Super Jet Steve's first Ski Builld (SN Superjet 701)

wet408rider

wet408rider

Location
San Jose, CA
gunther2254 said:
What did you do in terms of reinforcing the hull? I am like you i am new to the superjet family and i have one two sn superjets one is built complete and set up well for flat water racing the other I am building for freestyle. Also what kind of rivets do you use on your foot holds anything specail there?
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I reinforced the sides and nose of the motor compartment. I used 2 layers of thick fiberglass, i can't remember but it was around 20mil fiberglass.. As far as the foot holdes i used 3/16 rivets and just used enough to hold the footholds while i layered 2 to 3 layers of thin fiberglass over the edges of the footholds.

As far as the hood liner, I sealed the original vent holes in the hood and in order to do that I had to cut up the original hood liner. I sealed the original hood vents because i have read that the do not do a good job of keeping water out of the engine compartment, so i added new vents on the hood by the foot tray.
 
wet408rider

wet408rider

Location
San Jose, CA
Picture time..

Finally here are some pictures
IMG_0267.jpgIMG_0268.jpgSki mocked up with the handle pole
IMG_0269.jpgIMG_0271.jpgIMG_0270.jpg 701cc with B Pipe
IMG_0272.jpgIMG_0273.jpgPic of Mikuni Carb. Looks like it has been built by Buckshot so my buddy made be a custom aluminum plate so I could still use the stock spark arrestor.. Came out sweet...
 
wet408rider

wet408rider

Location
San Jose, CA
Something I thought I might add.. I was pretty disappointed with Watcon and the way my order was handled. I ordered the hood seal on saturday off of his website and on the final confirmation there was a total of $27 with no shipping charges, so i figured maybe it was free shipping,. Then Monday I got an email for Watcon saying that the seal is $27 and to ship to CA is another $14... I think that is ridiculous considering that USPS has flat rate priority mail boxes that will ship that seal for only $3.. Had I had known that shipping was going to be the same price as half of the part I was ordering, I maybe would not have ordered it. I just think that the shipping should have been upfront on his website when I ordered the part.. To me that is a a crazy expensive shipping cost on something that weights nothing and is not very big...
 
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Factory928

Factory928

Location
x-h20
yea ill take a justin beiber cut with a nice trim around my ears lol your skis coming out good Steve for the 2 months youve been working on it!
 
Factory928

Factory928

Location
x-h20
wet408rider said:
HA HA HA HA.. i did not even notice he was in the background.. Looks like you have a project of your own from your avatar pic..
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man i was laughin when i saw him back there....and actually steve i got tired of coming on the x and seeing all these guys build there skis real fast while i sit my fat a$$ on my computer and blame my work that i have no time to do my ski so i decided $#!t with it and started to fu.k it up lol ...paint,turf,footholds,shorten pole etc ....so i jumped on the wagon...but im not gonna make a thread but maybe i will on my square if i keep it! all these squares are coming out nice!
 

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SkiDiggity

SkiDiggity

formerly kawirider142
Location
Simi Valley, California, United States
ok so how do you get the rn waterbox to fit with the limited chamber with out kinking the elbo piece too bad? i just cracked my stock waterbox and want to through a cheap metal one in so i was looking at getting a rn waterbox but last time i tried it i could not get it to fit with out a gnarly kink
 
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