I'm so thankful that someone finally did this. I've wondered what it would be like for 40 years. Proud of you rapscallions. Looks sketchy as hell!

Could you imagine....guys on a lake in his brand new $50k bass boat thinking he's a big dog until he gets passed by this 😂 😂

You won't even believe if i told you how many times i looked up "big motor small boat" over the years on youtube, and i was never fully satisfied. Until today, when i randomly came across this video. This is it!👏

You got some serious balls. On behalf of everyone on UKposts, thank you for doing this.

My brother and I put a 30 horsepower outboard on a ten foot jon boat and we thought that was sketchy. You definitely took it to another level.

Activities that clearly explain why men don't live as long........ Suscribed!

The 200HP on the Jon boat might be the highlight of that groom's married life.

This is just literally taking a sledge hammer to hydrodynamics, and that is awesome!

Dude turned a steering outboard to a tiller outboard!! Respect to whoever held your beer while you made this happen!!!😂😂😂😂

I could see doing this in a V Hull but no way I'd try it on a flat bottom! Kudos on your success!

When you think your cool until this guy shows up 😂

I had a 40 hp evinrude on the same size boat and only had the nerve to open it up two times. Your setup is awesome!

Life long boat lover here! Even had a small engine boat repair business for a time so I can put myself in your shoes somewhat. That being said I was laughing my ass off and scared for my life within the same breath and I’m just watchin! This is great stuff right here!!

Would strongly recommend getting a 3 blade prop with a lot more pitch it won’t have as much torque but you’ll be able to give it some throttle without flipping backwards and fearing for your life and if your ever able to run wide open which I highly doubt it’ll be a lot faster. You could easily run a 26p or 28p prop on that boat. Also this is FUCKING AWESOME

The indifference to any form of common sense is MAGNIFICENT‼️ 👍👍 Love it, new sub!!!

Chicane walk, porpoising, all part of the fun. Give 'er 😂😂😂

Dude I’ve always wanted to see someone slap a massive motor on one of these small Jon boats, this is awesome

This was incredible! Huge fan of your work!

i really enjoyed watching this. when i was young i put an 40 hp on a 14 ft sailboat hull that was damaged in a storm. cut the keel and used 2 one inch marine plywood to make the transom. it used to bob up and down and then jump out of the water much like your test did. i tied a rope from the bow that i could hold on to. watching you made me think back to that. thank you for that. can't wait for your next video.

Would be interesting to cut a center hole /box it -> Mid Engine. Should be stable then.

HAND SALUTE to you guys! Totally enjoyed watching your journey with this concept. The home do it yourselfer rigging & design is always interesting. Be safe! 👍

Amazing job keeping it upright. Fun to watch.

Bravo for having the guts to do this extreme radical setup.

I ran a 9.9 on a 10 ft jonboat many moons ago and had a blast! But 200 on a 14 ft... that's freaking hilarious😂. Thanks for doing this and sharing the vids. I can't quit laughing 😆

That was so awesome. You guys deserve to be awarded “innovators of the decade”. 😂😂

Gotta get the prop shaft higher in relation to the bottom of the hull. You drop it deeper and it’s going to porpoise even more. Don’t need a lot of trim either. Not sure of the clearance on that lower unit, but try running a hub less prop; small eared chopper or lightning ET. Ideally, if you put a 4-6” jack plate on it to get farther behind the transom, that might help with the porpoising and cavitation as well. Good job wearing a helmet, life jacket, and having a crash boat with you.

Lived out my fantasy vicariously through your video! I'm not as young and crazy as you anymore. I'm retiring a 140 from a tour boat and was thinking about putting it on a small boat for grins. I don't need to anymore. Will probably just sell it. 😁

Awesome experimentation. Engineering in action. Keep up the good work!

Great mechanical knowledge and a true daredevil. Fantastically entertaining! Thank you!!

I’d just fill the whole boat with flotation foam that way you can at least tow it back when it flips 😂 shocked the boat structure even held up that long.

I had a 20 hp Merc. On the same exact kind of Jonboat. It threw roostertails at 25 mph. Almost losing control. Diamond Valley lake California. What a ride. Some of the best times of my life.

This looked like a lot of fun. Great video.

Awesome stuff. I figured the back of the boat wouldn't be able to float from the weight of the big motor but it handled it much better than I expected 👍

Hell yeah! This is the type of ingenuity that I like seeing! Badass build man and keep pushing the envelope! 😃👍👍🔥

You guys answered my question on how big of a motor I can put on a Jon boat. 😂 Good job

I was prepared for this to be stupid and funny, but you guys actually did an amazing job. Great video!

Man I’ve always dreamed of doing something like this. This thing is SICK!

You aren't driving a boat! Just an engine! This is awesome!

So much fun, thoroughly enjoyed the video.

I used to daydream about something like a 45 hp or so on a 12 ft John and just imagined it coming nose up out of the water and flipping but you guys took this to an insane level amd made it work so good!!! We fished a small nitro 17ft years ago and thought going from 115 to 150 would be disaster, now im really rethinking that it may have been just fine to do with the right mods!

Would the boats version of a wheelie be called a proppy? That was insane! Could almost feel the rush!

All my life I wondered what it would be like to put a 150 or a 200 on a flat bottom aluminum boat! I I think a Jack plate and trim tabs would make it more stable! Also a bilge pump is super simple to install,

As a safety guy I would usually frown on this but let’s take a second to give these boys some props on engineering and their understanding of physics on the water.

Thank you for doing this. I've been curious about it for most of my life.

Too awesome!! Great build, kickass video , and a ton of fun! Exactly what UKposts is for… subbed ! Cheers guys 👊🏼

After a lot of consideration, we are changing the channel name to ‘clapped out customs’. Felt like this better encompasses us.

This boat is riding that fine line between anchor and airplane. That's the exciting zone.

That’s insane ! I’ve always wanted to see how this would work but dam you just showed me anxiety that I never knew I had 😂🤣

Cool. I put a Merc 50 4 cylinder on my 1959 14 ft runabout . It sits up 3 inches and 6 inches back on a Panther tilt unit. The looks I got on the lake were priceless

Ohhh yes! We've all thought about it. We all knew it would take a real Florida man to get er done. Good job! I can't wait to see the improvements and more ripping! Looking through the channel now and you guys are killing it. Much love from a little ways down I-4 in Lakeland 🖖

Wow has to be a hell of a ride i love seeing people do things like this.

I have a 9’ sears v-haul from the sixties that I putt around with a five horse. My 16’ Jon boat has a 25 horse Yamaha 2 stroke that I have always been tempted to try on my v-haul. I am definitely doing it now!

My friends and I done this 30 years ago with a Johnson 88 and 14ft semi V aluminum boat. We raced cars on Sanibel Island Causeway with it. Est speed well over 60mph and thats with 3 of us on that boat. And yes, if we stopped, down it would go! Had to use the fish house lift to keep it from sinking when the fun was done.

Potential to be one of the best things I’ve seen done with a boat. You’ve got a new subscriber! Send it!

Fantastic engineering, sir.

LOL! Awesome! I have lived on that same lake as well! I have sold and rented many homes on there...but, both of those houses behind you from 5:06 to 5:15, on the left side are still mine. ....That is, if y'all are in MI. . That's a cool video man!

That was hilarious. Would love to see you guys fish some tournaments out of it. hahaha.

We need more of this. Best thing I have seen in awhile on UKposts 😂😂😂

I use to do crazy shit like this then I got older, keep having fun !

I have always wanted to do this! Thanks!

My type of vibes 🤙🏼 this video will take off! Good job guys 👍🏻

This was awesome. I’d love to see y’all do this with a big sailboat. I’ve seen one video of a sailboat with a big outboard and it looked like a ton of fun, especially when you consider those things are generally floating houses.

I could not imagine a better name for a channel putting up content like this😂😂 Content like this is what UKposts is for!👍👍👍

That was fun. Thanks for the ride..

Brilliant!! Needed to be done. Funny as it is you guys do have a good understanding of how things work (or don't) Well done!

My buddy had a 40hp Yamaha with all kinds of stuff done to it on a 12ft monarch aluminum boat. It would run 63-65 with both of us. It was crazy fast. It was almost hard to stay in the boat.

I always say there's a fine line between what could and what should be done..... lmao😅 I've gota say this invention straddles the line! 😅😂 that said it's bloody awesome and I want to see more! 🎉

Nice engineering job, to get it balanced out to sit right! Laughed my behind off when you launched it hard, and about lost it!! About 1/2 the horsepower would still be ridiculously fun! Good job bro!

I once had an 18 ft Jon boat with a 115 hp Mariner outboard on it. Had to put an anti cavitation plate on the lower unit to get it to handle right. Had an 18 pitch power prop on it. Bringing it up on plane was instant. No hesitation whatsoever. I was a commercial diver collecting fresh water mussels. Sometimes we would have hundreds of pounds of shells plus all the equipment. Other than being such a gas hog, it was a great piece of equipment.

im most impressed with the fabrications to the tiller assembly. everything worked beautifully

I Love it. Yall gave me hope in the younger generation. Yall made me A proud American🇺🇸 I Salute you Gentleman..

Yinz are funny as hell. I like your projects, just be careful you're not constantly trying to outdo yourselves. Love everything you guys are doing tho.

Nice work! This is how I remember my childhood. Small 11ft "Tinny" with too much outboard and positive trim. Look at the Supa Skua videos from Australia for how it's done.

Dude I'm gonna follow you for sure. Anyone crazy enough to try this type of shit out I'm watching and telling my fishing buddy's

I built a tiny 4' x 8' small speedboat with a controls tunnel to the motor of 1/4" plywood with glass cloth and resin over that. 2 cylinder Mercury Mark 20 tuned to 12,000 rpm. Passed a sky boat at max at estimated 72 mph on his speedometer on the reservation lake near Reno, NV. Hit a 2/3 submerged beer can at about 85 mph; got to shore at about 35 mph and sk9idded to a stop. That run was intense.

Damn i love multi-cylinder two strokes! I had an old 75 hp 3 cylinder two stroke that I’d run with the garden hose in front of the house just to scare the neighbors. The sound and smell of a two stroke in salt water is the best.

Cool test. When u added the weight at the front it got more stable. This is why I think boat builders spec their boats to the motor size. Cuz the misconception Is if you’d take a big motor an drop it on a smaller boat it automatically be faster.

I came here from Facebook because the police department is looking for him 😂😂😂

That man legitimately risked his life for my entertainment. Thank you, sir.

Thank you for doing this. You made it real

I once saw someone put cinder blocks in the front of their boat for counterweight, but they didn't secure them at all. Worked fine until they hit a big wave and it flipped the blocks back into their lap.😆

You sir earned a subscriber for this awesome video !!!

This man deserves your subscription just for his near death experience!

This is a death trap and I’m here for it 😂 love this kind of stuff

In the early 2000's I used to fish 5k yards of gill net out of a 14'5 foot Carolina skiff with a 40 hp Mariner and I thought that was sketchy 😂......Flat bottom boats and turning do not mix. Awesome video brother.

This is what UKposts is made for , awesome creation

This was so friggin funny. LOVED this experiment.

My old man used to race boats at Misery Bay at Presque Isle State Park on Lake Erie in Erie PA. back in the 1950's . He ran a 16' wooden Lyman boat cut down to 14' , I "think" they only ran 10 HP motors; but I have photos of him with just the shaft and prop in the water.

Is that a old ratchet as a shifter handle?

reapers don’t stand a chance now

In the 70s I put a 25 horse on a 16 foot narrow beam Alumacraft and got on the Colorado River. Once it got up on plane it was pretty smooth running, scary as hell, but smooth.

This is very neat wow

badass cuh

Thanks I needed that laugh but my curiosity has been quenched about that setup

This is hands down the best shit I have seen all year. Magnificent!!!!! Every part of this was beautiful! This is what life was intended for.

I'd love to see you put a steering wheel at the front along with the throttle controls. Would help balance the weight on the boat and be a lot easier to handle.

I love how there is just never even any consideration of putting in a sump pump. Lol

I was waiting for a gust of wind or a small wave to send you into a pickle-fork flip! Pretty funny guys. 😁👍

HaHaHaaaa!!! I love this. Proof that there are still people out there that really know how to have fun. An awesome video, guys!

Cool test! Thanks for sharing