First off the black text is how I came to the conclusion. Skip it if you don't care how and go to the other color to see the short story. Red text in black corresponds to pictures. hehehehe.
Ok woke up the morning mad at the world (what is new) and ready to do battle. No sleep and nothing to eat makes me irritable. I called the guy I bought the motor from no surprise he didn't answer or call back. Anyway I headed to the hardware store to buy some new drill bits. The cheep ones I had wouldn't drill the stainless bolt out of the housing. So I picked up some cobalt ones that would and a smaller easy out. Well back home I drilled out the bolt and a perfect shot too straight through the bolt as I figured that I would need to drill out the hole and re-tap it and helicoil it but to my surprise the new easy out BROKE!!!! the old one I had backed it out thought. Now I cleaned everything up bolted it up. blew some air through the water line to the head with nothing but oil and crap coming out the water line in back. Blown head gasket for sure but I pressed on. Put it back in the barrel with Oil still pouring out the exhaust holes but the first pull it fired up!!!! What the heck!!!
now I can't get it to idle but shut it off and did a compression test and it is 135 both cylinders that is dead on factory spec!!!!! Now I am just stumped as to where the oil is coming from. Checked the oil and it is just where I put it..!!!????
Well pulled off the carb and it was a mess. 1 hour later it was clean all the jets clear and the motor again starts with one pull and now with a little adjustment it ideals fine and will go in and out of gear. after 15 minutes of running it the smoke is gone and it runs great. WHAT THE HECK!!!
CONCLUSION!!!!
The oil was put in the cylinders to keep it from seizing up in storage. It has to be the reason why everything is fine. Now oil loss on the dip stick, no oil in the barrel no water in the oil on the dip stick and it runs great AND no loss of cylinder pressure. OH MAN I AM OVER JOYED.
Below at the rest of the pics so far. The old transom to the new inside and out and the twins together. I will put up ones this weekend as I am headed out on Saturday morning to either fish or play inside the brake wall LOL!!!
See you just have to be optimistic
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Are you going to go to CIH or Ventura? Also, have you figured out how to steer with two motors? Maybe a bar attached to both tillers just behind the throttle with some sort of pivoting mount. You are just the kind of guy to figure that out.
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Carni a couple of things. You should remove the curse of the slow miserable death on the guy who sold you the engine. Hopefully you didn't say to many unkind things on the voice mail.
I realize the little boat can handle the horsepower the question is can it handle the weight in the rear end? Would want you taking water over the stern or worse.
Are you going to run them both at the same time because with both props turning in the same direction the torque steer will be a pain especailly on a boat that light.
Carni I hope everything works for you. If you need any help let me know I can do just about anything. I may be at CIH Saturday with my yak (that is if my cancer meds will give me a break so I can fish). Your lil boat looks as if it will tail walk. Once again if you need any help just ask I'll try to do what ever I can.
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It has to be the reason why everything is fine. Now oil loss on the dip stick, no oil in the barrel no water in the oil on the dip stick and it runs great AND no loss of cylinder pressure. OH MAN I AM OVER JOYED. 
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