Ok, I have read and searched on PB.com and even posted there cause I need to see pictures on how to grind back the stops on the nozzle. I don't want to start a debate on "don't do it" and I am going to pop the O-ring out. The people at PB just never posted any pics on how they did it. I just want some higher roost for show-boating going past the sand bar. My roost is really really long esp. this year with the power I have. I just want it to be higher. I know it does nothing for performance and yes i have adjusted my cable to get the highest possible right now and also have a 4 degree wedge but do not want to put a droop snoot on it either.
T.J.

basically what i did with mine was put it full up...whatever was stopping it from going further, grind it down...put it back up, grind some more.

I have two 4 degree wedges with a 8 degree rooster booster...16 degrees total. I cant get my place diverter to angle any more then it is because the hydraulic ram i have is maxed out. So unless I change the mounding position of the ram, I had to wedge the crap out of it. Yes, my roost is stupidly huge, and yes, its really hairy driving it while its full up. (kinda wonders on its tail)

my diverter is in rough shape only because im not fully finished with it. once i get it where i want it, i will make it pretty

here is some pics...



this is a pic above shooting down. I did a lot of detail grinding in here. make sure you dont take too much off or else it will leave a gap when its full down.



side view of the grinding described above...



and the obvious place is the reverse cable arm where it meets the diverter cable arm. obviously, dont grind too much off to make either of these arms weak.



i hope this answers some questions....if you have anymore or need different pics, just let me know.

I have a 12 JE pump, and I ground up about half of the word "BERKELY" on the housing, and also had to notch the reverse cup to clear the top bolt above the "BERKELY" to get maximum angle. It gained alot of roost, and still drives great at full trim. It still shoots a very long roost--250+ feet, but is kind of low,--20-25 feet like you say yours is. This is my first jet, an 84 BAJA SPORT 200, so I am still learning, and I plan on doing some more research on this topic too. I hope your post gets lots of ideas for both of us!

Thats almost exactly how mine looks after the mods I did T.J.  It sounds like now you are makeing a bunch more HP than me, so I'm sure once you start grinding, your rooster is going to be awsome!

i didnt take mine off 

TJS

I would not even think of recommending this to any one else on the forums....But you need to build a Chrunyk style slotted steering nozzle, you would have both the ridiculous hillbilly rooster and still handle like a European sports car...

Basically the idea is to have the top of the stainless steel nozzle open with a slot about 1 1/2" wide....


GT

Been searching for this thread, good to know others have done and are thinking of doing this...

I took the diverter off today and took the nozzle off. It was cake. The bushings are cake. The nylon liners were fine. I used my bench mounted belt sander to make a nice smooth radius. I also measured the angle with a digital angle finder before I started and after. I was able to gain 2.5 degrees. I would remove some material and mock up to make sure the nylon O-ring was not getting exposed. I could not remove any more material than that to gain more than 2.5 degrees, otherwise I would expose the nylon O-ring. Sorry no pics. We will see if I gain any more height tomorrow.
T.J.
This is a picture of my belt sander set up.
 

or old style  (i bought it this way...)
 

TJ, was it worth it, make a big difference

It made it a little higher. Not much cause I was real conservative cause I did not want to blow and O-ring.
T.J.

 I ended up finessing the diverter and cable adjustment and its much better now

Nice pics, and a nice roost also.    Got any pics of your grind job

Do you have a split bowl? If so ad a wedge.