Other Poormans solas pump vein section

camojoe

camojoe

Location
In the surf
Anyone taken a stock yami pump and put it on a lathe and take off material on the vein section?, similar to the solas pump vein section? I have the solas and a couple stock pumps and I was looking at them and other than the big hub and more veins I wonder if it would benefit the stock pump? We have a lathe at work so I may have to just try
 
burton148

burton148

Location
CT
I think the tater pump was a stock stator that tried being turned into a mag. I believe snowxr was the guy that did it.
 
djraider700

djraider700

lol wut?
Location
South Jersey
The Solas pump is already the poor mans Mag pump lol. I don't know how much you could improve the stock pump on a lathe but if you have the will and resources, I'd say go for it.
 
TheBuzzard

TheBuzzard

Location
the jetski grave yard
i think the integrity of the pump will be compramised big time. those 6 veins are the only thing holding the thing together. you can get away with thinner stainless and double the veins, but put any power to a mod stock pump and i'll bet it grenades. the larger hub makes more pump pressure and less room for water turbulence behind the prop. thinner, shorter veins mean less water friction going acrossed the veins. thats why the solas center section is the poor mans mag. far from the best but better than stock. 12 veins straightens out the water and counter acts cyntrifical force. put a 12 vein pump in any boat that wants to roll over at speed and it'll be like a totally different boat. never wants to buck you off going straight
 
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wanderer1

wanderer1

Location
Cruising Around
camojoe said:
Anyone taken a stock yami pump and put it on a lathe and take off material on the vein section?, similar to the solas pump vein section? I have the solas and a couple stock pumps and I was looking at them and other than the big hub and more veins I wonder if it would benefit the stock pump? We have a lathe at work so I may have to just try
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Isnt T.C. already doing this?
 
camojoe

camojoe

Location
In the surf
Yup, just got off the phone with Taylor. All I am going to say is that he has it done in his ski and another ski on the central coast and noticed good gains, if not better than the solas section.
 
L.T.D

L.T.D

Location
Pa
If you have access to the machines call around and see if you can buy just the stator section to press in.
 
kevbo

kevbo

Location
dfw
camojoe said:
Anyone taken a stock yami pump and put it on a lathe and take off material on the vein section?, similar to the solas pump vein section? I have the solas and a couple stock pumps and I was looking at them and other than the big hub and more veins I wonder if it would benefit the stock pump? We have a lathe at work so I may have to just try
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Dont shorten the vanes, the jetstream already swirls with a smooth nozzle installed. If anything grit blast and fill between the vanes with epoxy and use a big hub impeller. This will remove that airspace for faster priming.
 
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