I'm going to try to describe my experience as accurately as possible since this thread will be on the first page of google for people interested in this pipe.
First and foremost, its known this pipe can rip but its a pain to install...but there is hardly any detail about this pipe online, so I encourage those who have run it to share their experience. By the way, keep in mind I don't like wrenching.
Overall this thing works really really well. It has made me get better at riding. And that is the most important thing. Assuming you are coming from a stocker, (in my case a stock 650 6m6 with aftermarket prop) the pain in the ass you are about to experience installing the thing is well worth it, and I feel its price point is due to this blunt force trauma that is installing this pipe.
With just normal tools you will be 1/8 turning bolts allll day. lol. There were times I almost gave up and considered bolting on the stock pipe so I could just ride. You need to run at least 3 torqued bolts from the chamber to head and exhaust mani , and none of it bolts right up unless you have protecs head, cylinder, and whatever. Basically it was designed for a full protec limited boat. You need the rubber mounts, one on the head and two to the exhaust mani.
Protec customer service is patient and knows the pipe. The guy on the phone never steered me wrong figuring it all out. I was frustrated that i needed multiple orders that each took a while to get to me..
**official @JetManiac plug: he stocks protec parts but not the odds and ends I needed. He gave me advice on how to have them ship to get the parts faster. Great vendor**
I also had a lot of help from a friend online who ran the pipe for a while (but not the one I got) and gave me a great cooling diagram.
One HUGE complaint about installation...If you have a stock 61x or 6m6 cylinder you either need to find or make a bracket to bolt the chamber to it. Protec no longer makes this bracket. But the phone man linked me to a picture of the bracket which helped a lot as I basically crudely ground a piece of aluminum to work.
PERFORMANCE: Jet it right. Call protec. I went from 1.5 to 2.3 NS. All I can say is that I have the same power band as before but its just much stronger...lazy slob to toned athlete stronger. There is an emphasis in the power band though and that is in the mid range. It responds when you really keep on it.
Its for sure a project, but if you have more time than money it will make your jet ski better.
First and foremost, its known this pipe can rip but its a pain to install...but there is hardly any detail about this pipe online, so I encourage those who have run it to share their experience. By the way, keep in mind I don't like wrenching.
Overall this thing works really really well. It has made me get better at riding. And that is the most important thing. Assuming you are coming from a stocker, (in my case a stock 650 6m6 with aftermarket prop) the pain in the ass you are about to experience installing the thing is well worth it, and I feel its price point is due to this blunt force trauma that is installing this pipe.
With just normal tools you will be 1/8 turning bolts allll day. lol. There were times I almost gave up and considered bolting on the stock pipe so I could just ride. You need to run at least 3 torqued bolts from the chamber to head and exhaust mani , and none of it bolts right up unless you have protecs head, cylinder, and whatever. Basically it was designed for a full protec limited boat. You need the rubber mounts, one on the head and two to the exhaust mani.
Protec customer service is patient and knows the pipe. The guy on the phone never steered me wrong figuring it all out. I was frustrated that i needed multiple orders that each took a while to get to me..
**official @JetManiac plug: he stocks protec parts but not the odds and ends I needed. He gave me advice on how to have them ship to get the parts faster. Great vendor**
I also had a lot of help from a friend online who ran the pipe for a while (but not the one I got) and gave me a great cooling diagram.
One HUGE complaint about installation...If you have a stock 61x or 6m6 cylinder you either need to find or make a bracket to bolt the chamber to it. Protec no longer makes this bracket. But the phone man linked me to a picture of the bracket which helped a lot as I basically crudely ground a piece of aluminum to work.
PERFORMANCE: Jet it right. Call protec. I went from 1.5 to 2.3 NS. All I can say is that I have the same power band as before but its just much stronger...lazy slob to toned athlete stronger. There is an emphasis in the power band though and that is in the mid range. It responds when you really keep on it.
Its for sure a project, but if you have more time than money it will make your jet ski better.
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