1990 Squarenose Superjet to Freestyle Machine
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- Start date
3rdgearpinned
hold my beer, watch this
- Location
- Bend, Oregon
nice work!
nice work looks like we had a few of the same ideas... i posted a link to my build still have the hull. looking to upgrade motor this year blew it up, looking to put an 865 in this time.http://www.x-h2o.com/threads/52967-bitemybags-rebirth-of-the-squarenose-95-sn-rebuil
Does anybody have any suggestions what i need to do for water ingestion... I have two hard ride days at weekend and both days i had to flush the engine because of major water ingestion. I havent done any subs or that kind of tricks, both time quite similarly ski flips off and stays few moments in right side...
i have sxr carbs so stock superjet air filter box wont match... Also does mine hood liner need redesign? Engine takes all air rear part of hood and from the pole.
i have sxr carbs so stock superjet air filter box wont match... Also does mine hood liner need redesign? Engine takes all air rear part of hood and from the pole.
- Location
- Stillwater, Oklahoma
Do you have a coupler cover in place? If not that should help, it did on mine.
The build quality and "interesting" solutions that were used during the building of this ski forced me to use rather drastic measures to fix the flaws. Above is illustrated the current state of the ski. This complete rebuild also includes swapping the blown 62t-6m6 zombie motor into a brand new 760 64x.
dragginblazer
Do Good Jetski Crew
- Location
- North Richland Hills, TX
oh noes! What happened to it?
It is sad to see that nose doesnt hold. Now it is perfect excuse to move that pole forward and shorten that hull. Make that ski rip!
- Location
- Henderson, NV
What happen to this ski?
Bad build quality and wrong material choices, made the nosejob remind me of Michael Jakson. We were about to fix some litle cracks and realized that the whole nosejob had been done with wrong methods. So few taps with hammer and all that glassing (and terrible amount of bodyfiller), from buildup came of (polyester resin does NOT bond with SJ PUR top deck).
This matter of material choice was discussed when jamme bought the ski and from there forward we were anticipating rebuild. Rebuild will propably not include big modifications because we are doing also this other SN with shortened nose (-15 cm), and were not sure if our modifications will work in water. So wi well do on test first and jammes jet propably only be fixed.
This matter of material choice was discussed when jamme bought the ski and from there forward we were anticipating rebuild. Rebuild will propably not include big modifications because we are doing also this other SN with shortened nose (-15 cm), and were not sure if our modifications will work in water. So wi well do on test first and jammes jet propably only be fixed.
- Location
- Henderson, NV
to bad to see that go i loved the look to bad on the quality!!!! i would hope to see another ski built like this just with more info...
First fiberglass work done, the outerlayer of the new nose. Fiberglass layed on top of the polyurethane mold. The outside fiberglass work was done using three layers of different mats.
Next step is taking the polyurethane mold apart, completely remove it and then lift the ski on it's nose and glass the inside of the nose. This will make the nose considerably stronger and by glassing the inside it allows the use of larger area for attachment to make sure everything will stay in place. The glassing of the inside will go all the way from the very tip of the nose to the beginning of the battery placeholder, this ensures proper and strong attachment for the new nose.
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After double digit hours of sanding FINALLY the ski got the first layer of primer today. Then again sanding and more sanding + fixing the slight imperfections in the shapes and making sure the lines follow SNs original lines. Then hopefully next week the final paint. The new 64X motor should arrive from the US within few weeks after which I can start the final assembly.
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