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realHawaiianJet

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Hawaiians on the Water
« on: September 02, 2008, 05:37:16 AM »
Some of y'all might know me from the Performance Boats website, where the massive build thread is, but I just figured that I would post up the first splash pics over here, too. That's me in the passengers seat, and my partner on the project in the drivers seat. He wanted to idle out of the no wake zone, so I let him, but then we immediately switch and I was first to get it on plane. Unfortunately, that's as far as I got because the exhaust rocker arm for the #2 cylinder came loose, so it was making a terrible clanking sound, so we just limped back to the ramp and pulled the cover, but I need to go get a lock nut and switch it out. So, tomorrow or Wednesday is the next ride, hopefully with some picks of it going by. And my dad is an awful cameraman, who doesn't know how to work the zoom apparently. But, I'm happy, everything else worked perfectly. I got the packings adjusted just right up at the house apparently, there was just a slow drip coming from them. But, there were also a couple other very slow leaks, but nothing a bilge pump won't fix. Thanks for everyone's help. Now here's the pics.



















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Re: Hawaiians on the Water
« Reply #1 on: September 02, 2008, 05:43:46 AM »
Here's a shot of us limping back to the ramp. :banghead:












Well, there's your problem! :P


Also, found a small very rusty chunk of metal laying in the right side head. Not really sure where that it came from, but it's out now.


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Re: Hawaiians on the Water
« Reply #2 on: September 02, 2008, 05:55:22 AM »
Good luck with the boat, you sure have a nice lake there.  If'n you get ready to improve on those seat covers there are guys here who could help you out with that (but can't remember who).
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Re: Hawaiians on the Water
« Reply #3 on: September 02, 2008, 11:34:38 AM »
Good luck with the boat, you sure have a nice lake there.  If'n you get ready to improve on those seat covers there are guys here who could help you out with that (but can't remember who).

Yeah, I've talked to them. I just don't have the funds to do it right now. :banghead: Oh and it's a river. ;)

For anyone who doesn't know, here's a link to my build thread over on PB.
http://www.performanceboats.com/html/forums/showthread.php?t=6709
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Re: Hawaiians on the Water
« Reply #4 on: September 02, 2008, 11:36:40 AM »
For anyone who doesn't know, here's a link to my build thread over on PB.
http://www.performanceboats.com/html/forums/showthread.php?t=6709


I think EVERYONE has seen it already ;D
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Re: Hawaiians on the Water
« Reply #5 on: September 02, 2008, 09:07:55 PM »
Alright, today I actually got to run it a little. Spent about an hour down on the river (until it got dark). I think the timing is still a little off and maybe some carb issues, so we didn't run it long. But, we made about 4 quick passes up the river. Wasn't able to give it full throttle because of the timing thing, but it had a sweet spot in the throttle that we were able to keep it in, where it would run great (probably around the 40 mph range), taking the GPS down tomorrow to get a real number on it. Can't tell ya' rpm's because that also isn't working. And we ran the headers hot and dry today, gonna play around with the water tomorrow because they made the whole boat hot. And it's nowhere near as loud as I was expecting, it sounds really good.





Full roost!!!! ;D Not big enough, yet!!!






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Re: Hawaiians on the Water
« Reply #6 on: September 03, 2008, 01:37:04 AM »
 Looking good HJ.  Your making me jealous with all that green stuff in the background and smooth water (lucky little bit##  ;)) .

 re, the rusty piece of metal .  Is it maybe a piece of the baffle in the valve cover ?
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Re: Hawaiians on the Water
« Reply #7 on: September 04, 2008, 05:00:05 AM »
I don't think that these valve covers have a baffle. But, it looks a little too thick to be part of the valve cover. Plus there is no rust on the inside of the valve covers. So I don't know, mystery piece I guess.

Thanks. :)
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Re: Hawaiians on the Water
« Reply #8 on: September 04, 2008, 05:01:01 AM »
Ok, today was a productive day. We started out by going through and adjusting all the valves. Then took it down to the river, were we figured out why it was acting funny. First off, when I take off I'm coming up to a steep enough angle that the secondaries on the carb aren't getting enough fuel because the fuel is moving to one side of the bowl, thus I need jet extensions. That's a minor issue. The big one was that we discovered that the points were breaking down in the distributor, making it run like crap. So, I'm getting rid of the damn points distributor. So first thing tomorrow, I'm going to call up Mallory and see if they can send me a wiring diagram, so that I can hook my Unilite distributor up to my current ignition box. If I can't do this, then I'm going to remove the ignition box from the picture and just wire it up like normal.

Sorry guys no pics tonight. And no GPS or RPM numbers either. :P

Thanks everyone. :)
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Re: Hawaiians on the Water
« Reply #9 on: September 04, 2008, 07:19:15 AM »
Take those points to the lake with you and throw them as far as you can  ;D
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Re: Hawaiians on the Water
« Reply #10 on: September 04, 2008, 06:51:35 PM »
Well, didn't get to see the water today. :( Installed the Unilite dizzy and got it all wired up, went to turn it over, and no spark!!! :banghead: Went through the Unilite test procedure, and we got no voltage drop when we blocked the light. So the module is bad!!! :banghead: Call up every place in town that might carry it, and the only place that did carry it, was sold out, he said he just sold 6 of them recently. So I went to Summit and placed an order for one, but payed the extra $$$ for overnight shipping, so it should be at my door tomorrow morning sometime. :) Then, hopefully I'll be off to the water and get a nice long test and tune, instead of 1 hour at a time, like I have been doing. ;D
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Re: Hawaiians on the Water
« Reply #11 on: September 04, 2008, 08:29:51 PM »
Yo Patrick CONGRATULATIONS on your Hot Rod ,finally in the water !! Tom
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Re: Hawaiians on the Water
« Reply #12 on: September 04, 2008, 09:10:42 PM »
Yo Patrick CONGRATULATIONS on your Hot Rod ,finally in the water !! Tom

Yo Tom, PM sent over on PB!!! ;D

Congrats on the new addition to the JBP crew Tom!!!!!!

Thanks for all your help Tom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)

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« Last Edit: September 04, 2008, 09:12:44 PM by realHawaiianJet »
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Re: Hawaiians on the Water
« Reply #13 on: September 07, 2008, 06:29:21 AM »
Well, I spent most of today on the river. :) And as usual the first run, right after putting it in, is the best of the day. But still only topped out at a whopping 46 mph. :( Then the rest of the runs were in the 35 mph range, better than yesterday, but still not great. :( It was more responsive today and I can hop it right up on plane. ;D But it still pops when I try to give it some more gas, but when I adjust the timing, the popping really doesn't change much, so I think that the timing is just about spot on, and there is something else going on. But, I can't get any of the people that I know that know how to tweak engines and stuff, to come down for a boat ride and I don't really know what to do anymore because the timing is damn close, if I turn it in either direction just a tiny bit, it runs worse but the popping is still the same. :banghead: One of my dad's friends from California and his daughter and husband were in town today, so we sat at the restaurant on the river and talked, then I took them for a ride. So that's what most of the pictures are of. Then, I let my dad take a solo trip, so I could see how it was doing and how loud it really is (and it's not really that bad). The boat is riding real wet though, but that might be because I'm only doing about 30-35 mph in the pictures. :banghead: See pictures in next post. :)

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Pictures!!! (Me driving)
« Reply #14 on: September 07, 2008, 06:33:10 AM »
Here's some pictures of me driving!!!!! O0















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More Pictures!!! (Pops driving solo)
« Reply #15 on: September 07, 2008, 06:36:19 AM »
Sorry a little blurry. :P










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Re: Hawaiians on the Water
« Reply #16 on: September 07, 2008, 08:02:03 AM »
What most of us wouldn't Give to make a couple passes on that absolutley flat glassy water !

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Re: Hawaiians on the Water
« Reply #17 on: September 07, 2008, 09:12:38 AM »
welcome to the sight=i was just thru lexington last week in corbin kentucky=my aunt lives there=would that be the cumberland river=never been to kentucky before this =great place

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Re: Hawaiians on the Water
« Reply #18 on: September 07, 2008, 09:39:03 AM »
welcome to the sight=i was just thru lexington last week in corbin kentucky=my aunt lives there=would that be the cumberland river=never been to kentucky before this =great place

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Nope, the Kentucky river. :) On the very southern point of Fayette county (Lexington) ;) The water is great and the boat traffic is minimal, so it stays flat almost all the time. ;D There is only 25 miles of river in the pool that I boat in, there are like 15 or 17 locks along the entire length of the river, and almost none of them work, so I'm basically confined to that 25 miles of smooth water. And most of the boats are fairly small (mostly pontoons, Bajas, and cruisers), unlike down on Lake Cumberland, with the big offshore boats.
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Re: Hawaiians on the Water
« Reply #19 on: September 07, 2008, 09:50:47 AM »
What most of us wouldn't Give to make a couple passes on that absolutley flat glassy water !

What I wouldn't give to make a couple passes over 30 mph on that flat, glassy water!!! ::)  :banghead:


I'm getting there though. I discovered yesterday that I had installed the Unilite dizzy wrong. So I got that figured out, and it ran better, but not much faster. But it is much more responsive, and just jumps right up on plane!!! ;D And today I discovered that I might be running pretty lean, and that is causing the popping. The spark plugs looked brand new still, when I pulled them out, even though they have several miles on them now. :banghead: Check out my thread on PB, if you get a chance. ;)

Thanks Tom!!! :) Have fun in the UFO today, hope it does better this time!!!! ;D
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Re: Hawaiians on the Water
« Reply #20 on: October 25, 2008, 09:05:42 PM »
Ok boys finally got around to getting some pics of my new shit!!! ;D I've only got one of the valve covers on right now cause I have to drill a hole in them :o for the breather and PCV, but you get the idea and it shows the step forward that is being made. Well here's the pics.







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Re: Hawaiians on the Water
« Reply #21 on: October 26, 2008, 09:23:07 AM »
 Nice valve cover HJ  ;D


 Did you solve your milkshake problem ?   I havnt looked at your threads on PB lately (to much of this going on )
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Re: Hawaiians on the Water
« Reply #22 on: October 26, 2008, 09:34:57 AM »
Yeah, the Bassett valve was backwards. :banghead: So I was getting water at idle, and the #8 cylinder took in a big gulp of water when my intake lifter popped out a couple weeks ago. I haven't updated this thread in forever, so it doesn't contain any of that information, but here's a thread over on NorCal that is up to date, and there is no bull shit to weed through.

http://norcalhotboats.freeforums.org/hj-s-junk-t60.html
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