Gabe & Steff's Krash Predator Build
- Thread starter GabeH
- Start date
speedysprocket
Alex
- Location
- Chesapeake, VA
Outer wears do more harm than good when they get wet.
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Steff cleaned the chamber. I was surprised how nice the finish still was. It had a bunch of rub marks from the previous setup so I filled them with JB Weld for insurance. Covered with nonstick parchment paper overnight. We'll see how good JBW is with the pipe's thermal stress! Now to the frozen screws on the headpipe...
Big Kahuna
Administrator
- Location
- Tuscaloosa, AL
Great Build Thread.
Tank showed up from LimitedSlip7. It is a work of art! Set it in the hull to get a look at how great it's going to look in there. Going to go through my strap stash tonight to see what lengths are going to work best to hold everything down. Also, I have to figure out which tank/battery box bumps I'm grinding down and where to place the carbon holders the keep the tank in place. I need to order a few odds and ends for the pipe and tank before I can get much further...turf, headpipe bolts to replace my rusty ones, flow control for stinger, etc...
Wasn't happy with my water feed lines from the bulkhead to the exhaust manifold so I picked up 10 ft of 1/2" id air line from Lowe's for $18.
Installed with 1/2" oeitker clamps on the bulkhead and hose clamps on the brass fittings on the exhaust manifold.
It was tight getting the oteiker clamps over the tubing once with was over the aluminum tubes that come through the bulkhead from the pump tunnel...so I opened up a fender washer just larger than the od of the water hose, slipped it over the hose, followed it with a 3/4" drive socket, then once it was up against the stuck clamp, tapped it (aggressively) with a ball peen hammer to get the clamp over the hose on the aluminum tube. Once it was there, remove the socket and washer and crimp with oteiker pliers.
Turfed the bottom of the fuel tank and had to figure out a way to keep weight on the turf while the contact cement dried. Chain!
Steff bought this setup for cutting fabric at Hobby Lobby. It makes perfectly straight cuts in hydroturf. Awesome!
Installed with 1/2" oeitker clamps on the bulkhead and hose clamps on the brass fittings on the exhaust manifold.
It was tight getting the oteiker clamps over the tubing once with was over the aluminum tubes that come through the bulkhead from the pump tunnel...so I opened up a fender washer just larger than the od of the water hose, slipped it over the hose, followed it with a 3/4" drive socket, then once it was up against the stuck clamp, tapped it (aggressively) with a ball peen hammer to get the clamp over the hose on the aluminum tube. Once it was there, remove the socket and washer and crimp with oteiker pliers.
Turfed the bottom of the fuel tank and had to figure out a way to keep weight on the turf while the contact cement dried. Chain!
Steff bought this setup for cutting fabric at Hobby Lobby. It makes perfectly straight cuts in hydroturf. Awesome!
- Location
- outer banks
i had to cut off 1 of the battery mounting tabs on my predator for my slip tank to fit better i used a cuttoff tool and saved it incase could use it later !looking good
- Location
- United Kingdom
Looking good!
- Location
- outer banks
nice !i put padding on my slip tank 1 inch thick stuff on bottom edges to help with the pounding!it will also make straps tighter!
- Location
- Cape May Court House, NJ
Just an FYI, contact cement is not glue. You do not apply and stick pieces together while wet. Rather you apply 2 thin coats to each item, allowing coats to dry between. Once both coats are completely dry to touch you stick the turf to the tank and it instantly holds. Use a rubber mallet to really bond
So far build is looking good
