I suffered a few setbacks last week including smashing up my truck so I had alot more to do this weekend than just rebuild my ski but I did manage to get it all done. I replaced the hood, grill and bumper on my truck, as well as reassembling my Matrix.
My hull is now officially a -2". Reassembly took a little longer than anticipated but I spent some more time on a few details and it was well worth it. I cut a couple inches off my pole, spent a couple hours with a die grinder and massaged another 10deg out of my Trim system. I also extended my steering cable length so I was able to get the most throw out of my quick steer. I tried to install the Rhaas motor mounts but the taller GP mounts were perfect so I ended up going back to them with no shims needed.
The rest of my time was spent replacing the crappy fuel lines I used that turned rock hard in 7 months. I finally went with all OEM lines and am officially done with aftermarket BS fuel lines. Methanol fuel is such a PITA and only going to get worse if they up the content to 20%. Even my fuel filters were brittle and the inlets snapped off when I was trying to reinstall them. So, my ski is ready to run as soon as I get some new fuel filters installed.
I also D-cut my shorty rideplate so I could access my trim adjust bolt without removing the rideplate. I adjusted my trim angle at Daytona without measuring it and ended up with it too low and driving the nose down which would explain alot of the riders comments I heard at Daytona. This time I used a carpenters level off the rideplate to set it at neutral. It was around 7 deg down at Daytona. No more eyeballing trim settings either I guess.
Hopefully this warm weather sticks around and I can try it all out this weekend.
