Tag: SPS Longtail

Bayou Bushing for SPS Longtails

Maintenance, guys! It was time to replace the flange bushing on my small SPS longtail. Mr. Dobbs has been testing a new called the Bayou Bushing. It’s nice! Cheaper than a brass bushing without the electrolysis worries. more durable than the delrin bushing with the worry of it melting, and longer lasting than wood without…

Proper oil level for longtail outboards

Proper oil level for longtail outboards

LESSONS LEARNED: Add one to two ounces of of extra oil to the motor to keep the oil sensor from freaking out. If you’re out on the water after an oil change, and it keeps cutting out, raise the props to level the motor out, run up the RPM, then slowly drop the propeller into…

Stage 2/3 Mud Motor Build | Connecting Rod Prep

Stage 2/3 Mud Motor Build | Connecting Rod Prep

Getting into the motor build in earnest now. Here’s you’ll learn how to check the clearances and properly seat the bearings onto the connecting rod. ARC Racing Connecting Rod Installation The guys at OMB Warehouse gave us all the parts to do the build! Good times. Here are the parts used: Stage 2/3 Parts for…

Mud Motor Tool Kit

Carry tools when you get out there on the water, folks. It’s up to you to determine how many tools to carry, but I carry by whole tool bucket.

Hot Rod Your Mud Motor e-Course

Hot Rod Your Mud Motor e-Course

I put the whole playlist right here, carburetor mods, intake, exhaust the whole bit so that you can upgrade your power plant to a stage 1 mud motor build from taking this course.

Hot Rod Your Mud Motor In Stages

Hot Rod Your Mud Motor In Stages

Oh, I just figured out how to give Darth Predt more power without him totally disintegrating. (Darth Predt is my SPS longtail for those of you who don’t know.) It’s the old stage system. In auto racing drivers and builders refer to a system of escalating stages for any motor build. Here’s how it works.…

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