Sortin through all this today, I found a brown box that I ignored. RJ looked in it and brought me this! 



LOL I guess he plans for me to get lost! This thing is the size of a globe! At least 6" in diameter.

Mead, I can see it coming in handy, River? or these local lakes? lmao.....

Gonna put it on the thing tho! Apparently came from it!

Ray

I'll go check my shed Tony. I know there's a set in there, somewhere........

What'ya want for the Centerrisers Terry? Thread jack! sorry.

Ray

Edit: Here's the pics





Ones ok, one is cracked on the outside of the mounting flange. need cleaned up, nut should work fine.

Lemme know!

You run that thing HARD too though Tony, I'd probably spend a little more and get some better hardware in that top end.  Just my .02

Sounds awfully cheap, but might be cutting you a lot of slack since he's built it before.......and before......and........

Ray

WOW! OK, Trash this hull, put all this stuff into Moo!.........I got another T/R and a few carbs around.....

Jeezuz that thing looks scarey! Diggin how he did the controls tho!  

Ray

Dug through all the stuff sorting out what's going to A&D, what I got to deal with, clean up around Moo so I can get her out! Barricaded the poor thing!

One nice surprise! 16 of 'em.....With the cams and intakes, Somone was planning a lil more HP thatn I was! 





Kinda cool, the Bennett hydraulic trim tabs. Look more like cookie sheets to me.





The Pumps appear to me to have already been done! I ain't no expert, PO said his uncle had them done, but couldn't swear by that.

looks like detonation to me! need better pics of the cylinder walls

X2! PM the pics to Enginedoctor, he can tell better. You made out like a horsetheif on that dealio!

Got plans for the manual header valve? I can hear Pickle needing one!

Ray

Yeah, that's Pickle! Gotta finish up the gel restore and wax on that and post pics! Nordie got me turned on to how to polish the thing out! New boat has me pre-occupied, lol.

Boat MAY be for sale soon, we'll see. Hate to do it, it is VERY unique and original.

Ray

I just want to see twin rooster tails! I think it will look cooler than that youtube boat cause they're more spread out.. Isnt that why everyone build jets?! Its the rooster factor!

Well, could be! I dunno. As a kid I remember Unc's Sidewinder able to pin our lil heads against the swim rails in the back jump seats!

We'll see where the speed comes in on this, for now, yes, it will have MONSTER roost, it HAS too! Kinda like a fluffer that doesn't put out, makes no sense. It's not gonna have much else goin for it!

I'll start postin pics of it's progress tomorow. I been working on the logistics of getting what MAJOR Mechanical compenents where they need to be right now, and underway! THIS WILL FLOAT THIS YEAR! I made the commitment to Father's day, and I stand behind that right now!

Ray

That sucks lil bro, the first dent is the worst......

I remember mine, it was in my 1970 Chevelle, But my dents were on the roof. ( on a residential street )after we flipped it back over i drove it home yanked the motor stuffed it in my Camaro and junked the chevelle



Atleast you can have yours repaired 

OK, there's a STORY behind this one!!!!! Fess it up 2Sav! 

Ray

Twin steering can't be any worse than my Pickle was! With the new steering, WHOA! a lil too easy. Doesn't have the little set screw know on it to increase the tension either. We're going dual cables, short and simple.

The F/R levers are dual, but can be operated with one hand. They also control both throttles at the same time. Cool how they work, but going to take some getting used to. Neutrel is idle, FWD open the buckets, and runs the throttle from there. Same with REV, but closes the buckets first. Getting the cables adjusted to the click stops will be fun, seeing how it has to happen on the water, as it's the only way to find true neutral on any jet setup.

Then there's the switches for the hydraulic trim tabs and diverters......

Ride requests will abound, I'm sure......... Tearing into finishing the transom tonight and tomorrow, Hopefully have the floor stringers and floors in by next weekend. Dunno if I should just start another thread on this or not! We've kinda convoluted this one, lol. (Brad?)

Ray

not when you make suggestions like that   

LOL! Ok, I'll shut up and mind my own business now......

Ray

I wouldnt do the system where you have 1 cable controlling both nozzles that are linked together via tie bar....stick with the dual rack system and run 2 cables....this way you have a backup if one fails. the other way you are screwed if the one fails.....and if the tie  bar fails, it could get REAL ugly REAL quick

I agree. Part of the charm of this deal is if one engine/jet/nozzle/whatever fails, they can be run independantly to get ya home,  

Ray

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