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[mikesx]

Very nice! Attention to DEEEEEE-Tail!

THANKS !

 

[mikesx]

Did you swap out all the hardware for aluminum and titanium? Or better yet you should swap it all out for carbon.
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Only the pinch bolts are Ti. Less selection with Ti and I obsess over bolt thread and shoulder lengths when it comes to fit. Probably would've taken me another 5 years just to collect the right bolts in Ti ! Just went with 316ss. I will admit, I did consider it!

 

[mikesx]

I did perform some HIGHLY scientific research on my battery tray, lol. I bounced it up and down from a shock cord upside down after installing the turf bed. The holes do more than lighten the tray, they help to lock the turf in.

 

[mikesx]

The results convinced me that I didn't need Plan A



Or Plan B



Or Plan C




The test convinced me Plan D, Two 1/4inch thick o-rings would suffice.

 

[Wetbuffalo]

The stuff Tony gave me came out of bulk packs, never got a brand name. Must’ve been secret spec kind of stuff, lol. This is one of the spent tubes.

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To share some recommendations, seakeeper just came out with a new dynamic trim tab system for boats. If you google “approved seakeeper ride adhesives” you will find a list of high quality MMA adhesives and one of them happens to have a 40 minute work time and comes in a tube like that.

The trim tabs are glued on to a hull using the MMA adhesives as the primary source of affixing them to the hull. If it’s good enough for that, I’d say it’s good enough to add any insert to a hull.

 

[mikesx]

To share some recommendations, seakeeper just came out with a new dynamic trim tab system for boats. If you google “approved seakeeper ride adhesives” you will find a list of high quality MMA adhesives and one of them happens to have a 40 minute work time and comes in a tube like that.

The trim tabs are glued on to a hull using the MMA adhesives as the primary source of affixing them to the hull. If it’s good enough for that, I’d say it’s good enough to add any insert to a hull.

I'm sure all the stuff out there is comparable or it wouldn't be on the market for long. I wouldn't open a tube of it for just doing inserts though, but you can't beat it for a big bonding job like top decks and bottom decks.

 

[mikesx]

Finished up the cooling lines and added Ebox. No matter how hard I try friggin engine compartment always winds up looking like Das Boot. Oh well, function over form. I usually observe metal clamps on metal fittings and plastic clamps on plastic fittings, the head pissers were the only place I used Herbie's on metal.

 

[mikesx]

Had to wait a week for these, BSPT hex plugs. Anyone doing their first Bun, those NPT fittings aren't tight, THEY'RE WRONG !!! Buns are all BSPT, British Standard Pipe Taper ! Get the right fittings !

 

[mikesx]

Jetting the Ninja SE 50's. Came with 110 MJ , 145 PJ, was given a suggestion of 122.5 MJ and 150 PJ, so I'll start there and have everything around that on hand. Oh yeah, 19 psi pop-off.

 

[mikesx]

And for $5 dollars at WalMart the best 5 bucks I ever spent for dealing with jets. Next to the $5 for the pill case.

 

[mikesx]

With the carbs jetted fuel lines were next.

 

[mikesx]

One thing the Ninja's didn't have were primer fittings and I'm not adding them. I hear all the rage is choke cups, so I'll give them a try. If they don't work, they will be great for storage.

 

[mikesx]

Fitting the ride plate. It did require a little notch to clear the shoe.

 

[mikesx]

And I had to shim it 6mm to clear the Velociraptor trim. I made the shims from Damascus carbon, lol. Just kidding, actually used 2 layers of 3.5mm plate and sanded to fit.

 

[mikesx]

The next posts are purely cosmetic in nature so if visual carbon bothers you skip them.

 

[mikesx]

So this is how the plate comes out of the box. Peel ply surface, rough but functional. It's the last uncoated surface on the boat so I figured what the hell, let's clear it. A couple guys have asked me how I clear, so here's how I do it and what I use.

 

[mikesx]

Behind the bulkhead and inside the hood I used US Composites 2:1 Non Blush laminating resin. Long cure lets most of the bubbles out. But it WILL yellow if exposed to sunlight !

 

[mikesx]

Anywhere that's going to see sun light I use, UV resistant SC110.

 

[mikesx]

This is what was left in the bottom of my mixing cup when I did my first test batch of SC110 a couple of years ago. I pulled it from the cup, sanded and polished it, and it rides around in my work truck getting set out in the sun when I'm at jobs. It has not yellowed AT ALL !

 

[mikesx]

To clear the ride plate I used 80 grit to remove any wrinkles from the infusion bag, just sanding the wrinkle. We're going for visual here so just enough sanding to take out the sag. You don't want to cut into the pretty fabric pattern.