I don't intend on ever trying to flip this ski haha.. like I said in one of my earlier posts, I plan on buying an aftermarket hull in a couple years when it's in the budget. I'm just looking to make some inexpensive/free mods to improve the fun factor. It's fun to grip it and rip it at wot but I enjoy messing around on boat wakes and and bobbing around.
Gonna take a stab and say this was a Limited Setup. So, I doubt your taking a 55mph mod setup and trying to turn it into something. This is a decent platform to start with. He never said he wanted to flip it. Cutting the plate will help tremendously and it will not cost him anything, He is on a budget.
Yeah, I'm pretty sure that's the setup on mine, the guy I bought it from said it was clocked at 55-56mph. I just read a post on ride plates and people said shortening. Them up made a big difference, especially when it comes to getting the nose out of the water. I'm about 160-170lbs so I'm thinking it will help me out. I've pretty much made the decision to cut it or trade if someone wants to, but how much of a difference will a straight vs. d cut make?
I haven't pulled the motor apart myself, the guy I bought it from bought it from his friend who built and raced it. I'm not sure what class but that's all I know. It runs strong so I didn't mess with it besides a carb rebuild kit. It beats my wife's Polaris slt750 which says 49-50mph on the gauge.
When did you see a post? I bought it a year ago. The guy I bought it from wasn't trying to sell it, I saw it in a parking lot at a garage and asked him about it, he said if I really wanted it he would sell it.
Hmm that's interesting, If it was the same ski I'm surprised it didn't sell, the hull is a little ugly but all the added parts are worth way more than what I paid. He pretty much gave it away.
I swear i saw it for sale a while back too.. guess I’m not crazy.
I'm trying to do some research on the pipe, the ski has dual cooling and there is a third spot where a cooling line was plugged. The Riva manifold has cooling ports on both top and bottom. I thought I had a picture of the motor when I pulled it to replace the starter but I can't find it. The hull has three pissers but only one was connected when I got it, I threw a Y fitting on the cooling line to connect a second one but the third one is still unused. I feel like this ski had a few setups over it's life.
Does that mean the pipe was setup with an ecwi previously?
Not necessarily. You said there was a 3rd fitting on manifold? That may have been the feed line for the 'headpipe' part of the chamber. Then you could have dual outlets from head. (I am not sure how Riva intended to route water in this pipe)
