Im thinking along the lines that the least expensive, most reliable and the most simple way to put a 1200 in a Blaster would be buying a off the shelf adaptor kit. Here is the 4 step mount process it takes to get ready to drop the 1200 Yamaha in. STEP #1 Order kit .STEP #2 Kit arrives , open box. STEP #3 Bolt front Adaptor plates in using bolts supplied. STEP #4 bolt mounts in . That's it. Drop in the motor. At $150.00 for the 701 Adaptors or $350.00 for the complete kit, im pretty sure that's got to less expensive than glassing in a set of mounts. As for reliability , The 701 Adaptors are made from marine grade Stainless Steel , the way its put together makes them unbreakable and being SS , it is the best product suited to a seawater application. No such thing as corrosion. If you buy the kit, all the bolts etc are Stainless and pre greased. The Mounts are the Gen 3 freestyle mounts [OEM SPEC] that have the only FailSafe system built in. Life time Warranty. Is that reliable enough.? Last thing is how simple to do this 1200 conversion . From the time I open the box to bolting down all the mounts was less than 10 minutes taking my time. Im not a fibreglasser but I figure to set up , make a set of mount plates and then glass them in using some sought of Brass inserts would not be in the 10 min range. Whether its my kit or one of the other quality kits on the market, they will all beat hands down glassing a set of mounts in. IMO
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