Freestylegeek's squarenose conversion

[djkorn1]

Rip it..:hail:

 

[freestylegeek]

OK, now for some shots of the good stuff.

The inside of the deck is great.
Sergio has the handlepole bracket area spanning from side to side.
He filled the corners with foam, then laid a few sheets on top all the way across. He's got divinycell foam running up the center of the nose. He also has it running almost the entire length of the deck - and up into the gunwales. The hood seal lip is thick, and runs all the way to the sides. The sides and nose are extremely rigid compared to OEM.
I didn't get a chance to put it on a scale, but it feels a little heavier than a gallon of milk. :smile:

The hood is brilliant.
The seal lip fits the lip of the top deck perfectly.
But, better than that is the inner lip that hangs down into the engine compartment. This hood is going nowhere! :arms:
Also, Sergio glasses in threaded inserts for the hod pins, so I don't have to fiddle with finding a set of nut plates, or nut and washers.
The air intakes in the back are HUGE!
And the hoses are 'threaded' into position, then sealed.
I think you can adjust their depth to help block even more water.

Both the top deck and hood carry a serial number on them - making me wonder if I could use that for the HIN?
I'll have to check with the Secretary of State.

Now if it will warm up a bit, maybe I can get moving on this thing!

 

[yamaslut]

OK, now for some shots of the good stuff.

The inside of the deck is great.
Sergio has the handlepole bracket area spanning from side to side.
He filled the corners with foam, then laid a few sheets on top all the way across. He's got divinycell foam running up the center of the nose. He also has it running almost the entire length of the deck - and up into the gunwales. The hood seal lip is thick, and runs all the way to the sides. The sides and nose are extremely rigid compared to OEM.
I didn't get a chance to put it on a scale, but it feels a little heavier than a gallon of milk. :smile:

The hood is brilliant.
The seal lip fits the lip of the top deck perfectly.
But, better than that is the inner lip that hangs down into the engine compartment. This hood is going nowhere! :arms:
Also, Sergio glasses in threaded inserts for the hod pins, so I don't have to fiddle with finding a set of nut plates, or nut and washers.
The air intakes in the back are HUGE!
And the hoses are 'threaded' into position, then sealed.
I think you can adjust their depth to help block even more water.

Both the top deck and hood carry a serial number on them - making me wonder if I could use that for the HIN?
I'll have to check with the Secretary of State.

Now if it will warm up a bit, maybe I can get moving on this thing!

very nice setup!!!!

:hail: XFT

very impressed w/ the hood..... What does one of those run???? If you don't mind me asking.. :biggrin:

 

[freestylegeek]

very nice setup!!!!

:hail: XFT

very impressed w/ the hood..... What does one of those run???? If you don't mind me asking.. :biggrin:

I would double check with Sergio, but the 13lb glass hood and nosepiece kit is $900. I'm not sure what shipping would be, but he usually ships by air.
The shipping on my whole order was $380.00 - Remember though, that was for an 8 foot long box.

 

[yamaslut]

I would double check with Sergio, but the 13lb glass hood and nosepiece kit is $900. I'm not sure what shipping would be, but he usually ships by air.
The shipping on my whole order was $380.00 - Remember though, that was for an 8 foot long box.

very nice and a good price too

 

[Marshj]

I would double check with Sergio, but the 13lb glass hood and nosepiece kit is $900. I'm not sure what shipping would be, but he usually ships by air.
The shipping on my whole order was $380.00 - Remember though, that was for an 8 foot long box.

:cheer: YES!!! YES!!! YES!!!!:cheer: Go geek! Let me Hear an X- Let me get an F- Gimme a T!!! Gooooooo XFT:cheer:

Hi Slut:wave: - Ive run the X7 hood (same as geeks) all year. My stock hoodlatch doesnt even work anymore, ive rode waves, double ups etc with only one hoodstrap since july! This thing is made to stay on!

Pricing is 900 for hood and Carbon nosepiece (painted any solid color you want) and the Shipping ground was 74 dollars to MI. :woot:

 

[XFT LOU]

Sweet, How much?

Mark44

The equivalent of Dallas's first semester (no parking or books)!!!

 

[freestylegeek]

:cheer: YES!!! YES!!! YES!!!!:cheer: Go geek! Let me Hear an X- Let me get an F- Gimme a T!!! Gooooooo XFT:cheer:...

X - F - T Wooooooo!!:arms: :dance:

The quality and innovation are incredible on this thing.
I am an XFT convert now.

If only he made chinpads for X-metal handlepoles...:cool2:

 

[Marshj]

X - F - T Wooooooo!!:arms: :dance:

The quality and innovation are incredible on this thing.
I am an XFT convert now.

If only he made chinpads for X-metal handlepoles...:cool2:

Speaking of that, youre gonna have to let me know if the X-metal pole fits under sergios nosepiece. Its gonna be a tight fit, I couldnt run my Xft nosepiece with two different poles (non Xmetal).

And Call Chuck at CgRacing, he'll get you a nice carbon chinpad at a fraction of others costs:biggthumpup:

 

[freestylegeek]

More progress this weekend.
I've got the nose cut off, and the bulkhead trimmed down.
I also have the inside of the steering relocation area glassed in, and the stock exhaust hole filled in.

With the temperatures getting cooler, I might have to move things into the basement pretty soon.:banghead:

I hope to get the tail pieces glassed in this week, and get started on glassing in the nose lip.

 

[waxhead]

Looking excellent

 

[Mile9c1]

For my X-Jet I just had to apply for a home built watercraft Title. It was easy, you can get all the forms at the secretary of State's office. They'll even tell you to make the HIN tags yourself :smile:

 

[freestylegeek]

For my X-Jet I just had to apply for a home built watercraft Title. It was easy, you can get all the forms at the secretary of State's office. They'll even tell you to make the HIN tags yourself :smile:

I already have the forms.:biggrin:
It looks like it will be a piece of cake.
We have tag making equipment at work, so It will be no trouble to make an HIN tag.

 

[yamaslut]

I ********ing love this thread!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:cheer: :cheer: :cheer: :cheer: :cheer: :cheer: :cheer: :cheer:

 

[freestylegeek]

Lets hope I can keep this momentum going...:biggrin:

Tonight I glassed in the insides of the back of the hull.
I paid minimal attention to looks, and just tried to get good contact with all the cloth. I put 4 layers on the chine edge, and three on the verticals.
Each layer overlaps the other layer on a perpendicular edge.

I'm also going to have a bit of fun filling in the gap between the bulkhead and the top deck. Things are very different between the square's and the round's in that area.

 

[freestylegeek]

Bulkhead shots.

 

[djkorn1]

Lookin killer Geek!!! :biggrin:

 

[noodle]

Looks like you've done an awsome job of shortening the hull, you've made it look easy, although I'm sure it wasn't. Great work!!

 

[yamaslut]

Bulkhead shots.

That part is not gonna be fun...:bigeyes:

 

[Mark44]

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Bulkhead shots.

That looks great Geek. Just needs glass and resin not a big deal at all.

MORE PICS........this is a great thread. You have me thinking.:biggthumpup:

Mark44