Wavejammer 701

[Icantswim]

I picked up a wave jammer for free on offerup. This is the build

Why was it free?
For starters, they are pretty terrible at all types of riding, they are so bad, that it is actually kind of fun.
A tree had landed on it breaking the neck, mice moved in. It smells. Oh well

 

[Icantswim]

I got it running, screwed some braces into the neck and took it to the lake and submarined it all weekend until the neck gave out. I couldnt find a neck for less than 250-300 so I decided to just make one

 

[Icantswim]

The 500 didnt make the cut, I wanted this thing to fly. I found some lx650 bed plates and midshaft to bolt a 701 in, made a water box and used a wr3 exhaust hose to get it out the back.
I looked at the price of a prop for a stock pump and nearly croaked. I started playing with measurements and decided to stick a vxr 144 pump in it, and go with a normal sj midshaft. Wich would later be machined by Lundy so that it could be pressed back further.
I had some junk 701 stuff left over that I decided to use so it ended up with a 62t top end and a 61x bottom end.

 

[Icantswim]

I fully ported the engine and assembled. I found a cheap fp manifold to clean up. Paired it to a 650sx pipe +4 chamber with an adjustable water screw.

 

[Icantswim]

I defoamed the ski, purchased a sj tunnel from Bobby Diabolical and glassed it in. Reinforced the inside since I removed all the foam under the gunwales/tray/foot area and installed the 144 vxr pump.

 

[Icantswim]

Next step was to water test it.
It did great, the power was everything I dreamed it would be. Handling still sucks but you can turn wot and spin on top of the water

 

[Mike W]

Pretty cool bringing these old skis back to life. Nice work. Looks like it’s a lot of fun.

 

[Quinc]

Awesome build! Your thread almost makes it look too easy!

 

[Icantswim]

Pretty cool bringing these old skis back to life. Nice work. Looks like it’s a lot of fun.

Thanks! It was a very rewarding project