Can you switch from inboard to outboard?

[Destroyer]

Originally Posted by jjuriga

Yea man, thanks for your insight... you make interesting points. I don't necessarily want to do it, just wondering. I have a chevy 305 now - are you telling me that an outboard motor will use more gas than this 5L? (I really dont know... new to all this!) Cant be as loud though, right?

Your I/O really shouldn't be loud. In the water your exhaust is under water and should muffle the sound. Running on dry land is a different story. Oh, and DO NOT FORGET... your outdrive has a RUBBER impeller for it's water pump circulation. Running the engine on dry land without hooking up a set of water supplying earmuffs to the outdrive WILL completely destroy the impeller in as little as 20 seconds. NEVER run the engine without water being hooked up to the outdrive.

[garagenc]

If the inside of your motor box isn't insulated then it will be noisy but it easy to insulate the box with spray on foam or place sound absorbsion panels in it.