300/440/550 550 Hood Experiment

[Mark Gomez]

Well thanks to ketsair's wife and her more simple idea that she did to have less water in her hood and same amount of air.
She Simply cut of the air snorkel glassed it over and cut another hole in the back without making a new liner.

I like the idea but i want to see if it would actually work before i cut into my own hood, so i went to my work and asked my boss if he had any beat hoods he didn't want and oh did he have a nice beater for me to use... i think it was from an auction

Basically its a piece of poop...
So i got to work ,took the Dremel to it, and buzzed out the snorkel

I didn't do the best job i even drilled some on the inside of the liner i didnt know i was it was my first time doing this in the first place. free hood= mistakes ok:biggthumpup: and hey its all just an experiment

So i siliconed the boo boo, Vaccumed up all the dust, then cleaned it up a bit before i Duct taped the big hole that would be Fiberglass but thats the whole experiment part of it.


Now its done and ready to slap it on, and test it out next time i go out, and make my ski look stolen but hey its all about the experiment.

hopefully i can get to oceanside next weekend or the weekend after that.

But thats it for now untill i can get it in the water. This is my Test version of ketsair's wife's 550 mod hood you can see her's in her thread about it here http://www.x-h2o.com/threads/219

 

[D-Roc]

i can't believe you spent all that $$$ on electical tape instead of buying a superjet! :biggrin: try the hood out, and if it works, tape up your good hood too.:biggthumpup:

 

[ATS_Aaron]

I'd just stick a rubber plug from a hardware store in the stock snorkel hole.

Aaron

 

[ANT]

what i would have done is just went to the hardware store and got some great stuff and sprayed it inside of that intake on the hood, then just drill your extra holes like you did in back. that way you dont have to cut it off and since you'll be doing freestyle it can be a handhold. a lot of people use that for a hand hold on 550's check out some old school freestyle vids.

 

[Mark Gomez]

i can't believe you spent all that $$$ on electical tape instead of buying a superjet! :biggrin: try the hood out, and if it works, tape up your good hood too.:biggthumpup:

Lol thats not my hood if it works and i do do it to mine I'll glass it over:biggthumpup:

 

[Mark Gomez]

I'd just stick a rubber plug from a hardware store in the stock snorkel hole.

Aaron

:haha: :haha: :haha:

 

[Mark Gomez]

what i would have done is just went to the hardware store and got some great stuff and sprayed it inside of that intake on the hood, then just drill your extra holes like you did in back. that way you dont have to cut it off and since you'll be doing freestyle it can be a handhold. a lot of people use that for a hand hold on 550's check out some old school freestyle vids.

yeah i know if i do it to mine i will cut it out and actually glass in two blowsion hood hand holds i could really use one on my left also anyways
thanks though trust me i know i use mine ALL the time
Thanks
-Mark

 

[ketsair]

i use the pivot bolt or bond rail as a hand hold when i have to grab something on her ski, no biggie, hope it works out for ya, we never even put a bilge pump in her ski, doesn't take on enought water that the stock siphon can't handle it