Dirtyoz's Halfa$$ed FX-1 Build

[dirtyoz]

A dremel tool with the little barrel sander bit worked good for beveling the padding, and the reinforced cutoff wheel for cutting glass and grinding out the foam. Better have the shop-vac ready though.

FX-1's trays are narrow as heck, I hope I didnt pad too much. Maybe I should just use more Ibuprofen instead.

 

[dirtyoz]

How long is your riding season? how warm is the water?

This year we had a hard winter. Ice out just this week at the lake.
I guess it depends on how hardcore you are. May thru october normally.
80 degrees is a HOT day here.

 

[dirtyoz]

Man, this stuff is sticky. Plastic mallet is great for this part.

Next time it will be way faster, wonder how much of the rails to turf?

 

[dirtyoz]

Check this mess

How bout a little ppg/paint

Didnt reinforce the bond line or motor mounts, this is the halfassed part. Did replace the broken h-pole mount and reinforce mount area and hood with E-glass though.

 

[Snackem]

Lookin' good. Nice turf, and I love the way your bilge looks after the paint. Really cleaned things up a lot.

 

[spence]

got enough hydroturf in the first pic of post #23 lol

 

[dirtyoz]

Yeah, that epoxy based paint is tuff as heck.

 

[Snackem]

lol I didn't see the whole role of b stock in the photo. I need to get a roll for my SX.

Was that b stock or just the gray diamond HT?

 

[Crab]

Seems I read the Bstock is now purple.

 

[dirtyoz]

Since the engine was full of water, the crank went south on me. So I scored a Hotrods crank for cost plus shipping:brap:
Wrist pins were mediocre at best, so a set of coated pistons 1mm over and pins were in order.
This motor had only a couple hrs on it after the previous owner did an SBT exchange, so the cyllinders were pristine after a light hone.
I decided to put an MSD enhancer and Protec pump gas head on just because.
Speaking of which: What is the range of the rev limit on these 650/701 models??
I havent messed with the adjuster yet, is there a known point on these MSD's??

 

[Crab]

I think most on here just turn them all the way up.

 

[dirtyoz]

I think most on here just turn them all the way up.

Is that clockwise?

 

[Crab]

Someone should know, I have a protec, I called them and they gave me the 20/20 http://www.msdpowersports.com/pdf/frm1728_pn4253.pdf

http://www.msdpowersports.com/pdf/frm26865_pn4251.pdf

 

[SXIPro]

Seems I read the Bstock is now purple.

Nope they got a bunch more gray in. $30 a sheet. I got a couple rolls last week.

 

[Motorheads5]

ozz is it bolted in the boat yet
oh yeah don't forget to put the bendix in before the flywheel :hitwithrock:

 

[dirtyoz]

Long been done, she's a runner.

 

[dirtyoz]

Took her out for the first run last night. The damn thing goes like a scalded dog.
I got two issues that need dealing with.
Its alot louder than I wanted or anticipated. Makes me wonder if the waterbox has been gutted. I am using single line cooling with a restricted pisser coming off one side of the head, and the other off the head goes through the head pipe, then Tees to another restricted pisser and on to the stinger/waterbox.
2nd issue is a bit of vibration, I didnt take much time with alignment of engine and output shaft. But that is my duty this morning.
I also need to shim down the rear of the plate a little. I plan to fab my own slightly more extended one out of E-glass soon.

Overall, I am very happy. It has an 18/23 Skat which helps with the cavitation issue, but I will consider the Bonzai pump mod or just do it myself.
Well, time to start wrenchin some more...........Oz

 

[dirtyoz]

Finally posting the semi-finished innards.

 

[dirtyoz]

Well, been riding her all summer. I've been trading back and fourth between the FX-1 and my mod SN SJ 701. My Bonzai 144 pump should be here on Monday. So we'll see how that works out. I will see how much I can bore out the 122 pump shoe.
If I end up using a 144 shoe, what is the best one to use, OEM, blowsion etc...

This winter I will tackle modding the intake tract so there is bottle neck there.


Oz

 

[Crab]

Well, been riding her all summer. I've been trading back and fourth between the FX-1 and my mod SN SJ 701. My Bonzai 144 pump should be here on Monday. So we'll see how that works out. I will see how much I can bore out the 122 pump shoe.
If I end up using a 144 shoe, what is the best one to use, OEM, blowsion etc...

This winter I will tackle modding the intake tract so there is bottle neck there.


Oz

You said winter, don't that start like next week for you guy's?