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[mikesx]

Holy poop man attention to detail definitely insane. The turf makes it a game changer!


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Thanks !!! Don't know if you remember, when I first asked you about a hull I wanted a 2x2 twill visual carbon weave. I had to make turf match the Game Changer visual lay up!

 

[mikesx]

50k jet ski. Cheapest fuel line you can get. Weird stuff. Sweet ski tho

Pretty sure that's Tygon. Not sure how it compares price wise but it's very good fuel line. Not the prettiest but very functional and good quality.

Yeah the op mentioned it was tygon . We use Tygon for swimming pool applications . We supply straight acid through it with no issues. Over time anything cracks though. I’m pretty sure tygon specific to gas is not the cheap stuff. Tygon makes the non kink lines for oxygen supply for anyone on home oxygen tanks or supply as well.

Tygons the most expensive you can get.


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Quick write up on that fuel line. I always thought the OEM gray stuff was best and when I was collecting FX1's I had collected a rather large box of it for builds, all of it take off's. Last time I grabbed that box most of it would crack when giving it the fold test, so that box went in the dumpster. And down the rabbit hole of fuel line research. Different sources, ( aviation, automotive, marine, powersports ) all seem to say Tygon. So I go on Mcmaster, and of course there's many choices of Tygon. Using the drop down menu, for gasoline, a bunch of Tygon's come up, anywhere from .80 cents a foot to $8.00 and higher per foot.

THEY ARE NOT ALL EQUAL ! The most expensive is not the best, the cheapest is not the best, the truth lies somewhere in between. What I was advised to go after was:
Tygon F-4040-A.

Now go read the description for F-4040-A, NOT FOR ETHANOL BASED GASOLINE. All the gas in my area has ethanol.

WTF!

More research, and well, not all ethanol gasoline is equal. The consensus I got, Ethanol BASED Gasoline is like your E85, 51%-83% ethanol.
Ethanol BLENDED is like your E10, less than 10% ethanol
The consensus, Tygon F-4040-A is fine for BLENDED, NOT BASED.

I ordered a bulk roll and started using it with my FS1 build , 2018, 7 years ago. An interesting footnote, the last time I rode the Rickter was 2021, been in storage since. Where the fuel has pooled in the lines is FINE, however, where there are air pockets, like the top of the tank at the pickups, the F-4040 has become brittle. When I break it out, I will give it a fold test to see if it cracks, just don't want a mess with it right now.

As usual, not the cheapest, not the most expensive, the truth for me was in between.

Another footnote, I used the 1/4" Tygon F-4040-A , Mcmaster Carr, $2.20 per ft., my buddy Flash-FX uses 6mm Tygon F-4040-A, Mcmaster Carr, $1.82 per foot. he says it fits the Mikuni barbs better.

 

[holygoat]

Quick write up on that fuel line.

Just to throw another option into the mix, I use C-210-A. Tygon has been my fuel line of choice since about 2019 when my brother in law started using it.

Versilon™ C-210-A

Clear, Multipurpose Fuel & Oil Transfer Tubing

www.ics.saint-gobain.com

While McMaster doesn't list it as fuel and oil resistant, the datasheet on Saint Gobain's website does. I prefer the fully clear look, I think I can see more.

 

[IceRocket1286]

21 pages in a few weeks, I don't know the last time that has happened. Awesome build, thanks for sharing. I remember when these threads were common. Your ski look sgreat

 

[mikesx]

21 pages in a few weeks, I don't know the last time that has happened. Awesome build, thanks for sharing. I remember when these threads were common. Your ski look sgreat

Thanks for reading!
I’m old school and just a coincidence, I’m old, luv build threads. More enjoyable to read build threads than it is posting them, lol.