Found a Motor to Buy

I'm looking to buy a Used 9.9 Motor for my 1448 Joan Boat. I found this motor and wanted to know what you guys thought?

1996 Nissan 9.9 very clean and runs like new looking to get around$700
2 Stroke... Short Shaft

That would be a good price around here. Looks like a nice motor.

i'd buy it if everything checked out ok

I thought I had heard that those nissan 9.9's are the same motor as the 15, only with a governor. May be wrong on that, good motor though.

Why a 9.9?

A good buddy has a 9.9 on his 1448. With gear and two guys in the boat, it doesn't even come close to planing out. If your restricted, I can understand, however you can pick up a 20+hp model for about the same or not much more, and will actually be able to cover some water with it.

Rick James said:

Why a 9.9?

A good buddy has a 9.9 on his 1448. With gear and two guys in the boat, it doesn't even come close to planing out. If your restricted, I can understand, however you can pick up a 20+hp model for about the same or not much more, and will actually be able to cover some water with it.

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Good point, but odds are that he's fishing in HP restricted lakes. If no HP restrictions, then obviously go with the most HP allowed.

Rick James said:

Why a 9.9?

A good buddy has a 9.9 on his 1448. With gear and two guys in the boat, it doesn't even come close to planing out. If your restricted, I can understand, however you can pick up a 20+hp model for about the same or not much more, and will actually be able to cover some water with it.

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Most of the New Jersey Lakes I fish are small compared to other areas of the country. I may also fish a few local lakes that do have a 9.9 Restriction. I would definitely like a bigger motor to fly around with, but the Lakes in this area would not allow me to use a bigger motor to it's full potential.


Thanks for all of the feedback so far.....

Ictalurus said:

I thought I had heard that those nissan 9.9's are the same motor as the 15, only with a governor. May be wrong on that, good motor though.

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can I take the governor off? :lol:

i dont beleave their goverened, i thaught i read the 9.9's just have a smaller carb but same powerhead? dont quote me on that

Take a look at www.iboats.com for more info on your motor.

That motor is probably a mid 80's model. Mid 90's are painted gray. Nissan/Tohatsu's just have a serial # so its really difficult to find out what year they are. I may be wrong but I doubt it. Maybe you can use the age of the motor as a bargaining chip. Tell the Seller to prove its a 1996 and if he can't he has to knock $200 off the price.

I have a Nissan 9.8hp on my 12' flat bottom. It is an early 2001 model but I have no complaints. The motor is very solid and it cranks on the first pull every time.