Recent content by smokeysevin

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Do you need the whole assembly from head to hose? I have a 650 mid section but I don't know if that helps. Sean

I had to do a commissioning on a hydraulic control system on a jackup rig in Dubai last month, full frcs and ppe. It was miserable. 111 actual temp and humid, I figured it wouldn't be that much different than the weather in Houston during this heat wave, 107-109 at our house. Boy was I wrong, I...

I put off doing fiberglass prep on the inside of my hull as long as I could but I really want to be done with that part of the build so I am back at it again. I find bodywork to be miserable even when it is cool, 100+ makes it worse. I also probably should have cooled the resin down before doing...

Big fan of the kawasaki 4 stroke driveline setup. Its super simple to install and align and it just works even at 400+ hp. On the pump, what made you use the zxi setup vs the stx style 148mm or stock sxr pump? The cooling outlets on the newer pumps are a better design imo. Sean

To do the base map on my 15f, I measured for TDC using a dial indicator on number 1, then scribed the crank coupler and put a pointer on the crankcase that pointed at the mark. Then adjusted base timing offset using a fixed timing value in the ecu while cranking and just used a timing light to...

I grabbed the argon and tried my hand at it the other day, I can safely say I do not have a future career in doing anything that is airtight. Also, I found out that my gas hose has a leak in it and welding with dirty shielding gas is a nightmare. Good times... Sean

I was screwing around with a microsquirt, Pi 3, and pi display hooked to a serial board for my truck but never felt great about doing it with the ski since NONE of it would be water resistant enough. On my 15f I ran a megasquirt so I could do internal logging on the SD card. Ampseal is imo...

Took my red wagon from when I was a kid and stripped the inside, repared the crusty spots and threw some raptor liner on it. I snagged some 10x3.5 knobby balloon tires from harbor freight and threw them on some sick custom 5/8" stub axles I made from 5/8x5" bolts drilled out to slip over the...

Glad you liked it, If you run into anything odd in the swap process please feel free to reply or reach out! The electronics are holding up well (mostly to neglect and humidity but it still counts). I did have an odd issue with the throttle mildly electrocuting me but that was just because I...

Twas a good day. Sean

For cavitation, I think you have to reduce the suction pressure on the intake side by making it larger or flow better. At low speed you are probably creating too much vacuum due to the tq curve of the motor vs the stock motor. You could probably also go with a larger diameter pump and prop so it...

I have not really gotten to enjoy it all that much yet. I have been traveling for work and am starting a new job in a few weeks so things have been hectic enough to keep me off the water since the first ride. That said, even the abridged first ride where I was tracking down a water flow issue...

Checkout my build to see how tight it is with a pjs 3 piece pipe. My parts are touching the hull even after trimming the mount, lowering the lord mount, pushing the pipe as close to the motor as possible (limited by starter motor 12v+ cable stud) and egg shaping the pipe outlet. Sean

The old school Kawi 15f riva vortech boats ran gates carbon fiber reinforced toothed belts at 9-10k rpm and worked great. I have a few old ones if you are interested in giving it a try @Quinc Sean