my project wellcraft 180 fisherman

[smokeonthewater]

that won't get the powerhead any further from the prop which must be in the water... will still be prone to swamping......



WHY not just KEEP the seadrive and put the powerhead on it??

[mannydvk11]

There is some parts witch need to be replace in the bracket of the cea drive like the pump and the hoses one of the cilinders looks like is about to go it has a small leak lol and most important I don't like the bracket

What I was thinking is installing the 20" on a new bracket the omc bracket is to old and parts are hard to get I will like something I can get easy

[phatdaddy]

have you found another engine that is 20" and are trying to use that? where are you located? 25" 4 cyl 2 strokes are not that rare.

[mannydvk11]

Yes I have a guy he is giving a good deal on a Johnson 115 20" with controls trim gauges cables everything for 400

[smokeonthewater]

It COULD be done but IMHO it would be a bad choice.... If you can't afford a 25" motor right now you may be stuck with temporarily patching up the seadrive until you can source the parts to convert the 20" to a 25"...

Otherwise, you might want to just wait till you can source everything needed to hang a bracketed 25"er on there

[Kracker Jack]

Manny I'm following your thread and you seem to be all over the place bud. First things first Rome was not built in a day. Second thing is I see in one comment that you ordered a bracket and in a nother comment you want to use a jack plate. You don't have enough backset to use a jack plate because you have a solid transom,just remember you have to tilt and trim the motor. You have a perfect setup to do a bracket conversion ideally with a 25" inch motor and have a really nice rig. If you order the bracket and put the 20" motor on it then you gotta do what ya gotta do, just remember you are gonna want to bring it up to a 25 " at some point. I'm building my boat to a 20" inch transom mount setup but I have already set in my mind that it will be converted to a solid transom with a 25" and a bracket within 2 years, I'm just dealing with what I have for the time being. I wish you all the luck on your build we are here to help which ever way you go with it.

[smokeonthewater]

pretty sure he was asking if he could use the jackplate WITH the bracket to keep the motor from swamping