superjet make over

tnt01

tnt01

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JetManiac said:
Nice job! BTW did you really cut through your vin plate on purpose?
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thanks chris,

i lost my vin plate awhile ago...it was were my plate use to be mounted..i need to get one made lucky i have a vin plate in the engine bay..by the way i need to pm u for some parts..
 
tnt01

tnt01

Location
Spokane,wa
KTM434 said:
I'm doing an almost identical build right now other than your tray/footholds. These mods should really wake up that hull! Which Tubbies did you use?
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i got it on a trade,the tubbies did great,i am worry now cause i had to trim the tubbies to match up the carter b rocker nose kit....most of the mods were on the ski before i cut up the ski..i was happy that most off the mods i have was reused.
 
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tnt01

tnt01

Location
Spokane,wa
maybe some of u peeps can help me out,before i start spraying some paint,i was wondering if i should do something with the tray instead of leaving the fiberglass exposed.maybe layer of thin epoxy resin or thicken epoxy...it just seem something is missing.i guess i am just so used to seeing gelcoat on the tray area..anyway it be nice to get some feed back...
 
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xzibit a

Location
Washington DC
wow glad i saw this, I'm literally in the middle of doing exactly the same build, i was just talking today about shortening the gunwales and moving the bob holds up further. I hope mine comes out as nice.
 
tnt01

tnt01

Location
Spokane,wa
thanks guys,i wasn't going to paint the bottom of the hull with the same color since it going to get beaten up,i am thinking of using something else,but i don't know what other paint would be good to use.i was thinking of some kind of epoxy paint.do u peep have any suggestion?

no paint lay down temp is @ teens to cold even with the heaters
 
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550surf

550surf

mad build bro, finished the bulk of my 650sx surf chop last night when i found this post. did anyone get back to you about cutting the ride plate?

curious as i just cut mine like this yesterday as i wanted to protect the cooling intake hose and the pivot on the pump nozzel. how are you cutting that ride plate?

ps: turf kitty! sleeps in my 550 tray lolol
 

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tnt01

tnt01

Location
Spokane,wa
nope u were the only one..that look cool i was thinking the same cut,something to protect the nozzle.right now my plate is still uncut and 4in pass the end of the hull.so that said i was looking on how short should i cut the plate and angles cuts...the part i am really worried about is how well it rides when the lenght of the plate i really don't want to ride nose high when i am on plane.so i was planning to keep the plate long then cut as i go...but your looks pretty close to what i was looking for....
 
550surf

550surf

hey man, ive have time to test my ski and im able to do U TURNS AT WOT !!!! full body on the water style !! im not sure about how much the ride plate is contribting to this but id assume it has queit a bit. the cut allows for water flow on the sides while keeping the length where u want it.

too bad i think i got water in my tank as my ski stared to bog. first at WOT for a minute. then the entire ski stared to bog down to die.


PS, im able to do inverts of 1 ft boat wakes aha!!!!! your gona flip ur poop when you first ride your chopped SJ. these mods really wake the boat up.
 
tnt01

tnt01

Location
Spokane,wa
A little update,

Painted the bottom hull with epoxy paint,sanded hull with 400grit sand paper.wipe down the hull with paint thinner.laying down the first base coat tomorrow

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