Freestyle Rubber flow guard hooptie

[swapmeet]

Tried the search function and pretty much only found the gut who made his flow guard out of a flower pot.

Im pretty sure the rubber flappy flow guard that people are putting on their exit nozzles are made from a B pipe coupler, but I wanted to make sure before I bought the material from McMaster Carr.

 

[CARBONX2]

I have seen that thread too. I think they said Xscream is doing that mod

 

[Stblaz08]

It is a b pipe coupler with a very thin clamp.. I'm not sure if it fits a reduction nozzle but it fits the x scream trim ring

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[wanderer1]

ProTec trim ring has had the rubber trim on it for along time. Is that what you are trying to replicate?

 

[Pablo]

Its fosho a bpipe coupler. Get it, trim it, install it.

 

[Yohns Kustom Fabrikation]

Pics of this mod??? Ive never seen this lol

 

[swapmeet]

Its fosho a bpipe coupler. Get it, trim it, install it.

Ok, thanks. I didn't think about the hose clamp needing to be low profile. I thought it mounted, or could be mounted directly to the exit nozzle and apparently thats not how it works.

Thanks ya'll back to the drawing board.

 

[JamesG]

IT works... for a little. it gets blown out frequently and you will lose turning. it's okay for the lake, but I wouldn't recommend it in the surf. I tried it at daytona and took it off within 10 minutes

 

[swapmeet]

Yeah, it was on the orange KDX (can't remember the guys name, he makes all the badass videos), at Flatwater Friday. I'm a lake guy so I figured I would try it out. But as mentioned above, it only works when attached to a trim ring.

 

[wanderer1]

Is this the result you are trying to acheive? Edit: OEM Yamaha trim ring

 

[swapmeet]

Yeah, sorta. I saw it on a couple skis, and those folks were literally using a short piece of B-pipe coupler that was cut flush with the exit nozzle on top and bottom and had flaps on the sides to keep the flow in the steering nozzle. But I guess it was attached to the trim ring and I didn't notice it.

I spoke to a fellow member running this setup and he got me lined out for the short term. Sounds like I won't be able to do this until I get a trim system and a few hundred dollars change from a thousand dollar bill.

Why does trim have to be so expensive!?!

 

[TheBuzzard]

the hillbilly flow guard only works with the x-metal trim. wont fit the thrust billet ring. some raiders and GPs came with the rubber built in to the stock ring and some didnt. back in the racing days, they used to weld an extension ring on the reduction nozzle, that barely cleared the turn nozzle. those worked pretty good.

 

[wanderer1]

It is built into the ProTec system using an OEM Yami trim ring that has been around for years,also has aluminum nozzles. Might want to look into it since they seemed to have addressed this long ago.

 

[TheBuzzard]

Why does trim have to be so expensive!?!

if you're a stud, its not.

 

[Superjetjim]

the hillbilly flow guard only works with the x-metal trim. wont fit the thrust billet ring.

Do you really need the FG on the Thrust trim, the gimble is so much wider and hence sits deeper into the nozzle compared to the X-metal variant? We run a few on XFS with std and setback pumps and and have never had a single problem on B Pipes or PFP's.

 

[ProSouth]

the hillbilly flow guard only works with the x-metal trim. wont fit the thrust billet ring. some raiders and GPs came with the rubber built in to the stock ring and some didnt. back in the racing days, they used to weld an extension ring on the reduction nozzle, that barely cleared the turn nozzle. those worked pretty good.

couldnt have said it better myself. the maniac is trying to locate me a gp trim ring for mine so i can do this mod. i was talking to Jetmaniac in florida a couple months ago and he said it makes a huge difference with steering.

 

[TheBuzzard]

Do you really need the FG on the Thrust trim, the gimble is so much wider and hence sits deeper into the nozzle compared to the X-metal variant? We run a few on XFS with std and setback pumps and and have never had a single problem on B Pipes or PFP's.

all trims are very inefficient and allow water pressure to escape thru the cracks. if you want max thrust, you cant have leaks. i havent had the new thrust pro trim yet, but it appears to be the best solution so far. every grunion of thrust is a step in the right direction.

 

[fatboyktm]

Your avatar is sooooo GAY!

 

[ProSouth]

haters gone hate!

 

[Krazysxirider]

Will this fit on a raider trim ring? Or is there an older oem ring or part that can be ordered?