The mud motor kit has been solid so far. The modified predator has been a little more finicky. Blown 2 thin "performance" head gaskets and broke a 26lb exhaust valve spring.
@@TheDuke539 yikes.. thanks for the info. Id love to have an extra boat for places like this and a mud motor or jet on it. Any idea why it's blowing head gaskets.. junk gaskets?
@@countryfriedentIt’s a lot of fun being able to get back into some of these places. Yeah, when I built the motor (275 cam, billet rod, flat top piston, etc) the piston came with 2 or 3 really thin metal head gaskets that were supposed to up compression a hair. Like you guessed they were junk. Put a thicker one on and it sealed right up. The valve spring was a $10 no name 26lb from Amazon. Ordered a (hopefully) better set from a more reputable source.
@@TheDuke539 thanks for the info. Do you think the cam maybe had too much lift for the stock spring as well? That sounds fun modding an engine like this. I didn't realize you could get different mods like this for em. I had a boat approach me a few years ago in a small creek connected to ohio river.. i thought it was a can-am coming down the field. Nope it was a nice mud motor haha. First time i had seen one or heard one in person. It sounded bad ass.
@@countryfriedentI think it was just the poor quality spring I put in it. I didn't either, there's a whole community of people who modify these engines. Seems most do it for mini bikes or go karts though. Some of them sound really cool, especially the twin cylinder engines. I had the same experience here a couple years ago. Met a guy on this same creek with a mud motor that sounded like a Harley. I felt like a nerd with my trolling motor, haha.
Man, what a cool environment to be able to go boating in, I envy you! I’m from the Netherlands and it’s so boring and small compared to over there.
cool bayou.. good deal for 175 if it doesnt give you a lot of problems.
The mud motor kit has been solid so far. The modified predator has been a little more finicky. Blown 2 thin "performance" head gaskets and broke a 26lb exhaust valve spring.
@@TheDuke539 yikes.. thanks for the info. Id love to have an extra boat for places like this and a mud motor or jet on it. Any idea why it's blowing head gaskets.. junk gaskets?
@@countryfriedentIt’s a lot of fun being able to get back into some of these places. Yeah, when I built the motor (275 cam, billet rod, flat top piston, etc) the piston came with 2 or 3 really thin metal head gaskets that were supposed to up compression a hair. Like you guessed they were junk. Put a thicker one on and it sealed right up. The valve spring was a $10 no name 26lb from Amazon. Ordered a (hopefully) better set from a more reputable source.
@@TheDuke539 thanks for the info. Do you think the cam maybe had too much lift for the stock spring as well? That sounds fun modding an engine like this. I didn't realize you could get different mods like this for em. I had a boat approach me a few years ago in a small creek connected to ohio river.. i thought it was a can-am coming down the field. Nope it was a nice mud motor haha. First time i had seen one or heard one in person. It sounded bad ass.
@@countryfriedentI think it was just the poor quality spring I put in it. I didn't either, there's a whole community of people who modify these engines. Seems most do it for mini bikes or go karts though. Some of them sound really cool, especially the twin cylinder engines. I had the same experience here a couple years ago. Met a guy on this same creek with a mud motor that sounded like a Harley. I felt like a nerd with my trolling motor, haha.