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Hulls / Re: need help plzzzzz
« on: April 19, 2011, 06:29:52 PM »
Quote from: Marcsrollin on April 19, 2011, 06:25:32 PM
It's a Tahiti , you don't , you go buy another one!  ( I can say that since I used to own one )

Thats where I was gonna go as well. :thumbup:........unless you're in love with the hull or the boat has some significance......a LOT of work.......Ask B-Rad and RiverRoy.........

Ray

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Hulls / Re: Saddle tank mounting
« on: April 19, 2011, 06:27:38 PM »
That's how all the round ones are mounted I've seen. Pulled Pickles twice now, and just dunked the bolts in sillycone before reinstalling. I suppose theres a better way, but seemed to be nothing on them when I pulled them the first time.  :screwy:

Ray

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The No Wake Zone / Re: does Ray buy the hydro
« on: April 19, 2011, 06:11:54 PM »
 ;)

LMAO! Who needs a wife?.........I got you guys!   

Ray

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Engine Mechanical / Electrical / Re: crack in exhaust logs???
« on: April 18, 2011, 11:34:36 PM »
What engine you got? might have a set of replacements here, you pay the ride.

JUst don't let it happen again....... >:D

Ray

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Engine Mechanical / Electrical / Re: pressure relief valve
« on: April 18, 2011, 11:07:34 PM »
Depends on your cam, but mostly, you're ok. When you get into high lift, 110* or better cams, then you better have a driver mounted control valve. Banderlogs are junk, ask TJSNordic......

Just my opinion, and I'm sure that'll be rebuked.......But I've trashed a 6k engine over this issue.......

Ray

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Engine Mechanical / Electrical / Re: pressure relief valve
« on: April 18, 2011, 10:24:40 PM »
Quote from: 74hondo on April 18, 2011, 09:50:48 PM
to also help against over pressure I run both of my t stat lines overboard, two lines in two lines out, I have a 90 coming off another port on my intake manifold to my basset t for my headers. Pressure is not as important as volume, so running even as low as 8 couldn't hurt, from what I figure.

THAT is what my long ways about response was all about..........Just make sure, if you're running headers, you have a way to un wet them at or near idle, manually or otherwise..........Hydraulic pressure is in no way, shape or form, comparable to gaseous pressure. There is an important difference. The boat engines of yesteryear got away with it with top (VERY INFLATED) HP ratings of 330 and maybe 400 or so. We're way beyond that, realistically.  ;)

Ray

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Engine Mechanical / Electrical / Re: feul filter
« on: April 18, 2011, 10:11:10 PM »
You can pick up the barrel style aluminum or SS tanks, straps and all for under 5 bills if you shop the sites and craigslist.

On the other side of it, No, lead does nothing for fiberglass, gasoline does NOT eat it (How many corroded Corvette fuel doors have you seen?), and I concurr with Nordies second reason or just maybe years of neglect. Not a fan of fiberglass tanks, had many tell me with E-15 or now e-85 it'll get eaten up, but really, never seen it, and all methanol or ethanol eat up is aluminum.........

Now, Yeah, the tanks need cleaned. My idea? Go to your local bank and ask for old canvas money/change bags. fill them with as many nuts, bolts as you can find, throw two of them in each tank with a few gallons of diesel fuel and drag the boat many times up the bumpiest road you can find quite a few times. Dig out the bags, clean them, then do it again and maybe even again.  That or pull the tanks, but if I'd pull the tanks, I'm puttin sumpin better in, which is MORE money.  This is the redneck fix..........forgive me, I'm back in redneck country right now.......

Ray

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Engine Mechanical / Electrical / Re: pressure relief valve
« on: April 18, 2011, 09:15:17 PM »
Quote from: 74hondo on April 18, 2011, 08:41:56 PM
I have mine set to open up at 12 psi but im running an olds block and they are the weakest when it comes to pressure. This setting was recommended and set for my by james from performancejet.com Any other motor can handle a bit more but I'd guesstimate 15-20 should be fine.

Right in line with everyones thought there! But I'm gonna throw my .02 in because of the expensive engine I trashed last year due to severe water reversion.

Thing to remember is, Olds, BBC, BBF, Mopar, I don't care what, are street engines, and thus, pretty easy to convert the 15lb or 18lb popoff radiator caps we used to run on them in the day to what we think of on these boats. I know...."they've been running for years this way", but the sheer number of failures last year and durability history of jet boats in general caused me to really think about why mine went down so hard.

Understand that is STEAM pressure, not WATER pressure.........Water cannot be compressed, whereas steam can (hows the old locomotives work???) Cars run at 195* or so, near the 212* water boiling point in the open atmosphere (More like 230* or so in a closed cooling system) whereas our boats run anywhere from 120* to 160* in open cooling systems. There IS a difference in Marine gaskets, to be sure, for this very reason, but on the water pressure side, I'm gonna shoot for like 8 PSI from this point forward...........

Ray

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WTB / Re: WTB Bassett Thru Transom Headers
« on: April 18, 2011, 08:41:15 PM »
Quote from: Nordie on April 18, 2011, 08:17:37 PM
come on sanford keep digging in those barns! your dad probably has 10 sets lol!!!! Man i hope your ok, but you probably have like 55 spider bites, and you only got through the first 5 feet of that barn lol

LOL! Bro, that pic I sent you was only the start..........3 more "tool sheds" just like that one.........next few days are gonna be fun. Found a LOT of my old engine tools coming back with me, one (of 3) 3/4 drive ratchet sets.......my luggage is gonna be HEAVY.........

Did also find a few Holley carbs, 2 marine, a few more AFB's, and an Offy 360* intake I haven't ID'd yet what it fits.....I think its for a B block Mopar,  2 sets of Pontiac headers, but they're for (I think....), a 69 Firebird 400 and a 65 GTO...........:screwy:   OH!! and some 3 gallon antique brass and wood "Harness Oil" cans...... I think they're going on the pop outs on my house,  ;)

Anyone need some 7 foot or so oars? complete with the pintle things on them for a rowboat? Lots of non-running boats around out there......... >:D

Mom and I shared a LOT of laughs, and a couple tears, today going through some of this!!  :thumbup:

Skips got a brand new set...........but not Nordie priced............... :banghead:

Ray

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WTB / Re: WTB Bassett Thru Transom Headers
« on: April 18, 2011, 04:17:49 PM »
Quote from: Nordie on April 18, 2011, 02:20:51 PM
Pretty self explanitory...im kicking myself for missing that set the other day, but had alot going on...anyway yeah thats what im looking for, and im not on a huge budget here so what ya'll got? FINDERS FEE! Case of beer!!!!!!!

I got a set..........oh wait, thats right......they wont fit yours anymore............... :screwy:

Ray



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Boat Showcase / Re: just electrics elim sprint
« on: April 17, 2011, 11:06:59 PM »
Quote from: Just Electric on April 17, 2011, 10:47:01 PM
thakns ray and for the tunnel ram even though i installed it and did the firing oorder right but like a cheby lol

You're kidding right?????  N/P on the tunnel, THANK YOU!!! As I see now what you're doing, you might have wanted the 660's I had on it....(Harry's gonna wanna kill me for saying that)

Lookin like it'll be a bad ass boat bro! A couple recommendations from the peanut gallery though.

Blockoff plates on the water inlets on your momo? Just what it looks like????

Also, put some rubber and nylon washers under that MSD box/mount  being mounted to the engine. It's fine, but isolate the thing from all the vibrations.........electronics and circuit boards are not vibration friendly.......drop a laptop if you doubt me on this.........

Ray

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The No Wake Zone / Re: And yet...ANOTHER FNG!!! EDIT: Pictures are finally up!!!
« on: April 17, 2011, 09:15:30 PM »
Quote from: Nordie on April 17, 2011, 10:48:31 AM
Welcome aboard! Looks like all of us guys taking on projects had the same previous owner! Cause they all look the same! Looks like you got a nice solid boat under all of that chaos...Definately like some of the backround cars!

And be carefull IRREBEL will probably try to buy this boat from you!

 :screwy:

Definately Likey!  :thumbup:

Ray

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Project Boats For Sale / Re: Cougar Tunnel?????
« on: April 17, 2011, 01:10:18 AM »
Quote from: TrollerDave on April 17, 2011, 01:01:57 AM
http://www.cougarboats.com/60.html

They have a hull like a Daytona. I think they were a Canadian company that closed down and reopened by some people here in the states.
They advertised in HotBoat and even had some boats featured. I think some guys on PB have them, v-drives.
That hull in the ad looks like a the same hull but with the rear gunnels cut back to look like a Sanger pickle. Never seen that before. It looks "custom" ???

Aren't you on some 12 step program for buying project boats? ;D

Yeah.......I'm still on step 2 though..........Looks cool as hell!  8)

Ray

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Project Boats For Sale / Cougar Tunnel?????
« on: April 16, 2011, 11:53:09 PM »
So....me being me.....flying back to Ohio/Pennsyltuckey in the morning for the auctioning of Pop's stuff, I start poking on Craigs list.....pretty normal thing to do (I scored my second 460 Blower manifold in Atlanta while I was there a few months ago when with Home Depot)

Anyway........This is roughly 1/2 hour from my Mom's place..........Anyone ever heard of them? News to me, but looks a LOT like the Sanger Hydro Nordie had awhile back.......... :sly:

http://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/boa/2327496874.html


Ray

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Boats For Sale / Re: Flytime to the Paging Assistance Location.....
« on: April 16, 2011, 11:23:05 PM »
http://mohave.craigslist.org/boa/2328730076.html
http://mohave.craigslist.org/boa/2329910575.html


Bob.......These are all YOU!  :thumbup:


Ray

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The No Wake Zone / Re: Be gentle with me OK?
« on: April 16, 2011, 09:57:20 AM »
Quote from: flytime on April 16, 2011, 09:08:07 AM
Gotta go with Ralph on this one. Just be honest. Keith on the other hand :screwy: :screwy: ::). In your case, you have other boats to play with. My case, I just have to bitch for Ralph, Skip, Keith, or anybody else that will have me ;D.

I would totally agree, NO KITCHEN REMODELS!!!!  >:D . But at $4000, we're not talking about problem free, turnkey money either...... :screwy:

Ray

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Jet Pumps / Re: Too much power!?!?
« on: April 16, 2011, 09:44:13 AM »
Quote from: HomeBlown57 on April 16, 2011, 06:21:04 AM
Thanks for looking Ray. Do you have any details of what happened?

Naw, I never got the whole story on it, but the boat did sink, bowl almost gone, nozzle, droop, etc hanging on the thing only by the cables, and a good portion of the transom and suction housing severely damaged. I was thinking it was Proppy that sent them, but I guess not.

Ralph has given you the real reason though!  ;) The HP is only a catalyst, as is throttle control, pump condition, etc. The result is the aftermath of these three things given the right circumstances.  I was sent the pictures when I started this whole blown/injected E-85 dealio (Yes, it's coming along guys!!!  ;) ) and was told by both Tommy at JBP and Duane at HTP "Are you friggin NUTZ??????". Moo's JE has a SS impy now..........I also upgraded the shaft, wear ring, and went with a 1350 driveline.....hence the motor mount change and pump brace idea..... 8)

If you think about it, it costs $$thousands$$, even with a BBC, to get  the engines HP to the levels we're talking about. 500 HP and above is not cheap. Is the $500-$600 difference in the cost of a SS vs aluminum impeller really worth chancing it if you're at or near these levels? And the Impy is really only ONE component in the jet that should be upgraded. Would anyone try this in a car using a stock transmission or rear end????

Ray


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Engine Mechanical / Electrical / Re: Installing MSD distributor
« on: April 15, 2011, 08:46:40 AM »
Quote from: Vegas on April 15, 2011, 12:17:04 AM
I have the switched +12v from the ignition ran to the + term on the coil, along with the red wire from the dizzy.  Black ground wire ran to the terminal block ground on the back of the motor. Grey wire ran to tach. And the orange wire ran to the - term on the coil.

Just thinking, but double check, then maybe run the ground directly to the block, not the terminal bus. Bad ground??? 

Ray

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WTB / 10hp 4 stroke outboard WTB
« on: April 15, 2011, 08:30:23 AM »
No, no no.......I did NOT go to the darkside........ 8)

Friend of mine here in town is looking for one for a little v-bottom fishing boat he has. One of Casa Grande's finest.....so be kind.....for MY sake....

Anything out there ?

Ray

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Jet Pumps / Re: Too much power!?!?
« on: April 15, 2011, 06:52:53 AM »
I'm lookin', I'm lookin'.   I know I had a couple on my LT that blew up  (Coincidentally enough.......), Now to remember who sent 'em to me..... :sly:

Gawd Alzheimer's is such a fun disease..........But Easter's Coming!! I get to hide my own eggs again!!!!!!  :thumbup:

Ray

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Engines / Engine Parts For Sale / Re: WTB single plane intake
« on: April 15, 2011, 06:31:10 AM »
Not an Air Gap, but a pretty decent deal Gord!  ;)
http://losangeles.craigslist.org/sgv/pts/2321213182.html

Ray

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The No Wake Zone / Re: Dad's estate auction
« on: April 14, 2011, 10:45:23 PM »
Quote from: Nordie on April 14, 2011, 07:58:15 PM
Sucks you have to sell off all of your fathers prized possesions! Our family is getting ready to do the same thing, but we are going to try and hang onto everything we can!

Yeah, it does! But in reality? I got more than a full plate of projects, issues, and junk of my own.  O0  In the end, it would just be more $hit that MY kids would have to deal with...........

That '57 International/Howe Firetruck though? DUDE! I'd give both nuts to have THAT out here...........Not only will it climb up a cliff, doubles as a twin pressure washer, can empty a 25000 gallon pool in an hour or less, has it's original axes, ladders, siren and lights.........

I'm thinkin new tow vehicle!!!! :screwy:

Ray

And Proppy, there's a LONG, FUNNY, and VERY INAPPROPRIATE story behind the lawn jockey and my Pops and I............Mom had to call me to see if it was alright to include it,  ;D

It's yours. Dunno when we'll get it out here, but most likely when we move Mom out here maybe as soon as next month.   ;)

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The No Wake Zone / Re: You never know!
« on: April 14, 2011, 09:37:23 PM »
Oh no Nordie. So sorry bro. Thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. Gimme a call if ya feel like talking.

Ray

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The No Wake Zone / Re: Dad's estate auction
« on: April 14, 2011, 12:06:36 PM »
Quote from: Howard19 on April 14, 2011, 11:34:06 AM
He stopped LOL ;D

Ya think..............

I ran and almost bought another Biesemeyer 21' for 1800 the other day.........Thank gawd the woman sold it before I got there........ :banghead:

Ray

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The No Wake Zone / Re: Gasoline Coupon!!!!!!!
« on: April 14, 2011, 11:28:17 AM »
Quote from: Nordie on April 14, 2011, 08:55:26 AM
I have been fortunate as of lately to pretty much keep my truck parked! The downside is seeing nordie in a commuter car, also known as the toyota yaris  :banghead: but at $200 a week the Yaris is like $30 a week!

Now you GOTTA post pics of that!

Ray

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