JETPRO YB-SV-A Solas pump

[McDog]

I got this pump with extra parts when I bought a ski. Anyone know anything about it? It only has six vanes. Is it worth anything? Is it any better than stock?

 

[Lakeman]

It is diffenently not the same pump. It really looks like an OEM pump. I would say there is probably not much performace difference between this pump and your stock pump. The Solas pump you see for sale when you go to WWW.Solas.com would be a good find. The only way to tell is try it out and see if there is any noticable difference. If not, put it on Ebay and see what you get out of it. Well if you ever find a 12 vane solas pump, you know who to contact.

 

[bad93blaster]

Well if you ever find a 12 vane solas pump, you know who to contact.

butch (niked58) had one forsale not to long ago

 

['Crockett]

I have 2, and I am running one of them now . . . . they have a larger diameter center hub and cone and they hook up real well. . . . . . . Yours looks like it has been bead blasted but originally they were powder coated.

I doubt any one makes a short cone for it so it may not be ideal for a Freestyle ski. They were a really good pump for racing before the Skat pumps came out.

The stock drive shaft and bearings fit right in and it uses standard SJ impellers. The vanes are also set further forward to decrease the gap between them and the impeller blades (works the same as a set back prop)



EDIT: I don't see a pump cone in the pictures . . . . . . . it takes a screw in cone that fits only this pump. If you don't have the cone then you could have one machined for it and have them make a short one for you while they are at it.

 

[McDog]

Yeah I have the cone, It was mixed in a box with a bunch of other stuff.

Anyone want to buy this thing? It sounds like this would be just the thing for someone who doesn't have a cutback prop.