First time build - FX-1

[makejetskiinggreatagain]

Wait a minute, I'm using versi plugs so any pressure build up should be expelled through those.

 

[txsuperjetfreak96]

I believe it would

 

[Nate_D]

I wouldn't worry about it. Trays aren't air tight no matter how hard you try. Tighten those hose clamps down, put some foam in and call it a day. There are far sketchier exhaust setups than that.


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[VXSXH20]

the outside water is not going to make its way up the "lowered" tube , or filling up the baffled water box. It not impossible to say, but I assure you it wont. as TXSJ said. most aftermarket hulls pipes are much lower and they flip and roll tail stands etc etc.. just secure the rubber hose so that it doesn't move much to reduce the vibration and expansion of it when it gets hot. that way it doesn't tear or flop around and come apart or off at the hose clamps. Im sure it is fine.

 

[iangdesign]

Maybe throw on an extra hose clamp on each side for insurance.

Or if it will really bug ya...take some measurements on the bend you need and take it to a metal bender and have em fab you a piece.

 

[VXSXH20]

if you are ocd and super anal. pull the pipe and have a S bend made.. it will flow very nicely and sit down very low! limitedslip did so on his carbon f1pro.. looks awesome too bad you're never gonna see that craftsmanship @iangdesign

 

[makejetskiinggreatagain]

all good ideas. Like nate_d said, I'll just throw some foam in there, pack it tightly so the hose doesn't move around, and move forward. I don't forsee the hose wearing or tearing. Its super thick radiator hose. that small 20" hose cost me 45 bucks. It better last lol.

 

[makejetskiinggreatagain]

Finally getting back to making a little progress. these rickter adjustable footholds are really getting annoying. The inserts that they come with were made for superjets and for some reason they don't even come close to fitting an fx1. I didn't think the gun whales were much different between the two skis but apparently they are. Here is a pic of the cutout I thought I needed.



The plan was to just cutout a hole, slide the insets in so that they butt to the outside wall of the ski, rivet the flanges and glass over them. How optimistic of me.

It turns out with the flanges flush with the tray walls the front of the inserts were still roughly 1/2" from seating all the way in (gap between inserts and outside wall I the ski) while the back of the inserts were 1" from seating all the way in! These damn things were made crooked. I don't see why rickter would have made them to angle on the flange side but not on the adjustable plate side. WTF! I'm not sure if that makes sense the way I am explaining it. Anyway, I tried just cutting the flanges off and thought I would just blend the gap between the fully seated insert and the tray walls but then the geometry is all wrong when your foot is in the holds. At the end of the night i said F it and desired to just widen the tray so that everything will line up with each other better.




Here's where I left off. You can see in the pic how the front of the inserts still sits nice with the stock tray walls but that the back is set 1" from the stock walls.i don't understand why the width of the inserts aren't consistent from front to back since the adjustable plate wall of the inserts needs to bolt to the outside of the ski running true front to back.

 

[txsuperjetfreak96]

Yeah rn gunwales much thicker,


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[makejetskiinggreatagain]

I'm ok with the fact that ours are thicker but what pisses me off is that the inserts should have been made square from front to back and they would have almost fit. Since the flange side was angled it screwed me. I wish I wouldn't have bought these damn things. I think the design is stupid because they wouldn't have even fit a superjet. Superjets trays aren't angled so why in the hell are these? For the price they charge they should have put a Little more thought into these. Oh well. Gotta just move forward.

 

[txsuperjetfreak96]

How bout not useing the inserts thicken the gunwales with glass,


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[makejetskiinggreatagain]

I should have done that to be honest. I probably would have been far better off to begin with. At this point though I've come too far and fought these too hard so I'm determined to make them work lol.

 

[txsuperjetfreak96]

Lol right i cut my bob hold inserts up pretty good to get theme how i liked


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[iangdesign]

Can you trim the flange back, or do you need all that meat to glass them in proper?

 

[makejetskiinggreatagain]

I cut the whole flange off in an effort to not have to widen the tray lol. had I known that I was going to just widen the tray I would have left the flanges. All I did was create more work for myself

 

[Nate_D]

I feel your pain. Sometimes this stuff just does not want to cooperate. Just take a breather, re-plan and refocus. I almost set my pump tunnel on fire a few days ago, I was so irritated.

I don't think I fully understand the problem you are having, but why not bolt it in so that it is at the right angle, then pour some expanding foam in behind them, then sand/shave the foam down and glass over it? The heavier the foam is pretty solid. 8lb will give it quite a bit of support and it is such a small volume, it isn't going to add much weight. Or I could be completely misunderstanding the difficulties you are facing here.


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[makejetskiinggreatagain]

Ya I'm having a hard time explaining it. I drew a little picture below to help. The reason I didn't bolt it at the angle is because then the footholds would be bolted to the adjustment plateat an angle. I know most footholds force your feet to angle outward but I bought these specifically to avoid that.

 

[txsuperjetfreak96]

Hmm that is odd


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[makejetskiinggreatagain]

Ya. Seriously, how could they claim that these would fit a superjet? IMO this design is garbage. It's surprising considering the price and being that its coming from a company known for its superior quality

 

[Nate_D]

No?


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