Select to expand quoteLazzz said..shaggybaxter said..
Lazzz, you might recognise this one then?
My first car, an EH wagon. Being 17 and really intelligent(not), I thought it would be fun to bolt on a supercharger. The blower was off a 6 cyl diesel, you have to shift the end plates down to increase the boost enough but rock solid blowers.
If you drove too slowly on grass it used to set it alight 
. I ended up getting ticketed off the road, but it was fun while it lasted.
Great engines the holden 6's.
Apologies for the thread drift Shanty.
Wow!!!!
The EH was one of the General's finest!!
The best I could manage in my EH was a 192 with triple SU's 
Yeah, sorry Shanty.
No worries mate. Still an engine isn't it
Select to expand quoteTopHat 25 Mk2 said..
Old 4 cyl Cats yes, my fav outboard chrysler, but Johnson's and Mariners make best under 15 hp motors, have both Chrysler 115 and 140 , Johnson 70 on my glass boats, still hunting for a lil longshaft thing for a Tern.
8 or 9.9 Yamaha 2 stroke. Best little outboards. Yamaha make the best outboards I reckon (only used a few different brands though)
Anything under 50hp get a 2 stroke. Anything above, 4 strokes are gold. Quiet, not smoky. I once had a 6hp Yamaha 4 stroke that came with shanty's dinghy It was a prime piece of sh!t compared to the 2 stroke that replaced it. The 4 stroke did this compression whip back of the cord that killed your arm and leaving you say " Do that again motherf_cker and your a new addition to my mooring". Gutless: had zero power compared to the 2 stroke, put 3 people In the boat and you wouldn't plane. Had a tiny prop as well.
The 6hp 2 stroke yammy on the other hand, was one nice piece of kit. I don't reckon it was any louder than the 4 stroke (4 stroke sounded like a lawn mower). Maybe a tiny bit more smoky and HEAPS more power. 2 cylinder as well. Better still if you buy a 6hp 2 stroke, a quick swap of the carby will get you a 8hp. Same goes with a 9.9 2 stroke Yamaha.
I have played around with a 3.3hp Mercury. Not all that fantastic, if you leave the fuel on. Don't even think about starting it without a major hassle. To be fair most small 1 cylinder outboards are like this. Played around with a 5 2 stroke as well as a buy and sell type thing. I reckon they are all right although I only did 40 minutes using it. Made 60 bucks out of it anyway.
Have used an old jonno 30hp with my mate for a weekend when I took a wooden motor boat to the "Bribie Classic Boat regatta" with him in 2016. Started first pull every time (outboard belonged to his dad and so did the boat).
Dont get yourself a Parsons though. My mate got one to replace the Johnson mentioned above. Needless to say the jonno was back in the transom of his Kellick a month later.
My Haines has a 175hp Suzuki 4 stroke which I like.
Well sorry for the book but if you could I reckon an 8hp 2 stroke Yamaha will go perfect on "Tern". For a little more power go a 9.9 or 15. I doubt you would need this much for a 2.5 ton boat though.
PS wtf did Australia get rid of 2 strokes being made. What a pain in the arse. Oh well back to rowing I suppose.
Cheers,
Mick
Select to expand quoteShanty said..Ramona said..
Hey Ramona,
have you ever noticed the old Gardner run at about 60 degrees Celsius? Nice fishing boat btw saw it on another thread while sitting in the "sin bin". What's the history on it?
PS is an Onan generator a Kubota or Cummins engine. Or was the guy I was talking to at Yamba the other day Bullsh!tting to me.
Thanks
Mick
Mine was keel cooled and ran cold. I could rest my hand on any part of the engine while it was running except the dry exhaust. Quiet too, I often used to sit on the engine bearers on the way home to get some peace and get away from the deck hands. Kubota was not quiet though.
The boat was built as an army workboat in Geelong at the later stages of the war. Sailed to New Guinea on her own bottom and got there just as the war ended. Sailed back to Geelong and spent a lot of years as the harbour trust boat.
Onan's came with all sorts of engines depending on the size of generator. My Kubota was the 3 cylinder unit in a Seawasp generator plant.
Select to expand quoteShanty said..TopHat 25 Mk2 said..
Old 4 cyl Cats yes, my fav outboard chrysler, but Johnson's and Mariners make best under 15 hp motors, have both Chrysler 115 and 140 , Johnson 70 on my glass boats, still hunting for a lil longshaft thing for a Tern.
8 or 9.9 Yamaha 2 stroke. Best little outboards. Yamaha make the best outboards I reckon (only used a few different brands though)
Anything under 50hp get a 2 stroke. Anything above, 4 strokes are gold. Quiet, not smoky. I once had a 6hp Yamaha 4 stroke that came with shanty's dinghy It was a prime piece of sh!t compared to the 2 stroke that replaced it. The 4 stroke did this compression whip back of the cord that killed your arm and leaving you say " Do that again motherf_cker and your a new addition to my mooring". Gutless: had zero power compared to the 2 stroke, put 3 people In the boat and you wouldn't plane. Had a tiny prop as well.
The 6hp 2 stroke yammy on the other hand, was one nice piece of kit. I don't reckon it was any louder than the 4 stroke (4 stroke sounded like a lawn mower). Maybe a tiny bit more smoky and HEAPS more power. 2 cylinder as well. Better still if you buy a 6hp 2 stroke, a quick swap of the carby will get you a 8hp. Same goes with a 9.9 2 stroke Yamaha.
I have played around with a 3.3hp Mercury. Not all that fantastic, if you leave the fuel on. Don't even think about starting it without a major hassle. To be fair most small 1 cylinder outboards are like this. Played around with a 5 2 stroke as well as a buy and sell type thing. I reckon they are all right although I only did 40 minutes using it. Made 60 bucks out of it anyway.
Have used an old jonno 30hp with my mate for a weekend when I took a wooden motor boat to the "Bribie Classic Boat regatta" with him in 2016. Started first pull every time (outboard belonged to his dad and so did the boat).
Dont get yourself a Parsons though. My mate got one to replace the Johnson mentioned above. Needless to say the jonno was back in the transom of his Kellick a month later.
My Haines has a 175hp Suzuki 4 stroke which I like.
Well sorry for the book but if you could I reckon an 8hp 2 stroke Yamaha will go perfect on "Tern". For a little more power go a 9.9 or 15. I doubt you would need this much for a 2.5 ton boat though.
PS wtf did Australia get rid of 2 strokes being made. What a pain in the arse. Oh well back to rowing I suppose.
Cheers,
Mick
I'm such a newbie here my thoughts are probably best ignored. I will say in relation to outboards that I bought a 2hp Johnson Seahorse for $40 at a fleamarket to use on the tender. Minor fix of the recoil spring, fuel up and away it went. I've since treated it to a new plug and an oil change in the lower unit. The thing is so old (1974) that it was actually made in Oz! Best $40 I ever spent.
Tim
Select to expand quotePurfler said..
I'm such a newbie here my thoughts are probably best ignored. I will say in relation to outboards that I bought a 2hp Johnson Seahorse for $40 at a fleamarket to use on the tender. Minor fix of the recoil spring, fuel up and away it went. I've since treated it to a new plug and an oil change in the lower unit. The thing is so old (1974) that it was actually made in Oz! Best $40 I ever spent.
Tim
I had one of these years ago. Bought it from the dump recycle shop. I paid about 20 dollars for it. Had a crook recoil spring and after I fixed that I tossed the ignition points and condenser and replaced them with a Nova 2 electronic ignition module. It cost about $17. I reckon one of the Victa 2 stroke modules would work just as well too. This is not my video.
