Surfriding My Rickter ready to rock

[enzo]

Thats interesting, I struggled with my pump shoe as well. The pump sat flat and square and the driveshaft was true, but the pump shoe wasn't at a 90 degrees to the pump. I have a 4 to 5mm gap on the top edge away from the hull. I put a strip of wire behind the rubber seal and loads of silicone and it seems to have held. How did you fix yours?

The other thing I found strange was the final exhaust pipe exiting through the hull was way bigger than normal (can't remember the size), I had to sleeve some tube over the outside of the rubber hose and over the exhaust pipe.

Generally though, the quality seems very good, although the gel coat chips very easy.

After putting the pump and midshaft in and out 15 times I tried several different things. My problem was I had a 3-4 mm gap at the bottom between the pump shoe and pump seal. I tried grinding down one side of the seal But that did not work well. What I was finally happy with was removing the bottom screws from the pump shoe and forcing the bottom of it out enough to add some washers behind it to make it flush with the pump. The silicone sealant sealing the pump-shoe was just pliable enough to let the pump shoe move with out ripping it out. Lines up perfect now!

 

[MADMAT]

My Envy came with the pump shoe shimmed with washers. I didn't know it until I ripped it out at the New York ride.

BADAZZ ski Enzo!

 

[chad]

cool looking boat , I have always wondered about turfing the inside of the hull

 

[Tanman]

I love that ski! Best lookin turf-paint combo. I love it. Jealous man, awesome ski

 

[mickw]

awsome looking ski, i get mine in a couple of weeks & can wait to get it built & in the surf, really like the turf in the hull. lookts mint.

 

[Marek]

Send me invoice pleas I akcept this price . Thanks. Marek

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This was a harder build than I thought it would be! I got the hull used ready to go. But the assembly was very time consuming. Nothing seemed to fit and I spent hours just sorting out the little things. The engine compartment is a super tight fit.

I did not bother to buy a shiny white tank!

Going to paint it after the big wave season is over. So for now it still looks like a TC boat.

Stock pump for now

Engine-
ABLE 6 mil stoke 82.5 bore Just completely rebuilt By Art at Jetworks
Wiseco Pistons
Dual taper-bored 44's

New MSD enhancer
New JSS coil
ColdFusion Hood hooks, Extended Rickter Couplers, and Midshaft Spacer.

Jetmaniac rebuilt Midshaft housing with new shaft.
New JSS coil

And a bunch of other stuff I can't think of.
Lets rip.