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There's nothing wrong with WDK's. It's all personal preference. The WCF ones are a great size. I just personally thought the WDK holds looked way overkill in size and quite frankly don't like the way they look. WDK holds are absolutely ENORMOUS in comparison to most, if not all others. I...

Nice Midget in the background. I've got it's cousin car... a Triumph Spitfire. Lots of fun to zip around in.

I've always tapped them in and left it at that. No thread lock. They should be a tight enough fit that you have to tap them in without any worry of them coming out.

Nice color combination. I really like the white turf.

That is definitely a well needed addition. That jet ski would fill up with so much water under the tray. Maybe I'll recommend it to the new owner :wink: He ended up selling it and picking up an Octane in December. Can't wait to see what that's like. We'll probably end up putting...

It's mainly personal preference. I like the stock plate unmodified. I haven't tried one with a D Cut, but don't think I'd like it. I don't like an extended rideplate (longer than factory) for freestyle. I had a Worx Dominator, but it's only good for carving turns. It's too long and...

We put Watercraft Factory footholds into my brother's SXR last winter with great results. The only place we had to modify the holds was at the rear lower corner of each foothold. The holds must be designed for the SJ hull where it starts to kick up a little at the back of the tray. To make...

In the past I've had to put about 3 coats of contact cement on the turf because it gets absorbed into the turf so much. Also, when I turfed my SJ last spring, I found that you can overheat the turf to the point where the contact cement doesn't stick any more either. Heat it up just enough to...

I would run it a little more rich in oil for the first two tanks. Probably about 32:1. Varrying the throttle while riding and no full throttle for the first two tanks. I'd also use a basic regular mineral oil and not a synthetic for the break in period. After the break in, switch to whatever...

I had a 1986 550 with the piston port engine and it was set up as follows (for a few hundred feet above sea level): Coffman's half-pipe, Tau Ceti flame arrestor, stock porting, stock compression. Once I had my SBN44 tuned perfectly, I had this jetting: Pilot: 100 High: 120 Pop-Off...

I know the early 650 midshaft is different from the SN 701 midshaft, but I can't speak for the RN.

The 13/18 won't give you better bottom, but it will be a better "all around" impeller. I had a 13/18 on my 550 and my buddy was running a 15 on his 550. Both skis with exact same mods. His had better snap right off idle but I found it didn't have much mid range and definitely no top end. I...

Definitely go with a 1/2 pipe type setup. Either the Coffman's, as listed above, or the Factory Pipe. Mariner also had one available that Factory pipe produced for them. Westcoast also had their own version of the 1/2 pipe setup, although I haven't heard any opinions on them. If you...

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I didn't think there was a major problem with the bondlines around the engine compartment leaking. I know for my SN, the major problem was inside the back of the hull. It looks like the factory poured the foam into the top half and the bottom half of the hulls...

I would definitely remove the riveted components from the hood lip area. When you reinforce, fill the bond line and the under side of the hood lip on the hull, and then put one piece of mat covering the whole side and wrap it up under the lip of the hood seal area as well. That will give you a...

I always pull the caps off my batteries when they're being charged. Yes, the batteries are vented, but some of them have little check valves that can sometimes prevent the excess pressure from venting properly. I've tried starting the charging with caps on a couple times, then part way through...

I had a Hydroturf one on my 550 for a good 6 or 7 years without any problems. I know it's still on the ski to this day too.

For my underpadding, I also added a layer of 5mm underpad at the back of the tray to help make a very slight ramp up the back. I forgot all about it, but you can see where it starts part way into the heel of the cutouts for the footholds. I put it in between the two layers of 8mm.... so it was...

The foam on the tray bottom is the Hydroturf 8mm underpadding (2 layers). It's obviously not the finished product. The sides are the B-stock Hydroturf. I used 1 layer of 8 mm underpadding over the entire bottom, then put a second layer on top with the footprints cut out for the footholds and...

I second that. Except I run it at 50:1 in my stock boat. All my friend's and I chip in and buy an Amsoil membership and buy 4 or 5 cases at a time.