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Engine Mechanical / Electrical / Re: Carb Tuning Baseline
« on: May 20, 2014, 08:23:12 AM »
Stoked you guys got that running. Ever figure out what was sticking on the float?



Sent with my Fingers

Ya, it had a brass float and needs the nitrophyl  float according to John.  The brass float kept pinching when installed.  We just put a little "tweek" in the float to let it clear the metering plate.   Once we got it working, it was impressive what a difference it made.  When we got home, it got sent back for a re-check.

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The No Wake Zone / Re: Who was it?
« on: May 20, 2014, 08:05:48 AM »
The guy with the blown 21' Eliminator Daytona. , I think his name is Mike (don't know his screen name) went and got a bowl gasket for TJ, the other 21' Daytona.

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Engine Mechanical / Electrical / Re: Carb Tuning Baseline
« on: May 19, 2014, 07:53:22 PM »
Probably not what you want to hear, but I just went through this with my nephews boat.  Stock 454 vortec motor with small marine cam from Comp Cams, 850 Holley DP.  Boat ran good but would burn your eyes if you idled very much. We did the same thing, bigger jet, smaller jet, PV changes on and on but did seem to make much difference overall.   I convinced him to send it to C&J Engineering to have John make it right.  John said the 850 was to much carb on a stock 454.  I found a used 750 vacuum secondary carb and had John go through it.  The boat picked up 800rpm, accelerates hard, plains much quicker, I didn't have a gps, but seat of the pants was probable 5mph faster and it just purrs at idle with no more burning eyes..

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Gelcoat / Paint / Fireberglass Repair / Re: paint job
« on: May 19, 2014, 07:27:47 PM »
Are you looking for paint or gelcoat?

Just another option, TRG Fiberglass 626 991 9031. Todd is in Rowland Heights.

You beat me to it, I was trying to find Todd's number. 

Todd does both paint and gelcoat and has been involved in paint and repair on some of the baddest jet boats in So Cal.

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The No Wake Zone / Re: What F...... is this?
« on: May 18, 2014, 08:22:36 PM »
No problem, I am planning on throwing a couple small inner tubes up in the sponson's of my boat, but those would've worked great.


haha.

?????

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I'd run the sewer hose.  It's just blowing fresh air to ventilate the bilge.  I agree on using proper materials, and if this was for fuel or
oil, I would definitely say use the best hose you can afford.  This application, I don't see what you have to lose.

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Gelcoat / Paint / Fireberglass Repair / Re: Stringer work
« on: May 18, 2014, 07:35:57 PM »
Islander Marine in Ontario.  They would be my first choice if I was having someone else do it.

http://www.islander-marine.com/Pages/default.aspx

Or GS Marine in Norco, also top notch.

http://www.gsmarine.us/

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The No Wake Zone / Re: What F...... is this?
« on: May 18, 2014, 07:31:43 PM »
Those are stock floatation from the builder.  They actually are my favorite type of floatation.  If they are still holding air, I would put them back in in a heart beat.  They weigh nothing, can't hold water, won't rot, and if your worst boating day happens and you sink it, they will help keep the nose afloat so maybe someone can attach a line a drag it back up or at least pull it to the shore.  If you don't want them, I would gladly take them off your hands.

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Damn man, I want your Dad!  Any interest in an oldddddder brother Jake?   Congratulations. :thumbup:

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SoCal Lakes / Re: Lake Perris 5/18
« on: May 17, 2014, 08:07:29 AM »
Are you taking the boat in your avatar?  I haven't been to Perris in several years, but last time I was there I got kicked out before I was barely in the water, in a stock daycruiser with logs for being to load.  Then they wouldn't refund my money.
 Elsinore is nasty, but it's hot rod friendly. Just a heads up.

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I've bought a few of these types of bimini's over the years, and I've always been happy to have them when the 115 degree sun is baking your brain while floating.  Just remember, they don't like speed.  As long as your cruising,  they're fine in my book.

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The No Wake Zone / Re: Dip stick
« on: May 16, 2014, 09:24:36 PM »
Cold is more accurate reading.
 Is this a little or a lot of oil blowing out?  It seems like you have bigger issues than oil coming out the dipstick tube.  You say you have a spark issue????  What do you mean.  You said it won't idle,  can you keep it running if you hold the rpm up a little?  Is the carb still flooding.  This is a little difficult because you have multiple issues going on.

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The No Wake Zone / Re: Dip stick
« on: May 16, 2014, 09:15:20 PM »
How much gas has dumped into the cylinders/ crankcase?  I agree you need to check the oil level and see if it's full of gas.

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The No Wake Zone / Re: Dip stick
« on: May 16, 2014, 08:58:16 PM »
Maybe I should ask what is the issue your tuning out/for?  Usually oil blowing out the dipstick is caused by excessive crankcase pressure.

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The No Wake Zone / Re: Dip stick
« on: May 16, 2014, 08:39:06 PM »
Is this shooting out during cranking or running?

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The No Wake Zone / Re: Dip stick
« on: May 16, 2014, 08:33:26 PM »
How well is you crankcase vented? If you're not vented properly, the pressure has got to go somewhere.

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The No Wake Zone / Re: Engine oil drain
« on: May 16, 2014, 08:30:20 PM »
There's another school of thought that say's when you last ran the motor, you probable shut it down while the oil was hot, so any crud that is  in the oil has now drained down and is sitting in the pan ready to be removed.   If you fire it and warm the oil, you have now re-distributed any crud in the oil back throughout the motor, and chances are it won't all drain down before you're done draining it.  I guess it just depends on how critical getting all the shit out of the pan is to you.

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Any chance you can measure the steering cable for me?  And did you sell the gauges?

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Jet Pumps / Re: driveline
« on: May 15, 2014, 09:02:12 PM »
A bit of slop between the splines on the shaft and the coupler is normal .  Look at the splines on the shaft to see if they're starting to twist.  Normally if you have issues here it will be hard to get the coupler to slide with out binding.  Spread some grease on the shaft and reinstall it.  This will help tighten it up and quiet it down from clunking.  ( I'm feeling a bit uncomfortable now) ::) It's probably fine.

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Engine Mechanical / Electrical / Re: Engine leak down
« on: May 15, 2014, 08:43:03 PM »
Under 20% is considered acceptable.  Frankly, I use this more to diagnose a problem, finding out why a motor isn't running right. Racers like to do these looking for any little edge they can find.   If your motor isn't an all out max effort race motor, and you're just monitoring wear, this kind of searching for trouble can drive you crazy. :screwy:
 If you rock the crank back and forth a couple degrees while doing a leak down you can change the readings quite a bit.  What I mean is, at TDC you may have 20% + leakage, but you can rock the crank a couple degrees one way or the other and all of a sudden your leakage drops to 6%.  So is the cylinder bad?  Do you maybe have a valve that's worn a little and not sealing quite as well as it used to?  Maybe a little carbon build up.   Is there a scratch in the cylinder? See, this can make you go crazy. 
Monitoring  how the motor starts, idles, accelerates will tell you a bunch about your motor condition.  Watching your spark plugs for things like oil consumption or excessive unburned fuel will tell you you're getting close to maintenance time.  hope this helps.

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Engine Mechanical / Electrical / Re: Engine leak down
« on: May 15, 2014, 08:57:36 AM »
Curious what you're using for your leak down?  Most of the testers I'm familiar with show percentages.  Still doesn't seem bad though.

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Engine Mechanical / Electrical / Re: 21' open bow does 68mph
« on: May 15, 2014, 08:54:58 AM »
So then is 5500 all you can pull?  If you want to get to 6000, then you could start taking a little off the impeller to get that next 5-700 rpm.  Here's a impeller calculator I took of of Tom's web sight, you can play with this and see.

http://www.jetboatperformance.biz/pages/Jetdrive_Impeller_calculator.html

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Like crewchief is saying, it all has to work together, from the air coming into the carb, to the spent gas exiting the exhaust, carb, intake, compression, exhaust are all part of the equation.  Each piece helps pick the next piece.   Not knowing what your heads will flow, it's hard to suggest anything.  Then where do you want to make power at in the rpm range, above 4000 or done by 5000?  Sorting all this out ahead of time will get you  the results your looking for instead of people just guessing at what they think you need.  Have as much info and specs as you can on what you already have and then contact someone like Clay Smith cams, or Chris Straub Technology's.  These guy's will crunch the numbers and get you exactly what will work for your build.  Other people, like the local speed shop are just guessing.  If they're are not asking you these questions, then they don't know what they're talking about. JMO.  Good luck
http://www.straubtechnologies.com/

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Engine Mechanical / Electrical / Re: 21' open bow does 68mph
« on: May 15, 2014, 08:29:16 AM »
Yes on the gps. No pitot speedo. Turning an "a" impeller to 5500rpm. How fast with a "B" or "BC".

It doesn't really work like that.  You find where your motor makes peak power and then you run the appropriate size impeller to match that rpm.  So if you're already at or past peak at 5500 rpm, running a smaller cut will be going backwards.  Plus you'd probably kill your bottom end.  This is why most stock motors run an A cut.  There power is all in by 4000 rpm usually.

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The No Wake Zone / Re: Life just got real
« on: May 15, 2014, 08:22:15 AM »
Good news is your still here to be a dad and a husband!!  Cardiology has come an awful long way in the last 20 years.  I'm guessing since It's been several hours since you got to the hospital and you're posting here, they're not doing a by-pass.  Have they done a Angioplasty yet?
Heart disease runs in my family as well.  Like others have said, sometimes you're just born with it.  My brother will be celebrating his 2nd year since his 5 artery by pass in June, and no one could believe it happened to him, even the doctors said they were stunned because he appeared very healthy.  Life style change is the way to minimize future events, but that doesn't mean you can't still enjoy your life.  I am now on Lipitor and aspirin just as precaution, and I try to eat better, and exercise.  This is probably a good thing. Look at this as a good day.   You've found out you have an issue and you get the opportunity to deal with it.  As others have stated, a lot of people don't get that chance.  Best of luck to you and your future!!!

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