ok im a newbie when it comes to mud motors. don't even have one yet, but im in the market. i found a 20 hp go devil for what seems to be a pretty good deal. local guy selling for 1000. I have a 14 ft modified v riveted aluminum boat. is this too much motor for my boat? what issues am i going to have? im not sure how wide it is, i'll have to check when i get off work. its either 38 or 48 i think.

Deffinately not too big! You probably won't have any issues but May want to consider pods. Make sure the boat has a 16" transom cause that GD is for a short transom boat.

thats what i was thinking. im eventually going to move up to a 16 ft boat thats a little wider. would a 20 be ok until i could afford something bigger?

it should be fine, i know someone with a 27 on a 14'

Yeah, I run a 27 on a 1444... gets me plenty of places but I would like to add pods when I can find them cheap enough...

is 1000 a good price for a used 20hp GDLT?

1k is pretty decent. what year is it? how many hours? Ya know... the typical questions...

i dont know yet. just emailed the guy today

ok, its around 10 years old. guy bought it from an old man who never put it on a boat. guy has put about 50 hours on it. sound like a good deal?

I might try to haggle a bit but it is deffinately worth 800 or more.

awesome. thanks for the help guys. going to look at it on thursday. hopefully i can come home with it