Aiight, just texted a bud of mine that's from the area in Cali. He usually goes back and forth a lot and I dunno if he's going over Memorial day or not. Might be an in there, I gotta pick the blue boat back up from Jeremy after then anyway, so might work out, Josh. Cross your fingers, lol

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I don't know chit about your hull, but you should be able to do 50 with a fairly stock motor and get there pretty easy(tight jet, good tune ect.). Part of the reason peeps do pump setbacks is tho move the weight(engine) back. Putting the motor back would be wise IMO.

X2.

First lesson I learned on here, and I think it was Terry that pointed it out, jet boats like the "Junk in the Trunk".

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Is this a new guage Ralph?

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The kids only felt comfortable taking pics along this long, no wake zone stretch where the SRP (Salt River Project) feeds the lake. Where we beached and all the boats and people kinda hangout. Yeah, it is more or less a river at that point. And they constantly open the locks and close them, so you need to pay attention to the current and your boat or it may be beached for hours, lol.

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Ray, I know where you live !   

Ooops..

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Ranger Bob, (sorry, it was RIGHT there), call Thomas (Bunny boy to us that know him, he likes that, trust me) at JBP. (Jet Boat Performance)). He's prolly done more conversions than anyone on the planet.

While I like the old Panther commercials, and the Panther drive on 21' and over boats for cruising, the sad fact is if you want a runner, Berk and /or AT is the way to go, or some combination of the two on a jet drive.

Converting from one to the other is a major issue. Fiberglass work, etc, let alone the hull integrity issues. Call Tom on this.

Tom's gonna KILL me, my Diverters gonna cost me like 3k now! Lol.

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You mighta hit it there Glenn., and answered the riddle. If the TC was bad enough to fugg up the dizzy gear a bit (and prolly the cam gear as well), new TC, well cures the "problem", at least momentarily in my lil brain.

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Figured I'd show some pics of the latest trip to Saguaro lake with the Blue Meaney boat. Was a lot of fun, and yeah, it rides a LOT better up there, lol. Only could GPS her at 48 WOT, something we'll fix this summer (When my son'd not looking, he's NOT a fan of me hot rodding the thing any). I think the parts are here to do it. But a beautiful lake.

Dunno where cadillac's boat sank, maybe we need the SCJB Recovery team to recover it as well, from the sounds of it. Only 50 feet down somewhere on this thing.

























Some of us have been on this lake, but far more never heard of it, had a great time every time I been there thus far, 'cept for the Moo beating I took trying to hot rod it! (Even then had a good time, the beating effects kicked in on Monday morning, lol.

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anything over 70-75, get the kids out of the boat and your jacket on....dumbass

LMAO Where were you a month or so ago Terry?

Yeah, I had no jacket on, no kids in the boat, however, but was fun! (And scarey). They're content with the blue one. Although the girls prefer the Moo, lol. Like you though, I cruise with it and give them a slight jolt now and again.

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We're hoping he likes the water!

Looks like he has the balls to do it!

LOrd help me, Beerjet's rubbing off too!

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QUITE a bit above fitty bucks!

5k was a number tossed out there.............

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Never seen 'em, but did remind me of the first time my crazy ass uncle got me up on skis on the Ohio river. I musta been about 10 or so, and once I got up finally he decided to see how fast and crazy he needed to go to knock me off!. He had an old Sidewinder at the time, 455 Olds if memory serves me right, and wasn't fast at all by our standards, but blistering to a 10 year old.

Didn't take long, and I like an idiot, listened to him telling me "You almost had it that time, try this and this, and I'll try and slow down a bit". Fell for that sheit 6 times! He still tells that story to his grandkids. Somewhere is an 8mm film of the events from my horrified mother on the dock, lol.

He did nearly the same thing to me after I moved out here and he had his Blown Biesemeyer, I was 30 something at the time then. yup, he got me again and again at Saguaro Lake. The phucker is a talker!

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RJ's gonna get a woody when he see that Terry! That is nice!

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