- Location
- South Florida
Nice toys. Which one are you going to be getting to drive?
Brocks Gulf Tribute Build! **Test Ride\Problems**
- Thread starter ncbrock
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- Location
- Raleigh NC\Lake Jordan
none. Im getting my own. The m3 or the m coupe would be killer on insurance as a primary driver for a 16 year old. plus driving one of those to school wouldnt be the smartest thing, door dings and whatnot that happens at school. Im looking to get an 325\8IS with 5 speed or a 525 with a 6 speed
i love m5's, specially the E39's. Im hoping to get some E39 with a 6 speed for my first car, not an M though.
i love m5's, specially the E39's. Im hoping to get some E39 with a 6 speed for my first car, not an M though.
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- Location
- Raleigh NC\Lake Jordan
well, pole bracket comes 2maro, so progress will be starting again. Ive decided im going to get my headpipe\chamber sand blasted again and paint them white instead of black. Does the headpipe even get that hot? maybe i could use some normal paint. instead of high heat.
The head pipe doesn't get that hot but it does get too hot for normal paint so you really need to use high heat. If you're trying to save money, forget the sand blasting and just scuff sand it. That's how I've painted everything on my engine and it's all held up great.
- Location
- Raleigh NC\Lake Jordan
thats what im doing now. I just had AWESOME results when I sandblasted it at first then painted it black. that stuff would not come off at all.
Im still second guessing the dual scuppers and am still thinking about dual or even quad (two on each side) versiplug r's, PLUS dual bilges. Because sometimes I just like to sit on the lake a relax or if someone I know is out there Id like to talk to them also.
Im still second guessing the dual scuppers and am still thinking about dual or even quad (two on each side) versiplug r's, PLUS dual bilges. Because sometimes I just like to sit on the lake a relax or if someone I know is out there Id like to talk to them also.
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DAG
Yes, my balls tickled from that landing
- Location
- Charlotte, NC
summers only getting shorter
Dual scuppers will be plenty and I've got a 800gph bilge pump that really rockets the water out. Seriously though, if you need more bailing capacity than a 500-800gph pump with even a single scupper, you've got other issues you need to resolve. More scuppers just means more points of water entry when you're stationary and more things to go wrong.
- Location
- Raleigh NC\Lake Jordan
exactly thats why im thinking of running versiplug r's, My thoughts are if they dont let enough water out then the bilge\bilges will get the rest while it sloshes around. Or I can install 2 versiplugs on each side. My main concern is mouring while im doing something else or talking to a friend. I will NOT be able to do that with dual scuppers, and I cannot block these off like a traditional bulkhead ski.
Why hell not? I do all the time. Just leave the bilge on and you're golden. When the ski is sitting, it's fairly level and therefore water goes into the bilge pump.
I'm not sold on the versiplugs either. The advertisements for the thing says things like water resistant plastic, stainless steel pin, higher flowing than original, etc. AT NO PONT do they say, "won't leak". In a perfect environment, the water would rise vertically into the plug and the ball would be forced to plug the hole. In real life, the water rises across the hole so the ball can have a tendency to rise above the hole and not plug it. Then if it does plug a wave can easily kick around the lightweight ball. Lastly, if something gets stuck in the versi-plug like a broken zip tie, you're going down. Things tend to just exit a scupper.
I personally would prefer a slow leak I can control 100% of the time over something that doesn't leak 99% of the time and 1% of the time ruins my weekend...or worse...my ski.
- Location
- Raleigh NC\Lake Jordan
well I cant do anything with the pole bracket until I cut those tabs off. I was hoping I could at least bolt my pole up and align the bracket so I can make some marks and start cutting, the bracket wouldnt even work with my ac pole if I didnt remove those tabs in the first place. So I have to find someone to get those off, because those arent coming off with a dremel. Plus the bracket is dual breather so the four inside bolts are further apart than a single breather which puts all four bolts on the contours... I hate this build already, just thinking about everything i still have to do makes me mad.
- Location
- South Florida
what tabs?
- Location
- Raleigh NC\Lake Jordan
the metal tabs that limit how high the pole goes. I would have to cut them off eventually to mount from underneath but I was just hoping to mount my pole a look start marking for the cuts.
EDIT: I put the bracket on backwards just to so I could make some marks\take pictures, the bracket seems symetrical other than I know the breather tubes are closer to the hood that the nose.
These first pictures are at what I measured 7 inches from the nose, it looks good to me, but also took pictures of 6 inches.
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EDIT: I put the bracket on backwards just to so I could make some marks\take pictures, the bracket seems symetrical other than I know the breather tubes are closer to the hood that the nose.
These first pictures are at what I measured 7 inches from the nose, it looks good to me, but also took pictures of 6 inches.
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The metal blocks welded to the center of the bracket that stop the pole from over extending.
That bracket looks way far forward. I think you're misinterpreting how I measured mine or I didn't explain it very well. I know I said I measured from the center of the bolt to the front of the hull but I really meant just under the center of the bolt on the bottom of the bracket. I'm guessing you were literally measuring your distance from the center of actual hole to the front of the hull.
I can't remember my measurement but when I measured the distance, this is basically how I did it.
I can't remember my measurement but when I measured the distance, this is basically how I did it.
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- Location
- Cheney lake Kansas
I am thinking you told him 7 in , and I told him 6
- Location
- Raleigh NC\Lake Jordan
I do think its misleading because the bracket is on top. I was measuring it exactly how you were describing. It still looks a little far forward though. Pole bracket placement is critical to me, I dont want it too nose down, but dont want it too high either. It looks like im going to need to get my pole cut\re welded about 2-3 inches shorter.
- Location
- Charlotte, NC
do you seriously work on your ski in you kitchen??? hahahahah
Get it close and adjust things later as necessary. You'll really hate yourself if you start changing crap now only to spend more money later just to counter it.
Haha. It's actually my downstairs kitchen and basically just a workshop in my eyes.
- Location
- Raleigh NC\Lake Jordan
here it is moved back another inch to what I measured 7" to the very tip of the bondrail. looks more like how waternut has it.
It may look like im not measuring right here, but it was just up in the air a little, just trying to show a general measurement for the pic.
It may look like im not measuring right here, but it was just up in the air a little, just trying to show a general measurement for the pic.
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