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Boat Showcase / Re: NORDIC454's 2011 updates
« on: July 12, 2011, 05:02:20 PM »
they gonna clear your valve covers?
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Lake Havasu / Re: Best part of Havasu for jets?
« on: July 10, 2011, 06:39:10 PM »Yeah, I've been on havasu but never with my boat. Never been on the south part of the lake. Any idea of good spots to launch down there?
like kaotyk said you can go to havasu springs, or if you dont wanna go as far you can launch at cattail and just drive the boat further south while on the water.
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Lake Havasu / Re: Best part of Havasu for jets?
« on: July 10, 2011, 06:24:09 PM »So other than leaving it on the trailer and in the parking lot, and parking it in the channel all day...where are the best places (most calm water) to run a jet? Or is it all pretty much the same?
ive always heard to go south by the dam. less people. plus all the people that wanna be seen go north. (copper canyon, sandbar) guaranteed to be more people up that way. i would stick to going south.
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Engine Mechanical / Electrical / Re: leaking gas tanks
« on: July 09, 2011, 11:32:01 PM »its official... my boat leaks gas.... and it comes a day before i go to the lake...
soo now i am lost... does anyone know about gas tanks... i have built in poly tanks and there is a seam that the gas is leaking out of.... so i think i gotta replace the tanks....
i need help, ideas, guidence,... anything can help right now....
thanx
i just went through this. i had the fiberglass tanks in my boat. i finally bit the bullet and ripped them out and put aluminum tanks in that i found on craigslist. i tried to patch the fiberglass tanks i had but they just kept leaking. so i wouldnt try and fix/patch them. its like putting a band-aid on a broken leg. the only fix is to get rid of the tanks and replacing them with aluminum or ss tanks. seriously man. a water leak is one thing but a gas leak is just down right dangerous. when mine were leaking, the only thing i could think about was seeing those pictures of boats that burn down to the water line. its scary as hell bro. you dont want to be spending your whole weekend worrying if your boat is gonna catch on fire. just for piece of mind man. makes you feel alot better. keep your eyes out for alum/ss tanks on craigslist/ebay. or buy em brand new, they are spendy brand new. but seriously im telling you this from experience. get rid of your tanks.
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Engine Mechanical / Electrical / Re: 429 issues...
« on: July 09, 2011, 08:40:03 PM »
That boat is sweet. How fast were you guys going in the video?
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The No Wake Zone / Re: If you could hang...
« on: July 06, 2011, 10:04:39 PM »
I think Kyle Busch is a spoiled rotten A-hole...
well said GT. i whole heartedly agree with you. yeah the guy can drive. but he is a little spoiled crybaby. cant stand the guy.
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The No Wake Zone / Re: so whats your guess on my speed?
« on: July 06, 2011, 06:52:57 PM »
my guess is 50-55 mph. my buddy has a 21.5 foot daycruiser with a panther and BBC and does an honest 45mph. if he can get that tugboat up to that speed you can fo sho hit 50-55.... 
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The No Wake Zone / Re: If you could hang...
« on: July 05, 2011, 09:36:04 PM »
Tony Stewart, Cameron Steele, "Pistol" Pete Sohren, Mark Post, and last but definately not least Danica Patrick
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The No Wake Zone / Re: When the boat runs good I can give my other baby some Attention
« on: July 05, 2011, 04:39:30 PM »I'm just trying to find out how to get a good setup on a torsion front end
Take out the torsion and run coilovers.
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Engine Mechanical / Electrical / Re: bilge pumps
« on: July 05, 2011, 01:59:12 PM »
thanks guys. i figured this is one part of the boat i definately dont want to skimp on.
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The No Wake Zone / Re: REALLY!!!!!!!
« on: July 05, 2011, 12:00:34 AM »Only i would get pulled over and get a ticket on the 4th of july awesome !
speeding or what?
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Engine Mechanical / Electrical / bilge pumps
« on: July 04, 2011, 10:21:02 AM »
What's everyone running for bilge pumps? Where are your water dumps from the bilge pump? I have a rule 500 gph on a switch on my dash and was thinking about switching to an automatic 750 gph. Would it wire up the same with the existing wires to my current pump? Does anyone have one of these self contained automatic bilge pumps? I'm not talking about the separate float switch. Just the ones where its all in the pump. The more I think about it the more I think I should just leave it alone. What do you guys think? Thanks.
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Fabrication / Re: Resurecting an old atlas band saw..
« on: June 29, 2011, 07:28:56 PM »
that thing looks like it weighs a ton.....beautiful work as always TJS. keep it up. how's life without the jetboat around?
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Trailers / Re: It's getting warm out !
« on: June 29, 2011, 04:40:41 PM »
bringing this back up.....check your trailers guys. hate to see someones outing get ruined by not checking out your trailer before you hit the road. 
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WarZone / Re: top 5 hulls
« on: June 29, 2011, 08:16:09 AM »
Hallett bubbledeck...... 
..............only cause I have one. Lol. 
..............only cause I have one. Lol.
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WTB / Re: Berkeley Jet Drive Rudder
« on: June 28, 2011, 08:07:07 PM »
tahiti looks killer man. where is the place in the picture? looks pretty nice there.
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The No Wake Zone / Re: Ryan Dun
« on: June 27, 2011, 04:24:50 PM »
No dude your right for thinking that way. I feel the same way. He was drunk off his ass and drove. What a moron. He not only took his own life but also his passengers life as well. And like you said he could have hit a car with a family in it. And of course he would have walked away without a scratch and would have killed the family in the other car. Cause that's how it always works. Drunk guy always lives and kills the other motorist. I'm not saying he deserved to die, no way. I'm just saying he was asking for it by doing what he did. You play with fire you will get burned. And well........he got burned.
Don't know your friend, but it sounds like he was a cool dude. RIP Mike.
Don't know your friend, but it sounds like he was a cool dude. RIP Mike.
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WTB / Re: WTB: short eng oil dipstick
« on: June 26, 2011, 09:58:27 PM »so far so good.
http://www.cpperformance.com/p-13638-chrome-plated-big-block-chevy-gen-4-dipstick.aspx
poked just thru the ports on my logs...
thanks for the link bro. just placed my order. along with a couple other things lol....never fails.
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WTB / WTB: short eng oil dipstick
« on: June 26, 2011, 05:57:29 PM »
anyone know where i can buy the shorty engine oil dipstick, like the ones that stick up in between the exhaust ports on my exhaust log. thanks.
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Engine Mechanical / Electrical / Re: spark plugs
« on: June 26, 2011, 03:27:49 PM »
Hmmm....I'm running ac delco R43T in my 049 oval port heads. I was told to run the short plugs in them. Now i am a little confused. Wonder if I could see some power and response gains like brandon experienced when changing plugs. Very interesting.
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WarZone / Re: Quick jokes
« on: June 24, 2011, 07:02:48 PM »
saw this on a back window of a pickup truck at wal-mart. thought it was funny.
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Boat Showcase / Re: Vids of my 78 Tahiti 460bbf
« on: June 21, 2011, 09:31:47 PM »
sounds bad ass when you stomp on it in the channel. lol and the guy behind the camera says "i dont know why hes pussy footin it" hahah
lol and the guy behind the camera says "i dont know why hes pussy footin it" hahah
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Boat Showcase / Re: Lets See Your Rides
« on: June 20, 2011, 07:58:44 PM »
here is another one. actually on the water in this pic.
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Projects / Re: 78 tahiti project...
« on: June 13, 2011, 09:01:17 PM »going to run it backwards though... i heard forward is loud.
uh oh here we go...lol.
btw it is amazing what this boat has turned in to. great job man.
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Boat Showcase / Re: Lets See Your Rides
« on: June 13, 2011, 08:55:00 PM »True that! Just noticed those beautiful Valve Covers!!! Wow!!! Wonder where you got em... lmao!!! Lookin great. Have a question, I come back mid October and I was wondering if Havasu, Parker or Laughlin would be a good Halloween weekend place? Costume parties and sick ass boats?
haha yeah the v/c's are lookin good. thanks again for that link. lol and about the costume party and jet boats......hahahah that would be a sight to see. but honestly i think it would all depend on the weather. i have never been on the water on parker or havazoo so i dont know about them. but laughlin and this stretch of river where i live (10 minutes from avi) would be cool as long as they are letting enough water out of the dam and weather permits. monsoon season out here is basically from end of july to october.