SoCal Jet Boats
Tech Talk => Projects => Topic started by: beerjet on September 30, 2007, 09:25:25 PM
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I decided to install my fin today and what a load of shit that turned into . >:(
First I decided to level the boat off to make sure I knew where the balance point was and it was way far forward. I decided to just put it where another Saguaro jet had it . Easy enough right . WRONG ! I cut the floor open and then BAM ! An enormous bulge of foam . Fukin great ! >:( :-X
I started to chip the foam out while my brother was cleaning the fin and I would venture to say that there was probably at least 100 lbs. of sopping wet foam under the floor . Upon closer inspection the boat has full length stringers under the floor . I took a couple of pictures and I'll post them up later . I'm just now getting around to the clean up end of foam removal project. :'(
-beerjet-
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About that foam, I feel your pain brother !!!! My trash man still gives me dirty looks, but lighter is FASTER !! ;D If you have full stringers do you need to put a floor back in there ?
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So are you going to remove all the foam and flooring and rerig the boat with out all the BS in it ?
That fin is about 100lbs also.
I am sure glad you found something holding you back. I knew it should have been faster.
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If you have full stringers do you need to put a floor back in there ?
All I did was cut a rectagular hole in the floor . I originally thought all it had was a floor so the entire floor was not removed .
So are you going to remove all the foam and flooring and rerig the boat with out all the BS in it ?
That fin is about 100lbs also.
I am sure glad you found something holding you back. I knew it should have been faster.
All the foam was removed and after moving the trash can there was at least 100 lbs of sopping wet foam .
The boat is going to get completely gutted after the ming race , rerigged , and if I'm really good the rest of the year , Santa is gonna bring me a paddle for the pink boat . :o
To give it the spanking it so desperatly deserves ....... :o 8)
-beerjet-
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get in line buddy :'(
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and if I'm really good the rest of the year , Santa is gonna bring me a paddle for the pink boat . :o
To give it the spanking it so desperatly deserves ....... :o 8)
them are fightin words! >:D
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beerjet,
the trailing edge of the fin should be no further forward than 47-50" from the transom. This is on a jet, not an outboard or v-drive, they have other numbers that are more critical to their set up. jets are a different animal.
Plus you don't want to use a fin that's not the right size, I've never seen one yet that you can mount out of the box.
Too far forward on the mount and the boat will bow steer, too far back and it will starve the pump in a tight turn. This was passed on to my by Roger Weiman through his many decades of setting up jets. If you have another boat like your's to copy, you're ahead of the game. ;)
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Is 3" gonna kill me . I can still move it back about 1 - 2" before I'm up against the bilge bulk head . It's at 53" right now .
-beerjet-
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I am at 46" per Tom Papp
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I am at 46" per Tom Papp
No disrespect meant, but isn't Tom Papp deceased?
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No disrespect meant, but isn't Tom Papp deceased?
Correct.
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No disrespect meant, but isn't Tom Papp deceased?
Correct.
So how did Tom Papp recomend 46" on Jim's Sanger? ???
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So how did Tom Papp recomend 46" on Jim's Sanger? ???
he only passed away about a year ago, so its possible maybe he suggested it before then ???
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So how did Tom Papp recomend 46" on Jim's Sanger? ???
i think he raced a sanger or set one up
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Joshes "turn fin" on his Beezer is at exactly 46 inches (forward from transom) his jet is set back 6" ,the boat handles like a Formula 1 .... Tom
(https://www.socaljetboats.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi147.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fr319%2Fjetboatperformance%2Fjosh%2FDSC01283.jpg&hash=9ffd2aeca3159f4e8d0f451877f4aeefb2508454)
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That is one sexy bitch from behind! :o Is there any way we could get pics of the whole boat?
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That is one sexy bitch from behind! :o Is there any way we could get pics of the whole boat?
And the bottom where the fin is located?
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That is one sexy bitch from behind! :o Is there any way we could get pics of the whole boat?
I didn't want to jack this thread so i posted them in the showcase http://www.socaljetboats.com/index.php/topic,1784.0.html
I'll see if i can get a pic of the fin later Greg, i dont have one archived.
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I didn't want to jack this thread so i posted them in the showcase http://www.socaljetboats.com/index.php/topic,1784.0.html
I'll see if i can get a pic of the fin later Greg, i dont have one archived.
Thanks Josh. I'm just curious as to how they are mounted and if they improve handling. When you look at your Project Miller, other than the color and the engine, you're seeing my boat. Greg
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I didn't want to jack this thread so i posted them in the showcase http://www.socaljetboats.com/index.php/topic,1784.0.html
I'll see if i can get a pic of the fin later Greg, i dont have one archived.
I think those pics would be perfect here since it is on topic and it would be a contribution to the thread . I know I wanna see them .
-beerjet-
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Here they are, this is a cast Glenwood fin that has been "dropped though" as oposed to being bottom mounted, its 4" deep.
(https://www.socaljetboats.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi147.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fr319%2Fjetboatperformance%2Fjosh%2FResizeofDSCF0037.jpg&hash=0c634abd011ef9ff533c1af619c972aa6a9ec54b)
(https://www.socaljetboats.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi147.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fr319%2Fjetboatperformance%2Fjosh%2FResizeofDSCF0038.jpg&hash=109c3cb67991d69d0eac7d48c16910697afbee4e)
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Here they are, this is a cast Glenwood fin that has been "dropped though" as oposed to being bottom mounted, its 4" deep.
(https://www.socaljetboats.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi147.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fr319%2Fjetboatperformance%2Fjosh%2FResizeofDSCF0037.jpg&hash=0c634abd011ef9ff533c1af619c972aa6a9ec54b)
(https://www.socaljetboats.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi147.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fr319%2Fjetboatperformance%2Fjosh%2FResizeofDSCF0038.jpg&hash=109c3cb67991d69d0eac7d48c16910697afbee4e)
Josh!! Now that's cool and for those of us who are in the education stages The really helps. What does it look like from inside the hull? Greg
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I'm gonna move it back to 48".
(https://www.socaljetboats.com/cpg/albums/userpics/10034/normal_Fininstall019.jpg)
-beerjet-
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This is the boat I went to get measurments off of . The only other saguaro I've ever seen .
(https://www.socaljetboats.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi29.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fc290%2Fbeerjet%2Fsaguaro.jpg&hash=190b9712ea32d9c5314970c77f3f01ea6b95c724)
-beerjet-
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Josh!! Now that's cool and for those of us who are in the education stages The really helps. What does it look like from inside the hull? Greg
Picture? Not a chance, sorry no special secret just buried under a subfloor and a gas tank. I actually didn't install it , It was on the boat when I bought it. But it's bedded in epoxy much like a jet intake and secured with countersunk bolts.
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Picture? Not a chance, sorry no special secret just buried under a subfloor and a gas tank. I actually didn't install it , It was on the boat when I bought it. But it's bedded in epoxy much like a jet intake and secured with countersunk bolts.
Thanks Josh, I got the picture now! :) Greg
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This is the boat I went to get measurments off of . The only other saguaro I've ever seen .
(https://www.socaljetboats.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi29.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fc290%2Fbeerjet%2Fsaguaro.jpg&hash=190b9712ea32d9c5314970c77f3f01ea6b95c724)
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Omar ...trippy and interesting Josh's boat IS a "cousin" of that saguaro.... Tom
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Whats even trippier ??? is how that Saguaro has two small rudders like a v-drive under it . When this pic was taken , Jack McClure rigged the boat so the Jacuzzi nozzle stayed stationary in the turns . Later the boat had a place diverter installed that does turn and goes up and down with the ride plate via foot control . My understanding is that it turns on a dime.
-beerjet-
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That boat was run at the '05 Parker 300 by Tim Demerit, it handled very well but was slower than a snail. The fin Omar has came out of a liberty that had absolutly no #s on it and was super thin everywhere except the last 4' of the bottom, Race boat. You should be fine there Omar. Get er done man ! ;D
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I'M ON IT MUTHER FUKER ! GET OFF MY ASS ! :D ;D
Tommorrow is a new day . I talked to Dan Hurcules and he say the owner is still in alaska . He's been there since I could last remember .
-beerjet-
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I have a handfull of pictures from my install and now that I have a little time , I'll load them up and post um .
-beerjet-