Ok so Ive saw a few lawn mower engines converted to outboards on youtube. Seemed pretty cool, this would more or less be a project. Anybody ever done this? Or know where I can find info on it? Im kinda confused as to how the bottom end works?

Looks like just some tinkering with scrap parts. One thing, no neutral or reverse.  Just a little noisy too, LOL.

and this is better than an electric motor because????

I dunno never said it would be better, this is more or less a project something to tinker with.

I'd tinker with a transom mount trolling motor and battery.  Would take me all of 5 minutes to tinker. 

The rest of the time, I'd be fishing

You could probably design something like a long tail mud motor.

http://www.mudbuddy.com/Mini%20Longtails.htm

I'd tinker with a transom mount trolling motor and battery. Would take me all of 5 minutes to tinker.

The rest of the time, I'd be fishing

I hear ya bro lol this is one of them after Ive put the kids to bed at night out in the garage projects ha

You could probably design something like a long tail mud motor.

http://www.mudbuddy.com/Mini%20Longtails.htm

thats pretty cool doesnt look too difficult to build something like this

I've not seen the lawn mower conversion but I did see a jon with an IO made from a jet ski motor.

A mud buddy would be cool.  There's a guy that hits one of my creeks with one.  Loud as hell, but he gets his jon in places that only kayaks can go.

I'd tinker with a transom mount trolling motor and battery. Would take me all of 5 minutes to tinker.

The rest of the time, I'd be fishing

That would be my plan

I've not seen the lawn mower conversion but I did see a jon with an IO made from a jet ski motor.

That might be something worth tinkering with, especially if you can quiet it down.

I saw one of those on a boat at Santee-Cooper(in the river). The owner said he could run in 3 inches of water. I believe he called his a "go-devil". He used it to run the old rice fields that are just off the Cooper River. I didn't hear it running, it was on a trailer in his yard................Al

Ok so Ive saw a few lawn mower engines converted to outboards on youtube. Seemed pretty cool, this would more or less be a project. Anybody ever done this? Or know where I can find info on it? Im kinda confused as to how the bottom end works?

http://www.briggsoutboards.com/