SoCal Jet Boats
Tech Talk => Projects => Topic started by: TJS Nordic on August 03, 2010, 07:40:17 AM
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Ok here is the deal. I need a bigger boat. The wife wants more room and so do I. I also want to be able to take on a little larger wakes without slowing down to a craw and putting the diverter up all the way and plowing through the wakes. Sooooo, here is what I found. Anybody have experience converting an outdrive to a Jet.
21 Foot Baja with a bad mercrusier v-6/I/O engine. The for sale add states the engine is seized. So I want to transplant my Jet and blown EFI engine into the Baja. I would have to do a setback intake for it to try and keep the engine in the original location. I am also thinking an intake spacer between the intake and the pump housing in order to keep the driveline angle correct. The exhaust would be thru transom headers. I know wiring and fuel systems would have to be modified. This is cake for me. Making or modifying engine mounts would also be pretty easy. I would want to keep the “stock” transom adapter and not use “home made plates” for the transom. This would entail making the stock Berk transom adapter longer by welding in flat stock. Again, pretty easy. If I get this thing I do not expect to be on the water till next year. I still need to see if the boat is still for sale, but I am just thinking I could do this and have a pretty cool boat.
Or should I just look to re-power the thing with a Mercruiser 350 Chevy. The add also states the outdrive has less than 50 hours on it, but I would still go thru it anyway.
Thanks.
T.J.
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We've done and participated in just about ever type of drive conversion going , big thing is whats the bottom configuration (deep V, radius , delta ) was this hull co-produced as a jet as well ? Tom
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We've done and participated in just about ever type of drive conversion going , big thing is whats the bottom configuration (deep V, radius , delta ) was this hull co-produced as a jet as well ? Tom
Tom it is more of a Deep-V. I do not think they made a Jet version. Do you have any thoughts on this. Like "you will mess this boat up like no tomorrow". Or "maybe but look out for the finikin pin".
Thanks.
T.J.
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Ok here is the deal. I need a bigger boat. The wife wants more room and so do I. I also want to be able to take on a little larger wakes without slowing down to a craw and putting the diverter up all the way and plowing through the wakes. Sooooo, here is what I found. Anybody have experience converting an outdrive to a Jet.
21 Foot Baja with a bad mercrusier v-6/I/O engine. The for sale add states the engine is seized. So I want to transplant my Jet and blown EFI engine into the Baja. I would have to do a setback intake for it to try and keep the engine in the original location. I am also thinking an intake spacer between the intake and the pump housing in order to keep the driveline angle correct. The exhaust would be thru transom headers. I know wiring and fuel systems would have to be modified. This is cake for me. Making or modifying engine mounts would also be pretty easy. I would want to keep the “stock” transom adapter and not use “home made plates” for the transom. This would entail making the stock Berk transom adapter longer by welding in flat stock. Again, pretty easy. If I get this thing I do not expect to be on the water till next year. I still need to see if the boat is still for sale, but I am just thinking I could do this and have a pretty cool boat.
Or should I just look to re-power the thing with a Mercruiser 350 Chevy. The add also states the outdrive has less than 50 hours on it, but I would still go thru it anyway.
Thanks.
T.J.
Grow a pair and put a Bravo I outdrive on that thing and have some fun 8)....A pump would be more work than it's worth IMO...The Baja boats had a funny bottom literally developed for a stern drive. They have a very sharp keel and the amount of reshaping necessary would be deal killer for me....I have a Bravo I drive (actually two of them) all we need to do is come up with a transom assembly, all the other crap will work with the Bravo..... :thumbup: :thumbup:
A built Bravo I can live with up to about 800 HP before mods need to be made. :sly:
GT