# 2008 Solo and some boating ridiculousness **URL:** \ **Category:** SON240sx Automotive\ **Created:** [September 25, 2008, 5:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2008-solo-and-some-boating-ridiculousness/118733 "2008-09-25T05:57:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![educated\_Idiot](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/educated_idiot/32/5684_2.png) [@educated\_Idiot](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/educated_Idiot)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 5:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2008-solo-and-some-boating-ridiculousness/118733/1 "2008-09-25T05:57:45Z")
First Solo II course of the year with full on winter tires!!! Both videos are of the same lap just different perspectives. As a bonus, I stuck in the most recent sea flea wipe out. [y]e6rGsNP7x8E[/y] cockpit view [y]iMdb75VrBMw[/y] And yes, engines do sink. I’m not piloting this one, just tying the gas tank in…lol [y]XJF\_MNsgfMs[/y] ---
**Author:** ![Intense\_Motorsports](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/intense_motorsports/32/5593_2.png) [@Intense\_Motorsports](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Intense_Motorsports)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 7:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2008-solo-and-some-boating-ridiculousness/118733/2 "2008-09-25T07:54:23Z")
Sea Flea ftw! My dad built a 8ft one in high school then when I was 13 he gave it to me 33hp Evinrude. Thing did 60mph. Trim was way to high on that thing. Adrian ---
**Author:** ![educated\_Idiot](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/educated_idiot/32/5684_2.png) [@educated\_Idiot](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/educated_Idiot)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2008, 8:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2008-solo-and-some-boating-ridiculousness/118733/3 "2008-09-25T08:32:32Z")
yeah dude, Sea fleas are nuts. I tried to tell them that it wasn’t trimmed right but apparently the trim pin was broken and fixed permanently. having said that, the boat is a legend, its been throwing motors off the back since the 70’s. No surprise really lol. It truly needs a short shaft. ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_S13](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_s13/32/5563_2.png) [@Blue\_S13](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_S13)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2008, 2:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2008-solo-and-some-boating-ridiculousness/118733/4 "2008-09-26T14:43:30Z")
I had a really wild sea flea that had a modded smowmobile engine right under the sterring column and straight shafted to a prop underneath. It was a little longer, but it was the scariest thing to drive…the nose was like 2 inches off the water… Canoe waves were a scary sight to see in that thing.😕 Edit: Is was actually a hydro-plane like the one in the last vid. ---
**Author:** ![educated\_Idiot](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/educated_idiot/32/5684_2.png) [@educated\_Idiot](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/educated_Idiot)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2008, 8:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2008-solo-and-some-boating-ridiculousness/118733/5 "2008-09-27T08:43:07Z")
Thats awesome. Did you fab the set up? That’s a much better design than having an outboard on the back. ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_S13](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_s13/32/5563_2.png) [@Blue\_S13](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_S13)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2008, 2:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2008-solo-and-some-boating-ridiculousness/118733/6 "2008-09-27T14:41:21Z")
My dad did it when I was really young with a shitty motor, but we changed that for the beast motor when I was older. It was originally built in the 70’s. ---
**Author:** ![educated\_Idiot](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/educated_idiot/32/5684_2.png) [@educated\_Idiot](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/educated_Idiot)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2008, 3:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2008-solo-and-some-boating-ridiculousness/118733/7 "2008-09-27T15:37:54Z")
same with ours, built in the 70’s. Pretty rockin for the time. ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_S13](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_s13/32/5563_2.png) [@Blue\_S13](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_S13)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2008, 9:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2008-solo-and-some-boating-ridiculousness/118733/8 "2008-09-27T21:23:26Z")
Still totally swank now.🙂