Recent content by gabeM

Splash! I've seen others run into this same issue... Blowsion pole bracket seems to sit pretty far back with the stock mounting holes. Has anyone moved it forward a bit? I haven't checked clearance with the pole yet, but I'll probably move it forward if it clears.

Decided not to use these on my ski. Looking to get $150 each plus shipping. Located in west michigan if you want to grab them locally.

geeez

I need to finish my project FX first anyways... ha.

Damn... this is tempting, and you're not far.

Back at it. I think this should hold? 1 layer of 1708 over the tunnel itself, and 2 additional layers over the graft site. Can I run the exhaust straight back/parallel with the hull, or do I need to angle it upwards / get it above the water line?

It's been a minute, but I'm finally starting to look at the FX project again. In the meantime, we acquired these which had been sitting for 3+ years. I sold the sxi and trailer as-is, and cleaned up the SJ to ride until the FX is done. Before: Mostly done. I swapped out the filters for...

Looking good! Good to know on the ride plate height. I have nothing to add, but I'll be sure to check that on mine before I send it off for paint.

My little brother picked up an old square nose that was pretty rough, so the FX is on hold while I help him out. Chances of getting the FX together this summer with everything else I have going on just went to about zero. I won't make a full build thread for this one, but here's some photos for...

Small progress. I decided to start with the gunnels as it looked a little easier than reinforcing the pump area. I did one layer of 1208 on each side (in addition to filling the bond line). I might do one more layer on each side when I do the pump tunnel area (I'm not super concerned about...

Looking great!

I had a bit of free time this weekend. I cleaned up the pump area. removed the last bits of foam, knocked down the high spots from the initial pump graft, and scuffed everything up in prep. for reinforcement. I did a bit of work on the bottom as well, but didn't grab any photos. Is there a...

Added a few more photos above... I was having issues uploading them last night. Tacked it in place with chopped strand/cabosil mix. Alignment seems great after pulling the fixture off. I'm not sure on the best route to fill in the large gaps from the offset pump yet, but I'll figure...

Pump alignment time! After some trimming, I used a mix of techniques I've seen on here, plus some additions of my own. I decided to go with the SJ driveshaft for a ~2" setback from the stock FX pump location. I used an 'alignment fixture' I picked up from another build (insert citation). I...

Finally making enough progress to post something on this, so here goes. I picked up an FX-1 hull a year or so ago with a handful of goodies. Probably over-paid slightly, but I've wanted an FX project for a while. This is my first 'big' project involving fiberglass, hence the 'over my head'...