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RiverRat
12-09-2007, 07:29 PM
Took some video of the 1200 waterdawg motor today. I personally am very frustrated b/c I can feel the power in that motor but we just can't get it to hook up. We are testing with my SJ pump, TBM cone and C-75 impeller (13/17). Low end power you really can't even feel b/c the ski just cavitates so bad. Off idle it just horrible b/c of that. You can kind of feel a power band want to come on from time to time but then then it will slip. You can see where it is cavitating when I was riding it. I stayed low in the RPM's the would goose the throttle............you can almost hear the water in the pump chuggin. That and it felt like the carbs were loading up pretty bad on the low end. Once you got the RPM's up it would clear out and start to yank
We have not done any tuning on this motor yet. carbs are off as you can kind of hear and I think too much water is going into the pipe. It just does not want to crack like it should. I am pumped to do some tuning on this thing :biggthumpup:
I think you guys will like the music :haha:
YouTube - water test waterdawg 1200cc (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0IsoIwRst8)
I am new to editing video so my transitions are kind of sketchy.
SuperJETT
12-09-2007, 07:41 PM
Video not working?
WaveDemon
12-09-2007, 07:43 PM
is that your 1200? I thought you were building a 927.
WaveDemon
12-09-2007, 07:43 PM
Video not working?
not working for me either. maybe it's not done uploading?
RiverRat
12-09-2007, 07:47 PM
is that your 1200? I thought you were building a 927.
It is my buddies motor. It was a easy bolt b/c my hull was all ready for a 66e motor. Plus we are renovating his hull at the moment.
There is allot of power in that motor and as you can see we just could not get it to grab. Once we do some tuning and get the right pump under that platform it should be a handful.
RiverRat
12-09-2007, 07:55 PM
We are also running bone stock electronics and pump gas
RiverRat
12-09-2007, 08:24 PM
Now that I watch the video over again I think the carbs were leaning out towards the end. It was a little low of fuel and I think it was starting to bog. The 1200 drinks fuel. We went through 2.5 gallons in about 15 minutes
rasper99
12-09-2007, 08:28 PM
Please spend the $20 to get a tripod. It's hard to concentrate on what's happening when it's moving around.
sjweber
12-09-2007, 08:31 PM
sounds awsome though. so that is macks motor? sweet. Looks good in t that hull dude, it should just stay there. haha just kidding squid. nice job guys
theskiclinic
12-09-2007, 09:03 PM
just wait til you get the mag in that !!, I am running the 144 set back mag with 14/21 in mine , also tried 16/23 in the 144 -- and also ran the 148 mag -- the 144 mag is the hot ticket --
good job guys.
squid
12-09-2007, 09:06 PM
We had a blast on the river today. Hunter great title song, SQUID! I think the motor is incredible and Jeff never told me that a 144 pump would work. I was impressed with the pump but it just could not keep up with the power of 1200. From time to time I read some negative things about WD. I have found Jeff to be great to work with and think anyone who would purchase any other high end motor is nuts. The 1200 is incredible and I can not wait to get it tuned and setup correctly.
Waterdawg Kustomz
12-10-2007, 12:28 AM
It looks freaking cold in that video. Give yourself a couple of days between tuning sessions to let your balls drop. :skull2::eek5: Seriously, I am glad to see it on the water. Let me know if you need any help with the tuning.
Jeff
try a taller prop for the time being.....the 13/17 is like, so 701 :)
SuperJETT
12-10-2007, 09:59 AM
try a taller prop for the time being.....the 13/17 is like, so 701 :)
It's a big hub C-75 impeller with TBM cone, much harder to push than what you're probably thinking.
MADMAT
12-10-2007, 10:01 AM
Magnum pump on ebay now.
Its a 140mm
superramjet
12-10-2007, 11:47 AM
when we ran luke's 1200 in my octane we used a 144mag with a 16/23 prop. i've also tried stock 144's, mag 140's, mag 148's, mag 155 and stock 155. the 144mag is the best deal
Big Kahuna
12-10-2007, 11:49 AM
agree, needs way more prop.
RiverRat
12-10-2007, 05:33 PM
agree, needs way more prop.
I remember my lamey running really well with this prop set up and we kind of knew that the 1200 would be under propped, but we did not know the extent. The fact that it spun the impeller as bad as it did is promising. Thing definatly makes the power. :fing02:
Is that the motor Squid sold on EBAY?????????????????
Tim
Big Kahuna
12-10-2007, 06:59 PM
he never sold it.
FLY6584
12-10-2007, 07:11 PM
It's a big hub C-75 impeller with TBM cone, much harder to push than what you're probably thinking.
Nope actually that exact setup (C-75 13/17 Swirl & TBM Cone) was recommended to me by Kevin @ Legdrag to run on my stock 701 with a bpipe, head, and enhancer.
hmmmmmmmmmm I remember that auction well. It did not get much action, looked as though it would go quite cheap. Then suddenly at the end got high bids and was sold to someone overseas.
Fishy
RiverRat
12-10-2007, 07:21 PM
Is that the motor Squid sold on EBAY?????????????????
Tim
He tried to sell it on ebay but some a$$ clown kept bidding just to see what the reserve was set at. After the auction ended the pressures for selling the motor calmed down so he decided to keep it. And although we could not feel the power yesterday he was stoked to finally get it on the water.
RiverRat
12-10-2007, 07:23 PM
Nope actually that exact setup (C-75 13/17 Swirl & TBM Cone) was recommended to me by Kevin @ Legdrag to run on my stock 701 with a bpipe, head, and enhancer.
same was reccomended for my standard stroke lamey PV motor
FLY6584
12-10-2007, 07:26 PM
same was reccomended for my standard stroke lamey PV motor
Correction: Actually I think the 12/17 C-75 TBM setup was recommended to me, but I ended up just going with a standard 12/17 swirl instead cuz I didn't want to spend the money on the TBM pump cone.
Still pretty similar though. I can definitely see that motor being WAY too much for that prop to handle.
RiverRat
12-10-2007, 07:34 PM
Correction: Actually I think the 12/17 C-75 TBM setup was recommended to me, but I ended up just going with a standard 12/17 swirl instead cuz I didn't want to spend the money on the TBM pump cone.
Still pretty similar though. I can definitely see that motor being WAY too much for that prop to handle.
It was the best pump set up we had on hand so we figured might as well try it. Even then, after riding it I can offically say I am done with 62t motors :Banane57:
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