SoCal Jet Boats
Tech Talk => Jet Pumps => Topic started by: BIG JOHNSON on April 11, 2012, 11:32:14 AM
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Rainy day and I ain't got shit to do so I wanna start designing a ride plate. Thinkin 1/4" stainless with a big stainless girdle to hug the bowl welded to the plate and maybe a bracket utilizing studs where droop meets the nozzle.
Somewhere I read the right way is to fudge around with the shoe/intake, but that ship has sailed since the pumps been done and I don't think its worth it to take it that far. I still want reverse for marina maneuvering so I don't want it to go all the way under the reverse ports. Haven't yet found a decent write up of sorts but probably just gonna wing it.
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The ride plate makes the boat think its longer, 22' for a 21' boat, and tries to get more (wetted) hull out of the water. Going with a short ride plate is not giong to have the benefits of a longer one. 1/4" Stainless is overkill, and kinda heavy. The ones I have are- 1/4" X 8"w X 12" long from the transom, aluminum, and the other is 1/8" (reinforced w/ angle alum) X 8"w X 12.5" long, also alum. Both have shoes and loaders. They definitly help with the attitude of the boat(s) being adjustable, but reverse does suffer. 2 positions- forward and not fwd.
Hope this helps
Daniel
Mash on it
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Thanks mash.
Maybe aluminum would be more reasonable I was just thinkin stainless so I don't have to polish it all the time.
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Talk to Tim at place see what he makes his out of. I bought my full set up from he is close right of imperial hwy and the 57 Frwy very cool and smart man.
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Talk to Tim at place see what he makes his out of. I bought my full set up from he is close right of imperial hwy and the 57 Frwy very cool and smart man.
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Been there a few times, cool guy. I think their ride plate is a bolt on to their standard droop, my droop is their hp mini droop which doesn't accept their plate.
Jack at MPD says I don't have the horsepower to weight ratio to benefit from such things.. but why not give it a shot? Might pick up 2 mph, never know.
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