Deck DONE. This is huge. Asked the paint shop for a white so white you could barely look at it, in one of the toughest paints on the planet (Imron 3.5 HG+ single stage). They obliged.
Pump DONE. Got my exit nozzle back from the machinist at work bored to 85mm. I cut off the sprayer outlet to give ATP steering nozzle clearance. Paint is cured on the hull so I am ready to flip it back over for the home stretch.
Cleaned up edges of nosecap with some 1in carbon tape. Also got hull and deck primed with some Ful-Fill acrylic primer. Managed to get about 15 of its 20yrs of scratches and gouges off.
Getting everything sized up. Just needs a little wet sanding and it will be ready for clearcoat. Hood is far enough out that I am just going to glass up the hacked up OEM hood just so I can get it to the water
Nose cap body work finished and got a couple layers of carbon bagged on to seal it all up. Just need to hand lay up some of the carbon/kevlar to finish it off.
Getting close. I really need to get going on the hood. It will prolly be water worthy but not have a hood which kills the whole water worthiness thing. Picking up paint on Mon and hopefully I will be ready for that. E-box just in looks is worth every penny.
Motor DONE. Figured out shimming. Everything lines up perfect. Wish I had moved the exhaust tube outboard, the RAD Dudes RN exhaust hose I got hits the corner of the aft carb. Easy fix I'm sure just gotta figure out how to shift the hose a little. Factory pipe is a tight fit I hope I can...
The one that came off of this with twin Mikuni carbs was 91in. Those had the front mount cable. My new set up has the rear mounted cable. Hopefully the new cable I got is long enough
Engine compartment DONE. Finish layer of bling. Got midshaft housing rebuilt by JetManiac with new Cold Fusion midshaft (unbelievable difference). And got tray prepped for turf.
Things are starting to come together quick
Inside the nose I had hand laid in the carbon. Forward of the handlepole tray went in perfect where the tray was had some dry fabric on the edges. That 19oz takes a lot of resin to wet it out. I ground out the dry fabric and bagged in a 3ply 19oz, 2 ply 10oz and 2ply 5.7oz reinforcing layer...
Yeah that ain't gonna happen. Just ordered turf today and still need to finish the welding on the handlepole plus about a million other things. I'm hoping a week but would be happy with two.
Tray DONE. Little touch up and it is ready for turf. Two clocked plies 10oz plain weave and one ply 19oz twill. A couple wrinkles but not worried they will be covered by turf. It is tough to take pictures of all carbon fiber. It really does look a lot better in person
So I have the nose cap bonded in needs body work so nothing really to see there. I am stoked that I got the tray deck in. 1 ply 9oz fiberglass to seal it and 3 plies 19oz carbon twill. Actually had it off the stand in a nose up riding stance with the pole in position and in the footholds it...
I put a question out similar to this as I ended up with a MSD and an ATP HX3 EPIC and overwhelming opinion was the ATP. Haven't had the ski in the water yet so I cant comment on the performance. The main factors were the program-ability and dual modes. ATP is a little more expensive...
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