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

 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


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 

pic is after the 2 hour bath to get the salt off and out of the engine, she cleans up good.

now for the bad stuff the burns are from the twisties during break in DAMN DAMN DAMN DAMN DAMN


when i got it the guy tried vinyl spray paint, it will work for the season

i'm still not sure if i'm going to rebuild the pump or just put a berk in it

post has been modified re-read omar

Sexy ! Good work with the silly cone !

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.         

beat him down, then DOGGIE STYLE

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 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.

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

giving her a driving lesson,

my daughter getting ready to go on the boat

as i said it was a good day thanx for looking

Keep those updates coming. 

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.

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

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.

I have new bushings for the pins but there is not a seal or o-ring around the turning housing.

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   

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