Crazy Joe's BAM V2 build

[Desk_jockey]

Alright everyone, need opinions on this. Are you running fuel shut off switches in your carb feed lines? I am thinking its probably not good to always have pressure from the tank to the carbs.

 

[Quinc]

I think that is a good idea. My blaster managed to fill the engine up twice with fuel..

 

[Desk_jockey]

I was thinking more about this. This is probably not a problem for the guys running the kart tanks. The caps have small breathers in them. Tank pressure should never get too high. I am going to be running the h20 jaz tank and that wont have a vented cap. Probably safe to run shut offs. Looks like more parts to buy . . .

 

[Desk_jockey]

So I got a pretty cool surprise this morning from Joe. Its painted! Next is clear coat and then we are going to fit a tank to it, if I can ever get my hands on one!

 

[Chase Musetti]

That is so sick!! Joe does AMAZING work!


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[Desk_jockey]

Fuel tank came in on Monday. Its a work of art! Thanks to @LimitedSlip7 for the great customer service and fast shipping. For reference this is the 3.3 gallon tank.

 

[Desk_jockey]

I met up with Joe last night to do a final mock up of all the components. We got it all marked for the final strap boss locations and determined that I have to mod my couch mounts only very slightly to get the alignment correct. The ski is getting its final coats of clear this weekend. I cannot wait to start building this ski finally! I snapped one quick pic of the major stuff just sitting in the hull for mock up.

 

[Desk_jockey]

Question for all you builders out there. I have never aligned a pump before. I am wondering what the process is to make sure the pump is aligned to the midshaft. Do I mount the pump first and see how the midshaft fits over the driveshaft? The last thing I want is any binding between the driveshaft and midshaft.

 

[Chase Musetti]

Cold fusion sells an alignment tool but it’s not totally needed. Install the pump then stick your head in the hull and look into the driveshaft. You can eye ball it and just try to get that shaft to look like a bulls eye in the opening- no rubbing at all. Then take a midshaft and slide it on and make sure it can go on smoothly and freely. Joe is good with his process and you’ll be pretty close already. Shouldn’t have to shim much at all.


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[Desk_jockey]

Thanks Chase. I figured that is how it would go. Shim the pump to be centered in the opening then place the midshaft over it and see how the midshaft mounting bolts line up to the bosses in the bulkhead. Adjust and repeat till the midshaft slides onto the driveshaft and bolts up without binding.

 

[Desk_jockey]

The ski is now completely done with the paint booth. Turfing has also started as of last night. I asked Joe for 1 inch on the bottom and 3/8 on the sides of the tray. Orange/black cut turf on the sides and rails and black molded on the bottom of the tray.

 

[Desk_jockey]

Picked up the ski from Joe yesterday! He really hustled to get it done so I could get it before the weekend was over and I really appreciate that. Joe turfed the ski for me and it looks great! He even built the pad stop that I thought I was going to have to build! Great guy to work with and I cant recommend him enough.

 

[Desk_jockey]

When I got home I immediately started building it. I started by getting the pump in place. I test fit it and flipped the ski over to test fit the midshaft. I went back and forth a few times, adding and subtracting shims, before it was in a perfect spot where the midshaft bolted right on without pressure up/down or left/right. I final mounted the pump using silicone around the pump ring seal. I ran and connected my water lines and trim cable while I was back there. The pic was from a test fit.

 

[Desk_jockey]

Next was the pole. I used some tape to align the mount then got to drilling. A 2" hole worked perfect for the breathers. Final assembly I used silicone on the top and bottom of the mounts around the breather holes.

I had a pole spring that I was going to use but with it in there there was so much bulging of the breather tubes that I removed it. I plan to just run the pole bolt tight for right now till I can figure out if I want to try using the spring again.

 

[Chase Musetti]

Good stuff- looks awesome! I definitely recommend trying to get that pole spring in there- it’s worth the extra effort now- you’ll thank yourself


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[Desk_jockey]

Yea, perhaps I will try again tonight. Between that and the damn scupper valve, I had more hours wasted than I wanted to. To get the scupper valve in, I had to shorten the set-screws (from both ends) and custom make a ball end wrench. Next time I might just 5200 the damn thing in and call it a day.

 

[Desk_jockey]

I got the engine in a shimmed last night. I had my buddy take my couch mounts to his work and mill about 1/10 of an inch off the bottom of the mounts. Lowering them just that much allowed the engine to sit nearly perfect and I only needed a few thin shims to get the couplers aligned perfectly. If I were running sj mounts I would not have had to do this.

 

[Desk_jockey]

I also got the pipe and waterbox fitted. I had to take some material off of the short pipe block. The tall block fit perfect. I built a block for under the box and between the box and the hull side so it would align perfectly to the pipe stinger. I will glue all the blocks in tonight. One spot on the tank battery tray is pretty close to the very edge of the waterbox so I will probably work on adjusting that more tonight.

 

[Fancy fate]

Need any help let me know! I have the same set up, except I run total loss and a 2 gal jaz tank and p&p performance waterbox

 

[Fancy fate]

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