88kawi5fiddy
pew pew lazers!
- Location
- So Utah
thee ol 3 month build turned 15 months or so.... had many of these before 
FX-1 Purple Madness
- Thread starter Sanoman
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Yea,life gets in the way of a good build.She’s a lot closer to being finished now.thee ol 3 month build turned 15 months or so.... had many of these before
- Location
- Asheville, NC
Its truly amazing how much attention and energy these machines take! Really one of the best parts about it, people who don't ride stand-ups will never understand. I have a whole new respect for people who build quality machines and do all their own work.
Big Kahuna
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- Location
- Tuscaloosa, AL
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hornedogg79
dodgin' bass boats
You know he looked at both then picked slow.
Big Kahuna
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- Location
- Tuscaloosa, AL
to match the build length?
yes
Big Kahuna
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- Location
- Tuscaloosa, AL
E350
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- Location
- Sacramento Delta
I can look tomorrow.
- Location
- Dalhart, TX
It goes right here where the red square is
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Thanks @AAlamo ! l can get that stuck on there and cleared over.
Working on getting several areas ready.Waiting on things that l forgot to get or assumed l had them on hand.Steering cable and woodruff key.Which l was told by one of our mods that the keys can be bought at Lowe’s of home depoo.
Got my bow eye installed,the CF ebox bracket,Pump lined up,But missing prop shims (another item that you thought l should have BK lol)
Spent three hours getting the scoop grate and ride plate leveled up.Not expecting that to be so far off.You can see from the pic how much difference there was between the two.Not sure what happened.But there must be some the way the pump tunnel was originally installed.I checked the alignment when l first got the ski,but did not check the depth of it.lt lined up well,so…Brings me to this past week.As a side note,the alignment is close to perfect.Very happy with that.
I started with making a small carbon piece that matched the shape of the bottom of the pump shoe.Which l then stuck it with some 5200.Then took a small belt sander and ground half the meat off the two from ride plate holes areas to drop the plate deeper.That got it a lot closer.Finished with tapering the ride plate on the leading edge to finish. May end up tapering more after the initial ride phase.Talking with others,this may create the nose to be further down when riding.Possibly offset by the tubbies?
Got the handlepole bracket mocked up but need to grab my hood from the paint shop before drilling any holes.l did cut a 2.25” hole for the cables to go thru,but that can be opened up a bit more without any issues.Just waiting to drill the other holes to bolt it down.
Also working on changing up my ebox wiring with @OCD Solutions and the new zeel from @Jr. Lots of spaghetti to get into one small box.
And hopefully not forgotten any other stuff for the build.Shooting for launch by the Chattanooga races.Not a bad goal,l hope to meet.
Got my bow eye installed,the CF ebox bracket,Pump lined up,But missing prop shims (another item that you thought l should have BK lol)
Spent three hours getting the scoop grate and ride plate leveled up.Not expecting that to be so far off.You can see from the pic how much difference there was between the two.Not sure what happened.But there must be some the way the pump tunnel was originally installed.I checked the alignment when l first got the ski,but did not check the depth of it.lt lined up well,so…Brings me to this past week.As a side note,the alignment is close to perfect.Very happy with that.
I started with making a small carbon piece that matched the shape of the bottom of the pump shoe.Which l then stuck it with some 5200.Then took a small belt sander and ground half the meat off the two from ride plate holes areas to drop the plate deeper.That got it a lot closer.Finished with tapering the ride plate on the leading edge to finish. May end up tapering more after the initial ride phase.Talking with others,this may create the nose to be further down when riding.Possibly offset by the tubbies?
Got the handlepole bracket mocked up but need to grab my hood from the paint shop before drilling any holes.l did cut a 2.25” hole for the cables to go thru,but that can be opened up a bit more without any issues.Just waiting to drill the other holes to bolt it down.
Also working on changing up my ebox wiring with @OCD Solutions and the new zeel from @Jr. Lots of spaghetti to get into one small box.
And hopefully not forgotten any other stuff for the build.Shooting for launch by the Chattanooga races.Not a bad goal,l hope to meet.
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Not really a lot that can be done.lf you were to “drop” the sj pump tunnel,it would mess up the alignment of the driveshaft.Not my idea,but you could possibly move the ride plate brass inserts a little deeper,but then what other problem are you creating?
And thanks Gabe
- Location
- Asheville, NC
So just to add my experience, when I glassed in my pump tunnel I noticed it sits a bit low. I aligned my pump with the Cold Fusion tool and I noticed with the pump aligned properly, the entire tunnel sits about 1/4” lower than the FX tunnel. The noticeable low spot on my conversion is the intake grate hanging down below the bottom of the ski. I also did not remove the block mounts for the ride plate and they seem to be in a good position. If I remember correctly, on your conversion the block mounts had been cut away from the hull and then glassed back in place. I wonder if they were placed too low? Either way, it looks like you got it fixed up nice!