Thread: Anyone built a mini jetboat? 3m?

Originally Posted by Dev

A lot of those two stroke ski motors are getting on now with unknown history, a lot of small boats with 2 strokes come up for sale often and often for a reason..
My opinion your far better off using a small car engine for not a lot more weight, Get a shit load better fuel economy, more reliability, last 100x longer, less noise, if you were to cook it scrap it and grab another short block for cheap and go again, similar power or more power if want to spend the $ on the engine..

I know fuck all about jet boats other than they look like great fun, but have walked past and had a nosey at a couple in gas stations and was surprised to see K series Honda engines lurking. Those things would be bloody cheap ($500) to get ahold of, they're in about 10 different models of Honda, and just swap over the ancillary bits and bobs. You could literally stockpile a couple at that money/availability. I know of several that are super and/or turbo charged in sports cars and go like the hammers of hell.