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I want to thank Pat for inviting me to spend the day with him and friends on Tarpon Lake yesterday. It was great riding with and learning from him and Johnny Havell. All of the other Bogart crew are great guys to hang with too. I really wish I could spend more time down here in FL. If anyone...

I keep an Excel spread sheet that takes bore and stroke as variables and calculates displacement in ccs. Here it is. There is a lot to be learned from this. First of all, look at the trends. Each 1mm increment of bore gives a lot more increase in displacement than a 1mm increase in stroke...

I've heard a lot of complaining about front exhausts being louder and this is correct. However, I have a suggestion that is a win/win (assuming that you are also still running the rear exhaust. When you want quieter, you can plug up the front outlet with a rubber automotive expanding freeze...

Finally, I got to ride this beast today. I can't thank Chuckie and Pat (XMetal) enough. Anyone who has work done by Team Scream knows. That's all I can say. The ski isn't completely done yet. The gas tank setup is only temporary until Pat gets some XMetal fuel pickups made. The QJS billet...

:) I've been fortunate enough to spend the last three days between Chuckie's and Pat's shops assembling my boat and motor and gaining knowledge. Those guys are incredible assets to our sport. That's all I can say. I'll post pictures after it is fully complete. On another note, Pat and...

I have been doing an experiment for the past four weeks and so far, so good. I bought an Odyssey PC-310 battery (from our site supporter The Battery Store, by the way) for my 2001 SJ. It's a Ducati race battery, but it has enough power to turn over and run my SJ. The PC-310 is a 6 pound...

If anyone is interested in running a carbon fiber exhaust tube, MacLean Composites has them at an overrun discount price ($98.00 is pretty good for carbon fiber). http://www.macqc.com/clearance.php I am running the 2.54" OD in my Watercraft Factory hull, but to be honest, if you can get...

As we all know, the B-pipe seems to be the pipe to have for Yamahas. The prices are quite high though. I wanted to make a suggestion so that all of you have some opportunities to get an aftermarket pipe, perhaps with out paying rediculous prices. Additionally, we may learn something from...

I took apart an electrical box from an old 650 that I had laying around. Does anyone know what brand of CDI this is, or is it just and older OEM Yamaha?

I just spoke with Greg at Advent. Some of you will recall that my Advent crapped out on me last week. I assumed that it was the standard mode of failure that everyone talked about last fall, but supposedly he fixed. Well, it turns out that it was actually caused by me and not a resurfacing of...

Just wanted to throw the idea out there and was wondering if anyone ever thought of it (especially the saltwater guys). On certain, seemingly low-stress/low-moderate heat areas that are susceptible to corrosion, has anyone ever tried using Nylon hardware. I would think a perfect spot would...

Yesterday I took out my newly rebuilt 2001 Superjet to ride. As usual, I was airborne and the motor quit (it always happens to me in the air and I slam into the pad coming down). I couldn't get it to start and considering that it was cranking easily I figured that I wasn't getting spark. I am...

This morning I went to grab the Hull ID number (HIN) so that I could register my FX-1. I couldn't find it and didn't see any place that the riveted plastic plate seemed to be missing from either. There was an indent on the right siderail in the rail that looked about the size of the plates I...

Has anyone ever put a roundnose SJ waterbox into a Blaster and used the same kind of through-hull setup as a SJ on the right hand side? I mean putting the waterbox in front of the gas tank? I'd like to be able to use a SJ B pipe style setup and not have to have all of the tubing. I...

Just got a Waveblaster B-pipe Limited chamber from him. Great shape and fastest shipping I've ever seen. Highly recommend.

Does anyone know the weight of an FX-1 bare hull (no pole)?

Here are the pics. Ultra-light compared to OEM. Smaller, holds less water (less weight in nose), built-in Tee for front exhaust (you can cap it off if you don't have the front exhaust). Wrapped with Hydro-turf for additional silencing. I can't wait for the warm weather here in NJ to try this...

I am getting so annoyed waiting for Spring in NJ. I just got my chambers and manifolds ceramic coated (one for my new WF ski and the other for my 2001). I had Team Scream do their stinger mod so that the the end of the chamber is the last point that the acoustic exhaust wave "sees" (kind of...

Here's the scoop. Some of you might remember that 5mm Ed Brazina stroker that was a Buy It Now on eBay last June. It was from eBay user peak_products, which I am pretty sure was Vilder ignitions and the guy who made the KVPI throttles. He currently sells Blackjack flame arrestors on eBay...

I want to thank Steve (Watercraft Factory, waterfreak) and Charlie (sflsurfrider) for their help with my turfing yesterday. I was set on getting the gunwales done as one piece and wow was that a lot of work. It took Steve and I the entire morning to come up with a good template, then in the...