Trevorbm
“Only full sends, we’ll fix it later”
- Location
- Xenia Ohio
Killer job. Mind if I ask you a few questions about your build? I’m building a xi just like yours from the ground up.
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- Thread starter mikesx
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Thanks Trev ! Ask away brother ! Are you building from one of the kits ? When I got mine Tony was real reluctant to sell kits, but since then I’ve seen a couple of XI kits and M1 kits out there .
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Trevorbm
“Only full sends, we’ll fix it later”
- Location
- Xenia Ohio
Yep me and my buddy bought his 2 xi kits. I already assembled the first one. Over the winter I want to refine the build.
What product did you use to fill in the mounts? I just glued them in and glassed over them.
Did you sand the engine bay down with 120grit and uv epoxy over it? What’s that process look like and what product did you use? Mine looks functional but I want it to look nice like yours.
Trevorbm
“Only full sends, we’ll fix it later”
- Location
- Xenia Ohio
Trevorbm
“Only full sends, we’ll fix it later”
- Location
- Xenia Ohio
NICE!!!! How did you bond the first one ?
Getting clear epoxy to look right takes a little doing, lol, to say the least. I've experimented with vacuum pots for off gassing, different temps, you name it, I tried it.
Instead of writing up a whole dissertation, just call me bro, WAAAAAY to much to type, lol ! 609 352 1323.
I used the EXACT stuff Tony uses, and I got it from Tony. I friggen stressed over bonding on that top deck ! The stuff Tony uses is FAST. And even with his air powered dispenser ( which he lent me ) it took 8 mins. per tube to dispense. I used 3 3/4 tubes even though Tony said 3 would do. 30 mins. just holding the trigger, DEFINITELY NOT A ONE MAN JOB! I called in one of my buddies to help and a good thing another buddy tagged along! Flash-Fx and Wavehog. Flash made a carbon FX1 from scratch, check out his build, and Wavehog assisted him with it so I was fortunate to have 2 guys with putting hulls together experience. The meth was a first for all of us though. And a QUICK lesson ! You could easily turn a bunch of expensive carbon pieces into a bunch of carbon scrap, lol !
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Trevorbm
“Only full sends, we’ll fix it later”
- Location
- Xenia Ohio
I’ll give you a call after 5. When I’m off work
Trevorbm
“Only full sends, we’ll fix it later”
- Location
- Xenia Ohio
Trevorbm
“Only full sends, we’ll fix it later”
- Location
- Xenia Ohio
Cool got the strongest stuff they had
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.
Trevorbm
“Only full sends, we’ll fix it later”
- Location
- Xenia Ohio
Yeah I didn’t tell me what brand
Back to the pump install. Opened up my 90's for max flow on the Maxx pump. Used tap AND dies to clock 90's where I wanted them. Was hoping to go short and sweet right to my cooling lines in hull but wasn't to be. Top fitting lined right up with the trim cable. good thing I have Maxx put 4 cooling bungs on all my pumps. Had to go with a little monkey piping using the top port on the steering side of the pump routing the hose over the pump. I did manage to fit 1/2" ID thick wall Tygon for hose.
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Aligned shaft and checked it with CF tool. Reusing my CF Mid Shaft housing. Feels great and turns smooth. Maybe I'll just run it...? NAH ! Let me check it. All the water that poured out convinced me I made the right call replacing all the seals and bearing. Probably should do this every season. Mid shaft was pressed in for about 4mm's of freeboard. Added a set of the newer ADA Lightweight couplers that are actually lighter than the originals.
At last, it's time for starting the motor install. For 62T I have a mockup motor, no sleeves in cylinder, dummy aluminum shaft, comically light. Not enough scrapped Bun's out there so I have to fit everything with the real thing. Just what I want to be doing, lifting that 85# block in and out of my hi side slab hood visual carbon hull. To avoid unnecessary lifts wound up just using bed plates to fit a lot of stuff.
One thing I did want to fit was a sump pump. If this were a competition boat I wouldn't have bothered. I ride by myself sometimes and if that sump buys me an extra 10 seconds it was worth bringing along. The basket for this sump was 5200'd in another hull and as always, the mounting tabs broke so I wanted a simple way to mount the pump for easy access to maintain. I slit some PVC so it would be the desired diameter and rolled my own carbon tube. The tube was notched for the sump to sit in. Next a band was wrapped around the top for a tyrap stop and a tab was bonded on.
