Tigercraft Aquabot V1 Build / Discussion

[VXSXH20]

Following this thread as well. I have a V1 and my right rear motor mount looks the same. But mine looks to be filled with the same resin laid up thru the whole Hull. I have a Jet Dynamics Alum pump shoe I am working with on mine. Can you post pics of the shims you made up? I had washers on the bottom screws at the pump shoe as well. Mine needs to be addressed. Thanks in advance. Thank you for posting this !

 

[FreeFall7]

I'm sorry your having to deal with this to. It's good to know I'm not alone on this and that it was fixed on the V2's.

 

[FreeFall7]

When i test fit my pump with the pump seal removed. I aligned the driveshaft to the mid shaft using the cold fusion alignment tool, shimmed the pump accordingly, and loosely bolted it in place. Then i used a piece 1/8" aluminum as a shim between the pump and the shoe to give the poper clearance for the pump seal and also set the shoe parallel to the pump. That allowed me to finger out what size i needed to make my shims.

 

[FreeFall7]

Now I'm Wishing i would have taken more pictures..

 

[Mauloooooch]

Did the whole build over the winter. All work done by me. Got ported 760 with ADA head, DASA intake, VF3 Reeds, Mikuni 46's, Lightened flywheel, Zeel and a mod B pipe with Rad Dudes water box. Had to replace the broken stock superjet pump shoe. Lots of sanding later and it fits. 144 Mag pump with Thrust Innovations trim. Got it in the water and im starting to think the tray leaks water in or is water logged because after floating in the water for a bit the back of the tray will sink a couple inches under the water line. and just feels very nose high sometimes. Turf is getting redone soon so i might drill a test hole and see what's inside.

 

[sxi4evr]

What tray drains are you running? We had a few sets of micro drains from Tony where the dowel pin had to be bent outward to let the ball open.

 

[FreeFall7]

Mine are versa plug style from Bloshion. And they work well.

 

[Mauloooooch]

What tray drains are you running? We had a few sets of micro drains from Tony where the dowel pin had to be bent outward to let the ball open.

Looks to be the stock "versa plug" style on the left and it also has a small version of that on one of the small tray drains...ive been thinking of just installing a normal plug there. Do the two small drains in the middle only drain the tray sections or are they routed to the main hull/engine bay?

 

[sxi4evr]

Looks to be the stock "versa plug" style on the left and it also has a small version of that on one of the small tray drains...ive been thinking of just installing a normal plug there. Do the two small drains in the middle only drain the tray sections or are they routed to the main hull/engine bay?

Yeah, the smaller versa plug drains (like 3/4" ?) should be just for the tray. All of the trays leak a little bit there's no way around it. So probably just don't let the ski sit floating for too long.

 

[FreeFall7]

Both my V1 Bot and my buddies SV-1 have a hole in the bottom corner of the bulk head to allow the engine bay to drain to the tray, than out through the versa plugs.
Bottom right in the pic.

 

[FreeFall7]

Update.

 

[FreeFall7]

 

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[VXSXH20]

Looks Great FreeFall! who did your decals?

 

[FreeFall7]

Looks Great FreeFall! who did your decals?

New England Graphics.

 

[FreeFall7]

First ride on the tubbies tonight on lake MI. Small surf, but it rides so much better in waves!