I have known for a while my budget (wife) would not allow a SD to be purchased new so I have decided to build one with the help of a MB lower I picked up a year ago.

Here is my progress for now, still trying for figure it out, but I'm coming along.

Started with the 27" MB lower I picked up from a user here.



After looking for a housing or a 8"x2" rectangle tub with no luck, I decided to weld one up. I'm not a welder so all the seams will need to be ground and smoothed.



After a search on McMaster & Carr I found the timingbelt and gears for the MB lower and from Harbor Freight a new predator motor.





I just started on the transom mount (again building from scratch, and welds are definitely not pro quailty.)



I should be able to start bolting everything together this week to see about fitment and alignment as most all the parts are here.



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I have a mounting plate for the power head (small block) off a MudBuddy HD that I can part with. Let me know if u need it

interested to see how this bad boy turns out.

I got the Motion Base mocked up and aligned.

Now I'm waiting on the darn Woodruff Key forthe lower gear. Having issues finding a metric key.

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I'm gonna go ahead and follow this. Good luck.

I ran into my first major design snag.

Maybe I have not noticed it in other engines, but the mounting plate is off center to the shaft of the motor by about 3/4".

This doesnt make a large difference in the overall idea I have in my brain, but definatly frusterating it didn't initially work as expected for further progress last night.



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Is that steel your making the frame out of? That's going be 1 heavy bitch!

The GoDevil Surface Drive frame, transom mount, and outdrive are 100% plate steel, and no heavier than the competition. This one will be just fine.