Custom/Hybrid custom ROK build

[kinevac]

First off a little history since I am rather new to the forum. Started in stand-up jet ski's a little over a year ago and have decided to take the leap from my 95' SJ to spending all my extra money my own flat water ski. The hull I am working with is one most of you are pretty familiar with the WDK ROK hull I got from 'SKYWALKER'; which has been flipped, wrecked, sunk, and smashed a lot over the past few years but still manages to stay in one piece. Anyways the nose was cracked due to a well documented shallow water incident last year . So I decide that instead of fixing it I was going to just go all out and rocker the nose and try to shorten the ski up as well as take some weight off. I have no history of fiber glassing of doing much with molds, body work etc. So it has been interesting so far. The hull unfortunately has an sxr bottom deck so most of my super jet stuff works on it forcing me to buy a lot of new parts. My plans for the ski are the same as most novice riders I guess build a ski that can flat water flip with a 701 motor and not go broke in the process. A special thanks to bobob729 for his help, with this project.

Goodies I have for the ski so far

Bored 701 from my SJ
MSD TL and Light weight fly wheel (thanks McDog)
Solas 140 MAG pump with trim
Solas prop
R&D Intake grate
Dual 44 carbs

Parts I am planning on buying hopefully this year

Lmtd b-pipe, and manifold
ATP Water box
ATP steering system, and bars
ATP pole bracket
ATP lightweight aluminum pole
Aluminum gas tank
Mid shaft and drive shaft
Pump shoe
Ballistic Battery
and all the other little misc. parts I will end up needing.

Hope you will enjoy it all coming together.

Here are some before photos:

 

[kinevac]

here are the recent since I started the project and where it is at as of last night.

 

[bobob729]

Good job Andy u finally posted it all and u can check some of that off the list being u just bought the pole. . But let's get this thing finished so I can assemble my chan

 

[bobob729]

Hers some updates buddy

 

[kinevac]

Time to do some updates. The nose is glassed and defoamed and looks surprisingly like the front of the backie chan hull. I do not have the exact length yet but it is just a little over an inch longer than the chan so i ended up shaving off 3-4 inches off the ski. I also recieved my new atp pole, steering system, and handlebars and could not be more pleased with the product quality, and the customer service of ATP. I recieved the pole just under a week after my order was placed. All that i have left to buy now is a waterbox, b-pipe, and battery. Here are some updated pics.

 

[kinevac]

Here are some updated pics for the front nose and rail.

 

[whitca]

Looks good! Looks like the ROK-R now.

 

[kinevac]

its funny you say that it was about a month after I started this project that WDK released his ROK-R hull lol. Oh well. The front actually ended up looking very similar to the backie chan, and is only an inch longer than my buddies.

Looks good! Looks like the ROK-R now.

 

[whitca]

Either way, it freshens up that abomination of a nose it had before!

 

[kinevac]

Either way, it freshens up that abomination of a nose it had before!View attachment 242869

very true. I love that green color the ski looks nice, what kind of setup are you running in it?

 

[whitca]

very true. I love that green color the ski looks nice, what kind of setup are you running in it?

Not mine, that's burton391's. I did the turf on it and helped out with assembly. He's running a jetworks 900r, msd tl, pfp, and 144 set back mag.

 

[Yami-Rider]

Lookin good! The nose is one thing that i never liked about the ROK. I wonder if by doing this rocker nose if it fix the sub/turn problem ROK's have?

 

[kinevac]

Lookin good! The nose is one thing that i never liked about the ROK. I wonder if by doing this rocker nose if it fix the sub/turn problem ROK's have?

Good question, although even when I am finished I probably won't be able to let you know lol. I only rode this ROK hull for about 10 minutes when I was brand new at it and it had a 1200 WDK motor in it. Needless to say I wa just trying to hold on. The good news is I am hoping to come to Texoma and do some riding this season, so you will have to try it out for yourself.

 

[Yami-Rider]

Good question, although even when I am finished I probably won't be able to let you know lol. I only rode this ROK hull for about 10 minutes when I was brand new at it and it had a 1200 WDK motor in it. Needless to say I wa just trying to hold on. The good news is I am hoping to come to Texoma and do some riding this season, so you will have to try it out for yourself.

I bet you were! Sounds good to me . I was born in Liberal Kansas, where do you live? Our first big ride at Texoma is June 6-8th (http://www.x-h2o.com/index.php?threads/2014-june-texoma.145825/) The Lewisville crew will be there, they are all really cool people to hang out with.

 

[kinevac]

I live in Wichita KS. sounds like a fun time to me, how many people are you needing to reserve that campground spot?

 

[Yami-Rider]

Idk, ask Larry(skinnyman). In the past i have just bought my own spot, but this year Larry is renting out the whole area.

My uncle lives in Wichita, pretty cool town. He owns a blown glass art shop in Valley Center. He use to race X2s back in the day.

 

[kinevac]

Cool well if you ever make a trip to visit him let me know there are a few guys around here that ride quite a bit. I will email larry and get more info.

 

[kinevac]

Well boys I have been collecting parts and as soon as the hull gets back from paint, will be putting her together. My goal of not going broke on this ski flew out the window early on this build so I hope this thing wokes out well in my shortened ROK hull.

The goods

Motor and exhaust

61x/62t 701 bored close to a 760
Dual channel digital total loss
Zero Lightend TL flywheel
Custom cold fusion TL bracket
Dual tapped Factory B-pipe intake with limited chamber
H20 designs black flowbox
ADA girdled head with allen bolt bling kit and 35cc domes
R&D high flow intake
Duall 44 Muniki Carbs
Custom aluminum 4 gallomn gas tank, or a Kart tank, depending on what I decide.

Body

Shortened and rockered nose of WDK-ROK hull
X-scream pole bracket
ATP lightweight pole
ATP mini steering
RRP Fat bar
Paint "unkown"

Drivetrain

ADA billet couplers
Solas 140 mm 12 vein mag pump
13/17 solas dynafly prop
Solas trim system
R&D intake grate
Aluminum pump shoe

Any other suggestion let me know.

 

[Yami-Rider]

Lookin good! What color are you paint it?

 

[kinevac]

I am going to be going with a burnt orange metallic and blue and white turf.