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Thank you! That is def the right guy and some of the footage, but I could have sworn I saw a vid with the same footage and a current interview with that dude and another guy. I'm still searching like a madman. Hopefully I didn't imagine all of this.

I'm looking for a vid I saw on here a few weeks back of some guys riding big waves on 550s. I clicked it at work and watched a minute with the sound off. I'd love to check it out again, but cant seem to find it. It was in a documentary/interview style format. Thanks!

Vumad, you are on to something, but a little confused, I think. If you measured the ACTUAL torque output at the wheels of a car, it would be a mind boggling figure. A sports car might have 4500+ft/lbs, or something of that order. This is a result of the gearing that puts the motor at a huge...

You mean when the pole is bottomed out on the hood?

Bear with me here, but what is the point of using a riser bar on a ski with a movable handle pole? Wouldn't a straight bar with a few more degrees of "elevation" on the pole be the same thing? If anything, a riser bar is lengthening the effective length of the pole, as measured from pole pivot...

lol.

I'd buy a brand new one in a second if I had the scratch for it...and if I lived somewhere I could ride year-round. (It's awful making a payment on something like that in the middle of a snowstorm.)

I'm stuck with the GF this weekend. Probably going out on a local lake. Hopefully we get a few more decent days. I can definitely make it up some Saturday.

You win. Electric impact gun took it off in probably 3 "hits." I cleaned the FW/stator up last night and my oil pump block-off kit, FW cover gasket, and FW tool showed up today. I also placed the order the for complete Rhaas swap kit. Now I'm looking for a Coffmans or Factory Pipe manifold...

I wanted to do the same swap, but ended up picking up a 650SX instead. I haven't picked up a kit yet, and I still want to get a 550...

I have a compressor and impact guns (both air and electric) but they are just spinning the flywheel/crank via the puller tool. With the lock I think I should be in business.

Also, at first I was concerned with the whole motor maybe having been full of water, but with the plugs out the crank spins butter smooth, save for the case compression of course. I guess I should probably get the manifolds off and have a look inside.

I ran into a minor snag. I stripped the 1992 VXR is a matter of maybe an hour. I tore through that thing like a raccoon. There is nothing left. Anyway, I wanted to take the stupid oil pump off the 6m6, and when I did some "crud" flaked out. Damn. So I removed the whole FW cover and found...

Where do you guys ride and launch from? I just bought a stand-up and I'm in Warren, a bit north of Youngstown.

Yes. A company called Rhaas Products makes a very cost effective kit (seeing as it come with motor mounts). http://www.x-h2o.com/threads/124141-Build-Thread-Yamaha-Superjet-motor-in-a-Kawasaki-550sx-hull

Yep. It's a 701. Raising the comp won't boost power everywhere?

So...update. I got more time to ride this weekend and...I frickin love this thing. I can cut turns WAY harder than the 650sx, to the point that comparing them is laughable. Also, the SJ has an assload more low end than the 650sx. It is still all stock too. So, next question, will a B-pipe...

I received this in an email years ago. It works well: "Machinist's Workshop magazine actually tested penetrants for break out torque on rusted nuts. Significant results! They are below, as forwarded by an ex-student and professional machinist, Bud Baker. Don't forget the April 2007...

No title and haggard looking hull, but clean motor. I bought it for the motor. I'm going to throw the hull away in tiny bits, if you want it.

I should have been more specific. I meant I was going to check out a 650sx. Anyway, I picked up what has to be the cleanest 650sx left. It's damn nice. Hull only with title. After that I drove to another guys house and bought his 1992 yamaha vxr for $150. Good comp. Prob needs carb cleaned...