FX-1 the fx1 pump shoe

[sjaholic]

i'm doing the 144 sj pump conversion in my fx1. pump and driveshaft have been sent off to bonzai bob for him to do his fx1 voo doo magic on my pump.(hopefully he has received it)

i pried the pump shoe out and started grinding away. i went from 122 mm up to 130mm at which point i started coming through in several spots.

since the shoe is hollow i thought i would fill the voids with epoxy and filler and keep grinding away. the problem is trying to get anywhere close to 144mm would mean i would have nothing left of the shoe......so i ordered a 144 aluminum shoe from blowsion, $ 97 shipped to me.

the pic of the shoe at 130 with the sj pump seal shows just how big a difference there is. some grinding and alittle work and i'll have the correct shoe in!

 

[#ZERO]

Nice work and that's one clean lookin' FX1.

That ski should hook up awesome with the larger pump assembly.

 

[tom21]

:nana: told ya it was hollow #0. :cool2:

 

[tricky1]

I had the same problem, So i made a shoe that would work.

http://www.att.net/p/s/community.dll?ep=331&folderid=177936&groupid=239759&folderview=thumbs&ck=

 

[thundercat]

How much for the pump shoe you make?

 

[DsmRacing]

Let us know what it takes to make the sj pump shoe fit. Take lots of pics and do a write-up. I might go this route down the road, have to see how the stock shoe and sj pump work out first.

 

[special fx]

What do people do for a scoop grate when running the SJ shoe?

 

[LBE]

Relocate the front section and use a SJ grate.

 

[LBE]

pics of the Blowsion 144 shoe in FX1

 

[LBE]

It was a little bit of a project. The Blowsion shoes outer dimensions are "oversized" just a little bit, because when you take the stocker out of a SJ, you need one slightly larger to fill the void.

I have a stock alum shoe from a SJ, its 144, but slightly smaller outer dimensions, pm if your interested in trading. I was gonna buy the Blowsion one for my SJ, the one I have has the smaller outer dimensions and is a little small for my SJ.

 

[Bonzia Bob]

Looks nice LBE, great work :bigok:

 

[sjaholic]

big box is here from bonzia bob!! i haven't opened it yet. blowsion where's my pump shoe? crammit where's my prop?

 

[sjaholic]

144 shoe came in today. pics are 144 shoe with the 130. sj and fx1 toploader grates. i've got another project going right now so it my be a week or two before i'm back on this one.

 

[sjaholic]

finally finished this sn. time to start on my own ski now!

 

[sjaholic]

started grinding on the pump shoe area of the hull this week end. also on the crappy blowsion shoe.

pretty sweet looking pump huh?

sanding drums and a die grinder are your friend.

 

[vomitspot]

when doing this conversion ....
do you just grind the hull untill the 144 shoe fits?
then put fx1 shaft in 144 pump?
every thing bolt up?
i dont have a fx1 but my bud has 3 of them
pump him up!

 

[sjaholic]

vomit, first send a 144 pump and a fx1 driveshaft along with $650 to bob.
i've ground and sanded on both the shoe and the hull. i kept working at it until i could get the pump with the seal on the front to line up with the 4 inserts in the hull.

i'm ready to butter up the shoe and seal it in the hull. one remaining problem i need to work on is the shoe hangs app. 3/8" below the hull. i'd think this might effect handling so i'm going to try and remove some of this.

if i'd do this again i'd probably go with a stock plastic sj shoe. to late now.
also i'm going to have to grind a small amount on the rideplate. 1 inch in length in two spots.

i would say that bob does amazing kick ass work!!!

 

[Bonzia Bob]

vomit, first send a 144 pump and a fx1 driveshaft along with $650 to bob.
i've ground and sanded on both the shoe and the hull. i kept working at it until i could get the pump with the seal on the front to line up with the 4 inserts in the hull.

i'm ready to butter up the shoe and seal it in the hull. one remaining problem i need to work on is the shoe hangs app. 3/8" below the hull. i'd think this might effect handling so i'm going to try and remove some of this.

if i'd do this again i'd probably go with a stock plastic sj shoe. to late now.
also i'm going to have to grind a small amount on the rideplate. 1 inch in length in two spots.

i would say that bob does amazing kick ass work!!!

You are on the right track, you do need to grind the shoe down and make sure the intake grate is not to low either. If left hanging to far down it will create some serious handling issues.

 

[tom21]

nice work, I don't know why you ground the hull, I didn't need to? one of us has the center line of driveshaft off a bit I think. unless the hulls are way off.

 

[sjaholic]

tom you must be a better man than i to install a blowsion shoe where a fx1 use to be.