to find out the connecting rod bots backed out about a 1/4 in. Messed the crank and the conn rod bearings up pretty good. I guess I will build this one up for higher hp!! Other motor runs great!





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Wow....that was close!

A little nock...lmfao


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You ever prpgressed on this unit?

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Negative. Put one of the motors on a lt frame I have. Building boats right now so I don't really know when I will be able to get to it.

But I got with my machine shop guy and got the shaft and bearing figured out though.

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Anyone know what prop to run for this little motor? Going to be the same gear ratio as a copperhead. Thought about running a 9x9 or 10x8 hill.


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10x8

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Got the shaft and bearing housing made.




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Gonna cap it off?

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Time for the bracket?


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Got most of the housing done.





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U bored today? Comin along!! What u gonna put it on? The midget?

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so there will be no bearings in the front side?


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Looks good! how are you planning on sealing the front?

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Its getting there!

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Looking good N La Hunter. What boat you plan on building for your SD build?

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I have a question about the skeg.

Shouldn't it be the same distance from the shaft that the prop is or a inch or 2 bigger?

As in the prop is 10" so the tip of the skeg will be 5" from center of the shaft?


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Got the skeg and motor mount on.





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That thing is looking pretty good man


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