SoCal Jet Boats
Discussion => Boat Showcase => Topic started by: Ralph Brunt on May 20, 2007, 06:42:00 AM
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i'll get more pics today
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Very Nice Hondo?? I cant tell
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****** beutifull! ;D
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good looking boat!!! :o
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Now that's what I call a upgrade!!
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Nice.........
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THATS MY BOAT ! j/k I'm jealous !
I was talking to the guy selling it while ralph was in route to pick it up yesterday. Fockin awsome score . Congrats Ralph !
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thanx guys it is nice and a definate upgrade ;D it is a 1976 hondo pantera t-deck 18' with a jucuzzi wj and ride plate. if it does have a bad point it's the pump, but its not a race boat....... yet
my wife sat in it for the first time today and said it was too small then asked if i could make it the race boat and turn the hornet into the family boat >:D i just wanted a nice vintage boat to cruise with now i have one :D
this is the wife checking it out
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out with the old and in with the new
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i still dont know witch scoop i'm going to run what do you guys think?
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i'll keep posting pics as i go thanx for looking
ralph
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Less talk and more action kind of guy? ;D Damn you work fast! Looking great!
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You best believe this is the scoop your running big dog ! WOOF !
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-beerjet-
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No question about it , you have to run the color matched scoop! That looks real good.
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that was fast, looking better and better
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well i'm no plumber or electrition but i did get the alternator in and all wires hooked up as well as the water lines today i used the push lock hose instead if braided line beacause it's abaout half the cost and good to 300 psi(https://www.socaljetboats.com/cpg/albums/userpics/10041/normal_plumbing_003.jpg)
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my helper
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did the carb lines as well you can see this so i did the braided line, you cant see the water once the interior is in.
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(https://www.socaljetboats.com/cpg/albums/userpics/10041/normal_plumbing_008.jpg)i will be starting this thing for the first time tomarrow so i soaked all my lifters primed the oil system i got 60psi with a drill and oil coming to the top end. i should have more progress tomarrow still need to do the fuel system from pump to carb
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i broke the moter in today what i did was take the inner springs out of the valve springs set rockers at 0-lash + 1/4 turn, the oil i used was shell rotella-t 30wt deisel oil and a bottle of comp cams break in addative, the reason i used these oils is for the added zinc content since the oils that are produced these days lack zinc. do you need to use these i dont know, i ran the engine at 1,700 to 2,000 for 30 min and ran the carb real fat to avoid any probs, because tuning is not an option at break in. tomarrow i will reinstall the center springs and do it all over again and call it done. the only bad thing that happend was the hull got burned by the headers being to close. oh-well its mine now. need to get some different headers. >:(
http://youtube.com/watch?v=nuvuinOES6I (http://youtube.com/watch?v=nuvuinOES6I)
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Sweet vid Ralph , cant wait to see it . real soon .
-beerjet-
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well i finished my break in today but first i had to install the inner valve springs and to do that i had to fill the cyl with air to hold the valve from falling when the outer was removed
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then remove the keepers
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and install the inner spring
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just do this 16 times and your done ;) after all this the reward came. i fired her up and gave her a few rpm's and oh yeah thats why i do all this hard work myself ;D it will give me an honest 400 hp and hopefully some great memories. so i cleaned it up a little and took a few more pics.
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please excuse my temporary mufflers :-[
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i still need to get some new headers or used :o get the diverter on and just a general clean up should be on the water in a few weeks, man i love this boat. thanx for looking guys
ralph
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Ralph , you have no idea how jealous I am . I'm just glad you got and hooked it right up . Let me know when you decide to take it out so we can meet up . I'll be at big river this weekend though so dont go out this weekend . ;)
-beerjet-
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Sweet boat Ralph.
You guys got to see this boat in person, it's totaly different in person. SIK ;)
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Ralph,
Thats a nice freaking boat man..just like my Cole T-deck. man, its the same thing and just a nice cool paint job too boot. Everyone is right, the painted scoop is much better and if you ever invest , white interior would rock in this thing with yellow highlights. We should all hook up together on the 23rd for Big River and bring the classic jets out. I am trying to get Omar to go out that weekend, interested?
Mike
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Very cool boat and congrats on the successful break-in. I've always loved the t-decks.... I'm jealous. ;D
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thanx guys. i was a little upset after the break in to find that my headers blistered the gel on my boat :(
mdunn what kind of headers are you useing on your t-deck
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Awsome boat Ralph.......C ya out there!
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thanx guys. i was a little upset after the break in to find that my headers blistered the gel on my boat :(
mdunn what kind of headers are you useing on your t-deck
I am using Reward water injected headers. Its a 440 Mopar. My boat hull is the exact same as yours.
Mike
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ok guys i'm going to dump this thing in the water for a quick test and see what happens. i'll take pics and give details, hopfully it wont end up like hotrods ???
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ok guys i'm going to dump this thing in the water for a quick test and see what happens. i'll take pics and give details, hopfully it wont end up like hotrods ???
Hey HEY! Watch it, watch it! >:( ;D
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ok guys i'm going to dump this thing in the water for a quick test and see what happens. i'll take pics and give details, hopfully it wont end up like hotrods ???
Good luck !
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well i took it out and it was welllllllllllllllllll, a little slooooooooooooowwwwwwwwww. it showed 58mph on the pito speedo @5400 jacuzzi b cut, then it runs out of gas :-\. yesterday i had to beat on the fuel press regulator to get it to work, i know ghettoooooooo O0
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but all in all i'm happy with the engine's performance, it held 75 psi of oil and the guage never flinched. it does porpise at about 35mph but if i stand on it or adjust the diverter it goes away. i tried a little cornering and it wont turn >:( unless i stuff the bow then o-boy you better be hanging on. i only put a couple of runs on it so i dont really know what it will do, i'll be going to elsinore next sat to work out the bugs. if i cant get it done the HORNET is going to the AVI.
some pics.
pops just kickin it
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i allready had the sport comp gauges but this thing had a hole for a speedo and i couldnt get a matching speedo i know O0
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pic is after the 2 hour bath to get the salt off and out of the engine, she cleans up good.
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now for the bad stuff >:( the burns are from the twisties during break in DAMN DAMN DAMN DAMN DAMN
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when i got it the guy tried vinyl spray paint, it will work for the season :-[
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i'm still not sure if i'm going to rebuild the pump or just put a berk in it :-\
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Do my eyes deceive me or is that a brand new diverter!
And brand new headers !
:o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o
At least you had a good time . You did have a good time right :-\
-beerjet-
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post has been modified re-read omar
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well i installed the pump yesterday but first i had to clean the black automotive silicone from the transom, i did the best i could but you can still see some of it. i would like to take the guy that put it on out behind the wood shed >:(
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got it as clean as we could, this is pops using some tape so we have a nice clean bead of clear silicone
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now around the bowl, and yes that is a wedge for a jacuzzi (rare)
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making studs for the nozzle and diverter
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i will paint all parts to match this winter, but here it is
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GOT ROOST?
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Sexy ! Good work with the silly cone !
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... i would like to take the guy that put it on out behind the wood shed >:(
I thought about fessing up, but I'm not sure if I should since you didn't say what you would do to the guy once you got him behind the wood shed. ??? :-\ :D
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I thought about fessing up, but I'm not sure if I should since you didn't say what you would do to the guy once you got him behind the wood shed. ??? :-\ :D
beat him down, :-* then DOGGIE STYLE :-*
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beat him down, :-* then DOGGIE STYLE :-*
Yeah, it wasn't me, I didn't do it, I have no idea, I know nuthin! ;D
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well, we went through the pump and the results were not verry good. i picked up 1.4 mph and dopped the rpm's from 5400 to 5100. then the float level on the carb was too high so i pullled the boat out and started to work on the carb. in the process of that the starter took a shit :-\ so off comes the header and i installed the starter that i brought. i just had a feeling it was going out so i packed the extra one.
back on the lake , carb is good, but the boat wont get on plane so back on the trailor. took the rock grate out to find two rocks stuck in the impeller >:( removed the rocks, ahhhhhh back to it's slow normal self. on the way home stopped at the infamous Toms farms for the first time, let all the kids ride the merry go round along with the train. we got some cold sanwiches and ejoyed the rest of the day. so i had a good trip once again.
talked to jim brock about the performance of the pump and he is not happy >:( he thinks that the pump is not loading hard enough, so he gave my a loader :o and told me to try that. as well he will take up another .030 in the impellor out at the avi. beleive me guys im not giving up and neither is he. on a side note it throws a reall good rooster tail.
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if you look real close you can see my buddies wife on her jet ski. i'm giving her a lesson about following too close to a jet boat ;D
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giving her a driving lesson,
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my daughter getting ready to go on the boat
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as i said it was a good day thanx for looking
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cool roost....oddly shapped.....maybe its just the angle of the pics....
cant wait to see this thing up close at the avi!
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Keep those updates coming. ;)
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Ralph. how does that work w/ the ride plate? dont u want the squirt in the water. wouldnt a droop make it hook up better?
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Ralph. how does that work w/ the ride plate? dont u want the squirt in the water. wouldnt a droop make it hook up better?
terry the roost is all for show, it actually rides like crap with it up like that. the best is about 3-4 feet off the water.
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yea, i was wondering about having the squirt above the ride plate and not IN the water. I know it's best cuz everybody has ride plates but my thinking is wouldnt it be faster w/ the squirt in the water and not above the plate, know what i mean? Just wondering...Here's a pic of my last boat, it's on ebay right now. sorry pics is so big
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I very interested in what you do as far as changes to your jet. So far the performance of my Hondo has been less that what was expected. Getting low 50's on gps, can only get about 5' roost with the place diverter (cool wedge). According to the seller there was a recent $1000.00 rebuild on the jet (?).
I was getting water squirting out of the upper steering pivot pin, but have corrected that by machining a recess at the top and installing a concave type freeze plug.
I noticed at AVI that I'm still getting a lot of water flowing from ahead of the place diverter, at the steering housing. Does yours have some type of seal in this area? (Between the black and white housings on yours) Because my doesn't.
Thanks
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I very interested in what you do as far as changes to your jet. So far the performance of my Hondo has been less that what was expected. Getting low 50's on gps, can only get about 5' roost with the place diverter (cool wedge). According to the seller there was a recent $1000.00 rebuild on the jet (?).
I was getting water squirting out of the upper steering pivot pin, but have corrected that by machining a recess at the top and installing a concave type freeze plug.
I noticed at AVI that I'm still getting a lot of water flowing from ahead of the place diverter, at the steering housing. Does yours have some type of seal in this area? (Between the black and white housings on yours) Because my doesn't.
Thanks
first let me say i think the jacuzzi is the down fall of my boat 400hp 5100rpm and 56.4 mph. not happy however, i as well as jim brock think i can get more by stuffing more water in the pump, hence the loader, that i havent been able to try yet. i think that it can be a fast boat if i throw more hp at it but that wont be for a while or not at all if i sell it.
mdunn has the cole t-deck like ours but has a berk in it and i think (dont quote me) low 60's i'll have to ask him to be sure.
as for the seal, yes the diverter has an nylon o-ring around it. does yours
gotta go back to work
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There is a nylon seal at the diverter (up/down) but no seal at the left/right pivot and that is where I'm seeing water spraying from.
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There is a nylon seal at the diverter (up/down) but no seal at the left/right pivot and that is where I'm seeing water spraying from.
there is suppost to be one on the top and the bottom, the pins go through them. i snap a pic today for you
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I have new bushings for the pins but there is not a seal or o-ring around the turning housing.
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are you talking about the part that has 4 bolts and bolts to the bowl?? if so that is the nozzle adapter
take some pics and show me pleeeeeeze ??? ??? :-\ :-\
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are you talking about the part that has 4 bolts and bolts to the bowl?? if so that is the nozzle adapter
take some pics and show me pleeeeeeze ??? ??? :-\ :-\
Yes that is the part I'm talking about. With the wife driving the boat so I could look things over there was a lot of water coming from the rear of that housing. I had it apart when I was replacing bushing and wondered why there was not any type of seal around it ???
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There's supposed to be a thin layer of silicone between the nozzle adaptor and the back of the bowl.
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There's supposed to be a thin layer of silicone between the nozzle adaptor and the back of the bowl.
mine has as o-ring and i added a little silycone for good measure
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so i'm tired of looking at this broken ass boat, sooooo i ordered the new cam and lifters today from cam resarch and the cool thing is that they have a machine that breaks in new camshafts. so there is no break in to worry about. I think its pretty much for fords but i dont see why they could'nt do others
www.camresearchcorp.com (http://www.camresearchcorp.com)
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Make some stainless plates to keep the headers from burning the glass