SoCal Jet Boats
Tech Talk => Projects => Topic started by: bbfsouthwind on November 28, 2009, 03:21:51 PM
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Plans for the boat are:
*remove everything, put boat on dolly and get into garage
*Prep boat for new paint
*Blueprint bottom of boat, spray on speedcoat
*Re-build current motor and change cylinder heads, intake pistons etc., shooting for 500hp on 91 octane.
*Re-build pump, add straight snoot, ? impeller, loader and maybe a shoe and ride plate?
*Install rail kit and pump brace
*Boat already has new floor and stringers are in good shape
So far I have gotten everything out of the boat and organized, built a dolly and started prepping the boat for paint. Also have the engine and pump torn down waiting for parts as they come in.I will try and keep the thread updated with my progress, here are a few pics. I am hoping the boat will run around 80mph when my boat is set-up properly
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Boat on dolly, in garage. I had less space than i thought >:(
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Grinding and sanding out cracks in the gel-coat and fiberglass
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Sanding down the dash to fill all the holes and replace the wood behind
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90% of the sanding being done is by hand with no blocks. The rest of the time it is with an air file or a 3" or 6" da.
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man I have a garage four times that size and still only have as much room as you in that single i have to much sh-t cool project good luck :thumbup:
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I was also thinking about setting back the pump also While i have it all torn apart and get the intake machined for a shoe.
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What are you useing to fill the holes ???
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What are you useing to fill the holes ???
Depends on how large of a hole it is. The ones on the dash will have new wood glassed in behind them and then filled the rest of the way with fiberglass mat and cloth. Then short strand filler for smaller holes, like the ones all across the sides(about 3/16 holes) and on top some lightweight filler to fill the very small holes.
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Can't wait to watch all the fun you will be having!!! Projects like this one make me want to try out my own restore job on my Rodgers super cyclone but the money thing always stops me before I get my self in to deep.
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Can't wait to watch all the fun you will be having!!! Projects like this one make me want to try out my own restore job on my Rodgers super cyclone but the money thing always stops me before I get my self in to deep.
I couldnt afford to do any of this if i wasnt doing it myself, and i have a tight budget at that. But i cant stand having something that i dont like. It probably doesnt cost as much as you think :screwy:
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Iam with ya bud I have 76 phantom and iam going alot deeper and i feel the same way ck it out in projects keep up the good work :thumbup: :thumbup:
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The only reason i am starting at this part of the boat is because all of the floor and supports have been replaced by me about 4 months ago. Everything else is new too.
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I have been making steady progress the past week or two. Here are some pics.
Removing the old glassed in sh*tty gas tank brackets. :banghead:
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Some of what is left after some sanding.
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Second round of short strand filler
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After hand sanding with 80 grit
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First round of lightweight filler
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Got bored with that so i started sanding into the boat for the cap work.
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Still making progress but got a little distracted with a center console for my truck. Getting back on track, i am going to keep sanding the gel coat around the seam area so that i can lay down a layer of mat and cloth over it. And then start sanding and filling that. I am debating on what to do with the intake. It looks like the epoxy holding it in has come loose in a few places, and i was figuring i would ask and see if a pump setback would benefit me or not?
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looking good keep going great job :thumbup: Oh yea sanding sucks worst part of whole job i hate it I wish i could just snap my fingers and it be done
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Still working on getting the seam sanded down so that i can cap the boat. Then i am going to remove the carpet, stringers, transom wood, floor. Grind everything down and then fit new full length stringers in the boat ;D. Also going to remove the pump intake and send it off to get it machined for a rideplate and shoe. I am going to set the pump back so that the hand hole is out of the back of the boat
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looks great I sympathize with the sanding Ive been 2 days block sanding the first coat of primer on my boat
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Still working on getting the seam sanded down so that i can cap the boat. Then i am going to remove the carpet, stringers, transom wood, floor. Grind everything down and then fit new full length stringers in the boat ;D. Also going to remove the pump intake and send it off to get it machined for a rideplate and shoe. I am going to set the pump back so that the hand hole is out of the back of the boat
I know an easier way, but you will have to like Rootbeer Float as a color scheme... :sly:
GT
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I know an easier way, but you will have to like Rootbeer Float as a color scheme... :sly:
GT
What is the easier way?
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did you win the lotery or what ??? ;D
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did you win the lotery or what ??? ;D
Buy my Southwind 18 less motor and go boating...... ;)
http://www.socaljetboats.com/index.php?topic=4075.0
;D
GT
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It probably doesnt cost as much as you think
hahahahaha! no offense--it's just that's the line I give to my wife.
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That is a great looking boat GT, good luck with the sale :thumbup:. I have a nice 525hp 7500rpm small block ford that would make that boat go real nice :screwy:.Wish i would have seen something like that before i picked up this one :banghead:. But im young and dumb, so now i get to learn how to re-do everything on the boat ;D. It is alot of work but i already have my mind set on a certain color/paint scheme and i want everything to be just as i want it. I have a nice 525hp 7500rpm small block ford that would make that boat go real nice :screwy:
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hahahahaha! no offense--it's just that's the line I give to my wife.
Lol, good thing i dont have a wife ;D. I will update again once everything is out of the boat(pump intake, floor, carpet, stringers) I imagine its going to be one hell of an itchy job so i am just going to set aside one whole day to remove everything.