Started with the .9 gallon one, was starving for fuel with the motor tilted back when trying to come up onto plane with the little 1/4" line. Moved to 3/8's with a pulse pump and I don't seem to be able to get enough head pressure to keep the bowl full now. Hand priming every 20 to 30 seconds works though so electric pump it is.

I'm not seeing anything that looks like it would fit a transom like @kb7dx modified v hull.

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This is my little tinny. 14' sears built in 1965, with a 1977 johnson 25 on it, she'll get up and git, even with 2 fat dudes and a bunch of duck hunting gear on her. I've built a front deck since this pic was taken, she's got a 10lb slip ring anchor with 16' of chain and 100' of rope with spliced ends.

What boat are you trying to put them on?

All the mud motors I have seen run on shows all have the electric fuel pump.
Even the ones up here have the electric fuel pump.


Hell I had to add a electric fuel pump to my older zuk 140 4s.

Yeah my nephew runs an electric fuel pump on his. I’m not sure what brand it is. But he’s running a big Honda V-twin.

Just playing with the idea of putting some on my 14' Sears V hull.

This was when I was replacing the transom, but it shows the shape of the area.

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You can't post that kind of boat porn and not give details!

Custom Pods will fit.

But might have to get rid of that wart on the transom.

https://riverrunmarine.com/boat-flotation-pods/#next

https://www.explorebeavertail.com/product/flotation-pods-small/

https://www.backwaterinc.com/store/p29/Aluminum_floatation_pods_-_Small_Set_%282_pods%29%C2%A0_In_Stock.html  

I just had nightmares of grinding sanding and attempting to weld that contaminated aluminum. I would contact tiny boat nation and first send them a tinplate and ask if they could make some bolt on pods with a sealed access plate. And I agree the wart will have to go and be sealed up. As narrow as that old boat is a full pod with a jack plate and a medium Hp mud motor would make for a fun go places you don’t need to be.🤠

Yeah she’s for sure sexy.

@spectre3
@sparkyD
22' Excel Bay Pro with Evinrude Etech 150

It has Baystar hydraulic steering, two live wells, and five (actually) dry storage compartments. Also a Bimini top and Minnkota iPilot trolling motor. The trolling motor can spot lock, remember routes, and even follow elevation lines if linked to a Lakemasters card. I use Navionics in a Humminbird 899 ci HD so don't have that feature. I've never used the anchor, literally never. The trolling motor will hold you on a spot as well as any anchor. Want to move over 8'? No problem, drive it over with the remote and "anchor" again. Stern light is on the motor cowl, you can see it in the middle pic, it's not 100% legal but it's never come up in a couple of stops from the fish police. I installed all the accessories myself shortly after I bought it in 2015. I met the guy with Excel that made the decision to market this boat at the Houston Boat Show and he shamelessly explained he took the Express bay boat and changed everything about it he didn't like. I used to have a place on the bay and a bay boat. I don't consider this a suitable "bay boat". I live on a large lake now and spend some time on the river and in some of the creeks feeding the lake as well as the main lake. The pic I posted was in one of the creeks. It's a good compromise for what I use it for. It's rare we leave without fishing poles. It doesn't handle the chop well on the main lake when the wind kicks up more than a little but I live here and can pick and choose the days I go out. Aluminum handles the bumps and bangs of stumps and rocks at low speed much better than fiberglass.

The two boats I had before this, I had 4-stroke Yamahas and could have gotten same on this one. I knew it was heavy in the stern and would probably have a tendency to porpoise. The two stroke is ~ 70#s lighter than the Yammy so I went with it. It's smooth, quiet, easy on fuel and has a ton of torque. It's rated for 200hp and I'm generally of the opinion get the biggest you can on it but again  weight. I really can't imagine a 200 on this boat. Had I known Bombardier would drop Evinrude, I would have gone with the Yammy but I've had this rig 8 years now without an issue, so no regarts!  Top speed is 52 mph.
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That’s a sweet setup. I don’t have time to fish a rig like that.