Blaster 200 HP Carbon Fibre Blaster with 155mm Pump

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Carbon Blaster

Location
Australia
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This is the original oem topdeck that we made our mould from, it is also the part that we did the least amount of mods to.
In the pic we chopped out the big round bubble where the fire extinguisher went& re-designed this section to blend better with the seat base & the other lines of the topdeck.
We also filled in where the hull number plate used to go & the oil level plate in the side.
Our mould was made after the mods were done & the final pics are of the new carbon/kevlar topdeck after it freshly came out of the mould. At this stage it has just been baked after the bagging was removed.
 
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Carbon Blaster

Location
Australia
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This is the topdeck after the 2 pack epoxy primer has been sprayed on it.
All the holes for fittings, etc have been drilled & the topdeck is ready to bond to the hull once we finish mounting the exhaust, waterbox, Power Factor pipe, both fuel tanks, battery
 
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Carbon Blaster

Location
Australia
Thanks guys, really appreciate the great feedback, I promise it will be worth the wait when you see pics & vids of the completed ski.
Up till now was many of the mods to the stock ski that was done, making the carbon hull, topdeck, etc, this was the exact process that was used to make the first Carbon Blaster.
The first Blaster was designed so you could swap all your gear from your own Blaster straight accross to the new ski & besides turf & paint, have a fully running ski (the Carbon Blaster ONLY uses the UMI steering, the flimsy stock steering won't fit in).
Now the build gets really cool, as we use hardly anything oem & have to now design brackets for 2 tanks, make the front tank fillable through the original filler cap, mount the Power Factor pipe, cut the pump tunnel out, design a complete new tunnel, vac bag the new tunnel into the ski, get the 155mm pump made & fit it, make a pump shoe & intake grate, re-route the exhaust system, paint & turf it, press start, hang on tight & see what happens!!
 
zimmy

zimmy

How much does the hull wiegh just by itself? i.e. no hood, no fittings just the bare hull? And what was your total hood weight without anything attached to it?
 
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Carbon Blaster

Location
Australia
zimmy said:
How much does the hull wiegh just by itself? i.e. no hood, no fittings just the bare hull? And what was your total hood weight without anything attached to it?
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Hi Zimmy, now you've got me running around like a blue-arse fly!
We weighed all the parts individually as we made them & documented the weights & production times as each part was made. I thought I had these documents with all the Blaster layup specs, I have turned the place upside-down looking for these, so can only be at work.
We have just finished building a new workshop so paperwork is spread between the two places at the moment, as soon as I locate these, I will post any of the weight details for you, I know the total weight diference was 36KG though.
From memory, the hood was about 6KG lighter than oem. We could have gone a much lighter layup with the hood due to it's shape characteristics, but chose to stay a bit thicker as the hood cops an enormous amount of abuse.
Not sure how you guys are finding them, but over here the guys are complaining about how easily the oem hoods crack.
Once they start cracking, they just get worse each ride.
We also built the lip that sits against the hood seal to 4mm as to ensure high strength & a good seal without cutting the rubber seal, this added some weight to the hood, but was worth it.
 
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Carbon Blaster

Location
Australia
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Now for some cool stuff!
This is the 144mm pump tunnel cut out of the hull.
The 2nd pic is from the outside of the hull.
Heaps of hours went into the shape of the pump tunnel. The angle has been greatly reduced, the tunnel has been lengthened & complete tunnel from opening till pump shoe has been greatly widened.
After this shape was made, a mould was manufactured & the 3rd pic shoes the new mould in place ready for the materials to be placed.
 
teddy

teddy

Location
fl
wow great work.. if im right it comes out to be 250lbs finished?... thats a nice amount of weight off the hood also how much does a stock hood weigh???
 
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egbrig

36 kilo's, that means the boat should come in around 320 lbs. Most of the blasters we've weighed are 385-400 ish. They were listed at 340 lbs but that was just BS. I just weighed my completely stock and striped hull only, no hood, no anything other than fiberglass hull, it came in at 118 lbs.
 
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scottie mac

scottie mac

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That 340 number was without battery, fuel, oil. Stock mats, steering, intake, rideplate, prop, stock exhaust, single intake, carb, etc. It is possible that they were that light in the crate, but never on the water. My carbon/kevlar/S glass race blaster with lightweight hood came in at 390 ready to ride with battery and a gallon of fuel. If you could get one to 350 ready to ride, that would be an awesome machine to play with.

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todc207

todc207

Drama diffuser
Location
Metamora MI
We came home from Daytona this year with two new doner blaster hulls to cut apart after seeing how the ones there performed. I have cut 4" out of the rear and 6" from the front as well as moulded in some of my Superjet toe holds. This one you have built is beyond amazing!! If you where ever to sell just the hull set up here in the USA what would be a ball park price? I have some extra kids I could possibly sell??
 
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Carbon Blaster

Location
Australia
todc207 said:
We came home from Daytona this year with two new doner blaster hulls to cut apart after seeing how the ones there performed. I have cut 4" out of the rear and 6" from the front as well as moulded in some of my Superjet toe holds. This one you have built is beyond amazing!! If you where ever to sell just the hull set up here in the USA what would be a ball park price? I have some extra kids I could possibly sell??
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Thanks for the great comments.
Sounds like your taking on a fun project yourself, look forward to hearing how it performs when you finish.
We are waiting till we run the motor in & finish all the testing before we discuss pricing. Need to identify any bugs with this new setup, if any, & change or modify if nessesary.
I hear you can get good money if you sell your kids for scientific experiments aparently?
 
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Carbon Blaster

Location
Australia
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Three diferent types of carbon is placed into position including kevlar.
The vac bagging process has been started with various release films started to be applied.
Resin & vacuum lines were then added & the new pump tunnel was resin-infused with epoxy resin, then baked.
 
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Carbon Blaster

Location
Australia
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New pump housing straight out of the mould.
2nd pic is lightly sanding any imperfections where the new pump tunnel meets the existing hull.
Final pic is sanding the pump tunnel to give the epoxy clear coat a good surface to bond to.
 
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Carbon Blaster

Location
Australia
Thanks Zimmy, didn't think we could fit the pump in there for a while with all the clearance issues, but eventually started to work out.
 
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