have a near new echo 21.2 was looking at putting it in a boat should weigh in about 12-14 pounds would this be a good motor for the job cant afford a zenoah. going to put a bigger carb and muffler on it wat sort of peformance should i get .

Is your boat a deep V or a flat bottom air Boat? You may want to use that engine on a airplane....and get a homelite for your boat? Post a photo if you can. Thanks Capt,n

shollow v it is almost flat at the transom is this motor no good for a boat

Is it going to be a air boat (swamp type) or a shaft drive to water propeller. I would think a pusher air prop would work if the boat is wide like a swamp boat. Do you have a photo? I/ we can help more then. John west Mich

no dont have photos camera isnt working its for a normal boat not a air boat. size 42" by 9.5" motor fits in okay .head is siting about a inch out .the hull is veed at the front but by half way down the hull it is only shallow runs that way back to the transom but it has like sum ridges or maybe they call em rails run along the bottom .the hull was made at a local boat manufacter scaled down version of the boats they make

Should work..you need a water cooled exhaust and a way to cool the head. A water pickup will force water around the head and then exit the exhaust cooling it. Go to some boat forums to see more details. I will help you...but I got to go now. Capt,n

thanks captan this being my first boat iam trying to find out as much as i can thankfully there is these forums with people willing to help the motor is jusy about mounted sits up higher than i wanted about 2" out of the deck dont know if this will cause my boat to tip over .the back of it is fairly flat so it will probably have a tendance slide in the corners wich mite help should know in acouple of weeks hopefully

Be sure and make a water-proof box for you radio gear! A small plastic tupper whare box and silicone rubber to seal things works. About any plasic box, bottle or tray should work. Take it easy in turns and run it on calm water helps too. I ran mine on a river. Not to good when engine quits!!! I used a fishing pole and casted a line to it to pull it in. Kinda Tricky! Capt,n