Squarenose Project Back ON!!

[Freestyleriverrat]

Getting ready to experiment with a different intake set up. Picked this unit up used. Boyesen Rad Valves, R&D intake manifold and reed spacer (not shown). I disassembled it for cleaning and ordered a new set of reed petals. Pretty sweet set of reed cages! :bigeyes: I am currently running v-force gen 1's, reed spacer and a R&D manifold. I would like to run it one day, swap intakes and run it again to see if it yeilds any noticable improvements.

 

[the WaTeRhAwK]

the vf-1's are junk compared to the 2's. comparitively, the cages just plain suckass.

 

[Freestyleriverrat]

Here is my current set up. "Junk" or not they work well and the ski has some nice hit to it, but in comparison I think metal reed cages are the way to go.

 

[2lick]

did you get that new setup on ebay.. i was watching some i think now it dissapeared????

 

[Freestyleriverrat]

did you get that new setup on ebay.. i was watching some i think now it dissapeared????

no, I did a trade with a guy for some other parts

 

[2lick]

cool....

 

[the WaTeRhAwK]

:haha: You guys crack me up! At least you guys are not neighbors. There would be carbon reeds and jet ski parts flying all over the place :haha:

hey rat, do you have a link to sergio's carbon top-deck replacements?

 

[Freestyleriverrat]

hey rat, do you have a link to sergio's carbon top-deck replacements?

No, I don't think he has it listed on his site. He has been in the process of updating his site and I am sure that is on his to do list. Shoot him an email and he can hook you up with that info. Or contact freestylegeek, he is in the process of doing a conversion w/ a XFT topdeck.

 

[Freestyleriverrat]

Alright guys...........start going to PM's. I want to keep this build page on target so people can reference the information quickly and not scroll through several pages of bickering. Good points on the carbon reeds, but I have not havd that experience. The RAD valves have dual stage reed petals and were on this set up for almost 5 seasons. Not a single chip on any of the primary carbon reeds but some damage was noticed on the lower non-carbon reed which is why I decied to replace them. Reed spacers do hel shield the reeds from turbulence caused by the crank but the boyesen cages come with shields to further aid in turbulence deflection and promote proper reed function. The spacer is just a little bonus. More pics will follow as will a performance comparison.

 

[the WaTeRhAwK]

I don't think that the turbulence from the webs is as much of a contributing factor in the reeds chipping, as much as the actual flutter of the reeds themselves processing the a/f mix. and with a spacer the turbulence is all the less of a factor. but the heating a cooling of the resin contained in the reed's matrix, combined with the actual processing flutter of the reeds is enough to make them chip off and break, due to the hightened resistance to be able to "flex" of the carbon fiber, compared to conventional reed materials.... they would probably be even worse-off with metal cages.

 

[Freestyleriverrat]

When I say turbulence that mainly involves pressure changes from intake and exhaust stroke, not just the disruption caused by the crank in motion. The reed cages should not be exposed to heat up and cool down cycles. If they are you are running very lean. The cases should be relativly cool and only the cylinder/pistons should be subjected to heat.

 

[Matt_E]

Could a mod please seperate the garbage into an extra thread?

 

[SuperJETT]

I'll get around to it later. wad is banned. Don't expect him back.

 

[Matt_E]

Thank You!!!

 

[Freestyleriverrat]

Still waiting on Reeds from Boyesen. But managed to swap manifolds and get the carbs mounted. I have been working allot of OT the last few weeks and that has zapped me, so getting a chance to work on the boat is a nice break. The thing I like about this manifold is that the carbs are mounted to a plate that is bolted to the manifold w/ 4 bolts that are easily accessible, making tuning a breeze. The reed spacer is also thicker and cut at an angle that supposedly repositions the reed cages in a way that better feeds the transfer ports.

 

[Freestyleriverrat]

Got the reeds today. :woot: I will post a review tomorrow

 

[SuperJETT]

Let me know when you're going, I should be running by tonight.

 

[CoreyLKN]

How come this is the only build thread in the freestyle section?:dunno:

 

[Freestyleriverrat]

Well, took the ski out tonight and it ran well. However, I did not notice a huge difference if any at all. The ski seemed like it was smoother but not really more powerful down low. I think the V-force hit a little better but the Rad's w/ new reeds cleaned up the power band. IMO if you have v-force it is not worth it to switch to Rad's........just run with what you have.

 

[DR3]

damn bummer, well the clean up on the powerband might be nice seeing as that it should be more predicatable:biggthumpup: keep us updated on how it does overall