So I figured I would start my own project thread. There has already been a lot of projects completed but the list never seems to end. The most recent project was the pump. I knew the old "B" impellor had seen better days and it was leaking a decent amount of water at the packing gland also. After talking with Tom @ JBP the pump was pulled and shipped to him. He did a full rebuild, installed a new alluminum "A" impellor and a new 17-4 shaft. He also stripped and repainted the pump and made some new aluminum transom adapters too.
After hours of scrapping silicone off the transom and a little polish work on the bell housing.
Fresh pump awaiting install.
Sand blasted and repainted the pump brace while I was waiting to get the pump back.
I also sent Tom my transom adapters so he could make me some new ones out of aluminum.
Old adapters.
New adapters after a little polishing.
Pump all bolted in
New transom adapters in place. Looks much better!
The finished product with the HPH and Place diverter I purchased from JBP last year. Set the ride plate to 2 1/2 degrees up. Ready to roll.
The boat GPS'd 54 mph @4900rpm with the old pump set up and with the new pump set up it GPS'd 57.5 mph @4750. It dosen't cavitate at all and gets out of the hole way better than it ever did with the old pump. A big thanks to Tom and his crew at JBP for all the hard work.
Next on the never ending list of projects is a set of Anodized Black billet swimsteps to match the rest of the billet on the boat. Like these.
http://danamarineproducts.com/ProductDetails.cfm?group_id=2&catid=17&productid=4319&CFID=615914&CFTOKEN=4a53542-4a17f8ee-fdd8-47a2-ae13-b90f907c2be6Then I would like to find some center rise manifolds to replace the current logs. Or maybe some lightning water jacketed headers would be nice also $$$.
And the list goes on and on...
I know, I know. I need to do some more polishing...
