freestylegeek
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- Grand Rapids, MI
...Plus, there's no pesky fuel filler to glass over. :bananapowerslide:
That's one of the nicest things about an aftermarket top deck.
...Plus, there's no pesky fuel filler to glass over. :bananapowerslide:
...I've never even rode a ski with a Lamey in it.
The motor has been slightly Chuckified now. I got rid of the 48 NOVIs and put on a set of Xscream 46's. I also had some reshaping done to the intake and I switched to an Xscream intake spacer instead of my angled RIVA spacer. I just got done reassembling everything and fired it up tonight. Absolutely NO signs of run-on while running on the hose this time - a VERY good sign to me.
I also completely rewired my total loss, and put an SXR coil on (and moved it to the battery). I started having wierd electrical problems late last year, so we'll see if that takes care of it. Big thanks to Abe at NorthGraphics for my MSD on/off decal!!
I'm hoping to plop it in the water (for the first time this year) tomorrow.
OK Boris, here's the lessons I learned:
- If you shorten the bottom deck, glass it at an angle, not straight up like the stock hull. It's MUCH easier to do that way.
-If you relocate your steering cable, you can't give yourself enough room. I used a paper towel tub for my mold, but I should have used a pop can or 20 oz bottle.
- If you do rear side exhaust buy an ALUMINUM tube from Patrick at Xmetal. It will be WAY eaiser.
- Use 2lb foam.
- Foam in the bottom of the hull before you even glue the top deck on.
- Route BOTH of your water lines to the left (port) side of the firewall.
- Use twice as many clamps as you think, and use furring strips under the clamps (to distribute the clamping force).
- give yourself at least 3 months to complete the project.
Those are the first things that come to mind.
Whatever you do, you'll end up loving the end result I'm sure.
thought you had a XFT Hood on there???
That head is amazingly beautiful. Damn. Is that powdercoat?
Geek, glad to see your up and running great. Now please stop wrenching and ride that thing for a couple years!
Well, you haven't started on the mod where you're going to mount the handlepole directly onto the bow eye to get even further forward, so we'll see how that goes.