PING PONG BALLS / defoam / tray widening / #zero SJ sponsons plus more
- Thread starter SurferSmurf
- Start date
#ZERO
Beach Bum
- Location
- Florida - U.S.A.
Can't wait to see what the tray is going to look like complete.
How are you going to lay the glass flat over the ping pong balls?
Sponsons look great thanks for the props. :smile:
How are you going to lay the glass flat over the ping pong balls?
Sponsons look great thanks for the props. :smile:
- Location
- savannah/hilton head
for the build up of the tray... i wanted the tray to still be removeable in the event of a catastrophic failure. so to start i layed a sheet of glass on a piece of wax paper over a sheet of plywood. this gave me one thin layer that i 5200 down to the top of the pump cavity. this gave me an area to atach my layup to but it could still be pryed up just like the original stock tray.
next i cut strips out of the old tray and made trusses that go from the pump cavity to the step on the bondrail. the trusses will give som extra strength under the foot area and als give a starting point for the initial layup.
next i cut strips out of the old tray and made trusses that go from the pump cavity to the step on the bondrail. the trusses will give som extra strength under the foot area and als give a starting point for the initial layup.
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- Location
- savannah/hilton head
the start of the layup in the center of the tray was kinda tricky. i cut a sheet of glass roughly the width of the tray and only epoxied it to the dash area. i also did the same in the heel area from the underside. after it set i pulled the sheet tight to the pump area and duct taped it to hold it in place and epoxied that side. in the heel area i pulled it tight to the trusses. afterwards i epoxied the entire sheet. i timed everything to get a good chemical bond. i made sure that the first batch of epoxie was still tacky when i started the next. in the one pick i set the footholds in place to give an idea what it will look like. when i start the sides the buildup will be similar stretching from the dash area to the footholds. i started to put in the balls and was shocked at how many it has taken so far.
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the WaTeRhAwK
fryin' up a/m electrics..
- Location
- okc
how much have you payed for the ping-pongs balls so far?
- Location
- St.catharines, Ontario
did you custom make that exhaust pipe, or does someone sell that?
- Location
- savannah/hilton head
90 bucks to my door for 1152 balls
- Location
- savannah/hilton head
i had it made. i cut the stock pipe and had a mandrel bent piece of tubing welded on. i got it from the link bellow, it was just slightly smaller in size but not much. i also made the plate at work that was welded on for mounting
http://www.verociousmotorsports.com...a6129d224cb09208.e3eTaxeKbh0Te34Pa38Ta38Ma3z0
- Location
- Cleveland Ohio
I heard Smurf Berry Crunch has better flotation, more strength and takes on less water than ping pong balls :cheer2:
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- Location
- savannah/hilton head
thanks to the lovely cleveland weather being neer freezing i cant really lay much glass this weekend. WTF it was 38 degess last night at the start of the second week of may. yah i almost believe in global warming. F this area.
- Location
- Cleveland Ohio
agreed...too f'n cold...Ski looks great in person!
Lefty
Set to Jet
- Location
- C-Stat, Tx
It's gonna work!
- Location
- Cleveland Ohio
Big Kahuna
Administrator
- Location
- Tuscaloosa, AL
He has some serious Balls!
- Location
- savannah/hilton head
how in the heck do you find all this smurf stuff
steve-uk
Manners cost nothing
- Location
- Barrie - ontario
looking good smurf... where do you intall the AR15s? and mags?
- Location
- savannah/hilton head
