RiverRat
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- Location
- Louisville, Ky
Project RiverRat II
- Thread starter RiverRat
- Start date
2lick
Brap!!!
- Location
- Limerick, PA
looks amazing... everyone is going to think im copying you lol.. im sending mine to stuff to A1 to get ceramic chrome coated...
You gotta get that together this year and ride it some lol!!!
You gotta get that together this year and ride it some lol!!!
RiverRat
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- Location
- Louisville, Ky
:haha: Well, you are running my old cylinder, carbs, domes..........now coating.......anything else I can hook you up with :biggrin: How about a Shifter Kart tank :cheer: :haha: J/K Its all good man :biggthumpup:
2lick
Brap!!!
- Location
- Limerick, PA
:biggthumpup: Believe it or not I searched for days probably 8 hours over 3 days trying to find a tank i like other than yours.... I FOUND ONE!!! so ha:fing02:
im ready to buy that total loss when your ready lol...
ok im done ruining your build thread:biggrin:
im ready to buy that total loss when your ready lol...
ok im done ruining your build thread:biggrin:
RiverRat
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- Location
- Louisville, Ky
It took me some time to find the one I have so I believe you were searching for a while. Interested to see your find as well..............keep us posted.
RiverRat
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- Location
- Louisville, Ky
Ok, back to the hows and whys of the build.
For those who may not know, Jet-hot looks great no doubt but has allot of function to go along with those good looks. It contains ceramic material that in essence, insulates the metal in the exhaust system from the heat of the exhaust gases. This not only keeps the surface of the exhaust up to 60% cooler but by doing so can promote denser air/fuel charges by lowering the temp of the engine compartment. Cooler air = denser air. Not as big of a deal on a wet pipe but it non the less promotes a cooler parts. Anouther added benifit of the coating is that it is very smooth and promotes more efficient flow of gases through the system (specifically on cast aluminum peices like the manifold and headpipe).
The main reason I opted to get the parts coated was to protect the metal from the exhaust gases, acids that can build up in the exhaust, salt, corossion and mineral deposites that commonly form on hot exhaust parts exposed to water. That has always been a eyesore to me. Plus when the parts are disassembled they can be cleaned relativly easily b/c oils and other types of build up typically have a more difficult time sticking to the smooth surface of the coating.
The flywheel cover I had coated b/c it was a bare aluminum and I preferred to have that coated instead of polishing b/c of cost. I don't have the wheels and buffers readily availabe, plus I think it was about $25 to have that coated with expansion chamber. The coating on the chamber was only $70-$75 and that includes all the cleaning and blasting. I went over the pipe w/ a SOS pad before I sent it to their facility, but it was run for a season. Looks allot better than new now :biggthumpup:
Why I had those particular parts coated
For those who may not know, Jet-hot looks great no doubt but has allot of function to go along with those good looks. It contains ceramic material that in essence, insulates the metal in the exhaust system from the heat of the exhaust gases. This not only keeps the surface of the exhaust up to 60% cooler but by doing so can promote denser air/fuel charges by lowering the temp of the engine compartment. Cooler air = denser air. Not as big of a deal on a wet pipe but it non the less promotes a cooler parts. Anouther added benifit of the coating is that it is very smooth and promotes more efficient flow of gases through the system (specifically on cast aluminum peices like the manifold and headpipe).
The main reason I opted to get the parts coated was to protect the metal from the exhaust gases, acids that can build up in the exhaust, salt, corossion and mineral deposites that commonly form on hot exhaust parts exposed to water. That has always been a eyesore to me. Plus when the parts are disassembled they can be cleaned relativly easily b/c oils and other types of build up typically have a more difficult time sticking to the smooth surface of the coating.
The flywheel cover I had coated b/c it was a bare aluminum and I preferred to have that coated instead of polishing b/c of cost. I don't have the wheels and buffers readily availabe, plus I think it was about $25 to have that coated with expansion chamber. The coating on the chamber was only $70-$75 and that includes all the cleaning and blasting. I went over the pipe w/ a SOS pad before I sent it to their facility, but it was run for a season. Looks allot better than new now :biggthumpup:
D-Roc
I forgot!
- Location
- Dirty River Rider
what flame arrestors are those is the pic?
RiverRat
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- Location
- Louisville, Ky
Prok
RiverRat
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- Location
- Louisville, Ky
Here is a rough idea of how the engine bay will be layed out. I am using a buddies roundnose hull to help mock it up b/c the dimensions are very close to what I will be working with on the X-jet hull.
The more and more I look at the kart tank the more I like it. Now that I have parts layed out it really fits the hull well. :Banane01: And it was $42.50
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The more and more I look at the kart tank the more I like it. Now that I have parts layed out it really fits the hull well. :Banane01: And it was $42.50
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D-Roc
I forgot!
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- Dirty River Rider
Those Prok's look good on a big carb, what do you use to keep water from getting in? I've used outewears on my kawi before and was not overly impressed at how they worked, last summer i ran a single 48 with tau ceti filter and eventually had to put a tupperware shroud on it to keep water out. the ProK are way too nice to coverup with tupperware so i am wondering what you guys typically use on them. i may have to get the wamilton adapters for stock flame arrestors if i can't find a good solution.
RiverRat
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- Location
- Louisville, Ky
I did not have a big problem with water injestion last year. I run FLY prefilters on them, plus i had 2 scuppers and 2 500gph bilges running so I stayed pretty dry. This year I will be running 1 scupper and 2 bilges. I will have to play it by ear though, If the x-jet has a water ingestion issue it would be a good idea to switch, but I hear that they do not take on much water.
- Location
- New York Crew
That Jet Hot looks, well "HOT"! :biggthumpup:
- Location
- Hutchinson, Kansas
coating looks great, nice stuff
RiverRat
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- Location
- Louisville, Ky
Routing Waterlines
Figured I would add the hows and whys I plan on routing the waterlines for the b-pipe. I ran a dual circuit system last year and it worked the best for me but there are many different ways to do it as long as you factor in keeping adequate pressure in the headpipe. This is just how I do it and the reasoning behind routing it this way. There are many variations as we all know.
Single line = 6-7.75mm id (mine measures 7.75mm id)
Restrictors effects on system pressure
ex: 4mm pisser and the 6mm FCV = 10mm of flow being supplied by a 7.75mm line
10mm > 7.75mm supply -> lower system psi
**10mm can flow 129% what a 7.75mm line can supply
FP system reccomendations a 4mm res on bypass w/ single line system
On the exhauts circuit, a 4mm + whatever stinger is 6mm(**)? > 7.75mm -> flow on exhaust side of system
**= 10mm, so a restrictor on the stinger might help keep a little pressure in the system to operate the water injectors in the head pipe. A simple 3mm restrictor after the FCV on the stinger plus the 4mm pisser would flow 90.3% what a a 7.75mm line can supply. 51.6% of that is bypasses through the pisser while the other 38.7% can go to the stinger. Leaving 9.7% for injector function. Also keep in mind that by mounting the bypass t-fitting before the FCV, you all water circulation through the headpipe while the FCV is closed.
For the cylinder side line (7.75mm) a 6mm pisser can flow 77.4% what that line can supply. I find that a 6mm fitting work well for my application and does not over cool the cylinder. A 8mm pisser can flow 103% what the 7.75mm line can supply. In both cases it is a good idea to have a pisser that can flow 100% what the supply line can feed and use a restrictor in order to fine tune the cooling system.
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- Location
- Cleveland Ohio
OK Rat... quit making diagrams and finish this sucker for Lanier!! :woot:
RiverRat
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- Location
- Louisville, Ky
hello my name is Simon......and I like to draw drawings :haha:
- Location
- Cleveland Ohio
Dammit Rat...that's exactly what I'm talking about... fire up the heater and get in the garage! I wanna ride that Lamey, Waterdawg beast!
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RiverRat
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- Location
- Louisville, Ky
Luckily I just have a motor to work on and can do that in the basement. Hull and paint is being taken care of by Jeff:cool2: Paul has my pump for new bearings and is doing some mods to the b-pipe as well. Ignition is wired up, cylinder is getting a fresh hone, a couple more parts are being Jet-Hot coated, kart tank is done.................the X-jet itself is 100% custom right out of the box and that saves me allot of work. Talked to jeff last night and he is starting on the topdeck sometime this month, just waiting on the new materials :sneaky:
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Mile9c1
X-H2O.com
- Location
- Grand Rapids, MI
Sweet, in Jeffspeak that means you might have it in time for Lanier 2009 :biggthumpup:
romack991
homebrewed
- Location
- Warsaw, IN
Isn't it sad that he can give a hull away, but can't get a hull to a returning customer whos already waited a year for it?