SoCal Jet Boats
Tech Talk => Projects => Topic started by: B.Friend on April 18, 2013, 12:15:19 PM
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I am Bryan From PDX my pops is always on the forum lurking and enjoying all the boats so it was time for me to get my feet wet.
18' Hawaiian
Berkley Jet
455 Olds
It will be a good project and excited to get it in the water today!
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I love watching these builds. Take lots of pics and Good luck with the build. Looks like a Great start.
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Thank you it was a good deal and a sound hull so it s a good start and the motor is fresh it is just dirty from sitting in a barn for the last winter
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Welcome to SCJB ;D
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The one thing about building a new hull is your proud of it when your done. Good luck nice start
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Got It in the water today after some carb work, It is now in its new home in the back of my house in the water for the summer!
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looks nice. bigblockchevy is right, theres nothing better then taking your boat out knowing that its on the water and running just right because of your own two hands. is the motor stock ? i also have a 455 in my boat
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The gentleman I purchased the boat from bought a rebuilt motor from a friend he said, He told me it was 10/1 compression but did not know much else. So today if it does not rain I am going to replace the valve cover gaskets since one leaks a little and see what the rockers look like. It has parts on it to suggest it does have some work done to it. I am hoping its a 9/1 motor since I have a 671 available and that would be perfect. But the wiring on the boat was hacked since he pulled a lot of gauges and random things out of the boat for another one and was not very graceful. First pic is the Home of the boat for the summer and second was yesterday getting it in the water and running with water and checking everything then drove it to the house boat. My dad was excited for another boat to be at the house.
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yeah when i got my boat the wiring was hacked as well. the dude actually used an extention cord as wiring for all the gauges :sly: what carbs are on there ? i wanted to pull the motor and put a 468 in mine but summer is already here and im just gonna enjoy the boat this summer. have been thinking of going dual carb
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Dual 600 holleys I set them up today after replacing the starter. Went out for a little and ended up with a massive intake leak to back to work tommorow.
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And the wiring started today but started raining so had to stop back at it tommorow.
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Here is a picture of the start of the wiring harness.[attachimg=1]
And Friday quick run up the Columbia to check some stuff on the boat.[attachimg=2]
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Got 10 hours of work in yesterday, got the wiring to the motor all re done now time to tackle the boat harness but that is the easy part. Still need to relocate the diverter plate hydraulic box. Also got the stereo half way installed with a new Pioneer deck and Hertz Audison HSK 165 separates in custom kick panels. I am changing the color of the carpet to grey also. I will install the subwoofer today and work on the interior then out for lunch best date machine ever lol.[attach=1]
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What a week, had a ton of carb issues and fuel issues. But got it all worked out. Go Pro videos from
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Here are a few pics from the weekend