Well since it warmed up to a comfortable 80° today, I threw on some shorts and did some work to my SN that I built up last winter. After a rough start to the season due to engine failures, I finally finished out the summer with a limited 701 setup. Coming from a hotrod lifestyle background, I have always like throwing in the biggest engine possible into whatever project I am working on. Now I'm not gangster enough to be able to afford one of them fancy stroker engines so I found a deal on an 1100 Waveraider ($300 with trailer) and have started the painfull tripple engine swap. I have done as much research as I can seeing how there isnt a lot out there. I can see why this isnt done very often in an sj but I enjoy a challenge and love having the ski that is very different from the rest of my riding crew. I purchased the bracket kit from Extreme Throttle, it is a nice basic kit that includes the custom length Rhaas SJ1100 engine mounts. I quickly found out that the stock hardware can only be used in the front hull mounting pads. A quick trip to the local Ace Hardware got me some longer stainless bolts (m8x1.25x30). The mounting bolts must be left loose in order to line up the engine cradle to the engine mounts. Once those are tightened down then tighten the hull mounting bolts. The real P.I.T.A. with this build is the exhaust system. The factory yamaha tripple pipe runs to the back like the factory 62t exhaust does. Gonna try a few things but the plan is to run a 3" exhaust from the pipe to a modified raider1100 waterbox and a 3" pipe running through the hull under the tray. Ill try to keep this build going quickly and updated.
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