Is this blaster a good deal????

[FLY6584]

Alright, so as many of you know I have been searching for a blaster. I found one over on PWCToday and I was just wondering what everyone thought of it.

Being that I am also looking to get a superjet the guy offered me the blaster on a double trailer in exchange for a single trailer I have and $2400.

It's a completely stock 95 with a fresh rebuild and the ski is supposed to be immaculate. It was just finished being broken in. Only freshwater and no rust, cracks, or scratches.

What does everyone think? Personally I think that price is way too steep, but I just wanted to see what everyone else thought. It's in the classified section over on PWCToday. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Dan

 

[Matt_E]

Seems a bit on the high side for a stock blaster. But, it's immaculate - and ask yourself: What's it worth to you?

 

[godocgo]

check out blaster212's limited forsale (it maybe on pwctoday). it took 6th place at nationals and is reliable as hell single carb, b pipe. painted yamaha blue it is in atlanta for 2200.00

 

[Mile9c1]

$2,400 sounds high to me, even if it's really clean. Just my opinion, buy it if you like it, they're not getting any cleaner.

 

[FLY6584]

godocgo,

I've been looking at the ski for a while now and talking to Phil about it. It looks like a good ski and Phil has been great about describing the true condition of it. Unfortunately we haven't been able to meet up and my hands are kinda tied until I come up with a double trailer. Although, if I can come up with a ski I really like I'll buy it regardless of whether I have a double or not.

I must say though, all sellers should be like blaster212 and tell you exacty the condition of their ski and not try to sugar coat it. He told me every flaw it had and didn't try to hide anything. He has got a great ski and it will make someone very happy.

Anyways thanks for the heads up on that though. I'm kinda leaning more towards finding a mint stock ski and building it up myself. If you know of any in so fl please let me know I'll be down there in 2 weeks.

Thanks,
Dan

By the way I have been meaning to ask you. Are your mod hulls from Wamilton or are they true carbon hulls?

 

[godocgo]

i seriously doubt you will find a clean mint stock blaster in s. flo.

they are just to lame to ride stock. the stock paint on most blasters is sheet, it peels up if you remove the reg. sticker. or it fades terribly.

why would you want to build a stocker up, it costs atleast 2x as much as buying someone elses built ski.

i am building a new boat from scratch and i think it will be costing alot.


check this out

b-pipe used 400.00 700 new
girdled head 200. 400
carb stuff 50 120
msd 175 260
plate 75 150
intake 75 150
umi 200 450
misc 120 240


your clean mint blaster 2400 plus 1295 used parts = 3695 with no labor summer market value 1800-2200

your clean mint blaster 2400 + 2470 new parts = 4870 summer market value 1800-2200

you get the idea.


i just saw the question. i have one true mod carbon hull (rick pott hull) and 2 stock hulls at the moment. i am supposed to be getting another stock hull soon. i am trying to find another mod hull.

wammers hull is not carbon fiber, it is glass and sometimes kevlar with maybe some carbon layers for looks.

trust me carbon is not all that great, it is very expensive, conducts electricity (found the hard way), vibrates like a mofo, is strong but no flex. will be a bitch to fix if someone hits it.

 

[Blaster94]

Doc is right. I went the route of clean stock blaster with all new parts and the total was not pretty. Could have bought a similar setup used ski for a couple hundred more than I paid for a stocker. I do have the satisfaction that it was rebuilt better than new though and I know I'll never get rid of it so to me it was worth it.

 

[FLY6584]

I completely agree with you yamasaki. I'm just really picky on what I want on my ski and I was kinda looking for a summer project while I'm home from school. It would defnitely be nice to find something with UMI, mod pipe, and jd intake grate/ride plate and have it clean and ready for paint.

The dilema I'm running into is that I want a surfboat, but I commission in the Air Force in less than a year and who knows where I'll be so part of me wants a clean solid boat to run bouys at the lake.

Shoot, why can't we all just have a surf boat and a mod hull...

Dan

 

[FLY6584]

i seriously doubt you will find a clean mint stock blaster in s. flo.

they are just to lame to ride stock. the stock paint on most blasters is sheet, it peels up if you remove the reg. sticker. or it fades terribly.

why would you want to build a stocker up, it costs atleast 2x as much as buying someone elses built ski.

i am building a new boat from scratch and i think it will be costing alot.


check this out

b-pipe used 400.00 700 new
girdled head 200. 400
carb stuff 50 120
msd 175 260
plate 75 150
intake 75 150
umi 200 450
misc 120 240


your clean mint blaster 2400 plus 1295 used parts = 3695 with no labor summer market value 1800-2200

your clean mint blaster 2400 + 2470 new parts = 4870 summer market value 1800-2200

you get the idea.


i just saw the question. i have one true mod carbon hull (rick pott hull) and 2 stock hulls at the moment. i am supposed to be getting another stock hull soon. i am trying to find another mod hull.

wammers hull is not carbon fiber, it is glass and sometimes kevlar with maybe some carbon layers for looks.

trust me carbon is not all that great, it is very expensive, conducts electricity (found the hard way), vibrates like a mofo, is strong but no flex. will be a bitch to fix if someone hits it.

There's no doubt you're right about that. Thats definitely the way to go if you're looking for a cheap ski to mess around on and ride in the surf with. I'm kinda thinking like blaster94 was thinking though. It sure is nice to build the ski yourself and basically almost have a new ski. To be honest I want a really nice ski that I can hang onto until Yamaha brings back the original b1 design which will never happen, so I want a ski that I can hang onto forever.

Dan

 

[FLY6584]

Thank you all for your advice. It is very much appreciated.

Dan

 

[godocgo]

if you have the money wammer has one mod hull he has available, it will be a brand new custom made bottom deck and stock top deck with hood. it will be nothing but a bare shell. very expensive to build, but you will have a brand new hull to start with, he can even make the motor mounts for any motor 701, 800, 1200 etc. i figure with with all new parts and a good pump you are looking at 9-10k without the motor.

just don't plan on having it done before the end of summer.

 

[Idok]

i seriously doubt you will find a clean mint stock blaster in s. flo.

they are just to lame to ride stock. the stock paint on most blasters is sheet, it peels up if you remove the reg. sticker. or it fades terribly.

why would you want to build a stocker up, it costs atleast 2x as much as buying someone elses built ski.

i am building a new boat from scratch and i think it will be costing alot.


check this out

b-pipe used 400.00 700 new
girdled head 200. 400
carb stuff 50 120
msd 175 260
plate 75 150
intake 75 150
umi 200 450
misc 120 240


your clean mint blaster 2400 plus 1295 used parts = 3695 with no labor summer market value 1800-2200

your clean mint blaster 2400 + 2470 new parts = 4870 summer market value 1800-2200

you get the idea.


i just saw the question. i have one true mod carbon hull (rick pott hull) and 2 stock hulls at the moment. i am supposed to be getting another stock hull soon. i am trying to find another mod hull.

wammers hull is not carbon fiber, it is glass and sometimes kevlar with maybe some carbon layers for looks.

trust me carbon is not all that great, it is very expensive, conducts electricity (found the hard way), vibrates like a mofo, is strong but no flex. will be a bitch to fix if someone hits it.

do tell!!

 

[godocgo]

whatsa matta doc, you so bored you are going to take pleasure in my pain:biggrin:


it was not that bad.

the carbon hull vibrates like a bitch, so anyway the ignition lines were strapped over the bulkhead. after a few rides apparently the firewall started to chafe the wires thru the wire covering wrap and wire insulation. anyway the positive and and negative wires were touching the carbon and it conducted and caught the boat on fire. luckily i was in the garage, otherwise i would have lost my boat and probably my house.

sorry the story was not that great.

 

[FLY6584]

Lee,

I've been talking to Wammer about that mod hull. He has one ready to go right now that a guy in houston bought and I talked to the guy out in houston and he said he didn't want it anymore. Unfortunately $6000 for a bare hull is way out of my budget. According to Wammer he only has three new top decks left out of the 20 top decks he got from yamaha a few years ago. I would love one, but like I said way too much money. It seems like those 3 top decks combined with his mod hull will probably be the last chance for anyone to get a completely brand new mod blaster and brand new blaster for that matter. After that I assume you will have to provide the top deck for him? I hear that his mod hull is very solid. Is this true? I know its not a carbon hull so is this a hull that you could hold on to forever and as long as you didn't trash it, it would hold up? I'm planning on making a drive to West Palm when I get back to FL for the summer just to check out the hulls.

Thanks again,
Dan

 

[godocgo]

well the one that guy is selling i have made a deal with to get it. but it is not close to being done. wammer still needs to put in the bed plate and join the 2 halfs. wammers hulls in general are pretty strong, i know it will probably last a long time.

the one i am building will be my practice-backup boat. it will see some wave action as well. i will not be trying barrel rolls or inverts (pssh like i could do it anyway:hail: ) with it.

hopefully next week i will see wammer and get the ball rolling, he leaves friday for an out of country trip.

a top deck is not that hard to get, you can always buy a donor hull for 500-800 or less.

i really think you should buy whatever blaster you want and just play. you can rebuild pretty much any damage you do except running into a wall.

these boats are not like collector cars, they are just toys.

trust me if i was just messing around and not racing, i would never bother with a mod hull. they handle great, but so did my stock hull. the stock hull is definitely better in the ocean because of it's ability to slide a little.

 

[FLY6584]

I completely agree with you lee.

As of right now I am not serious about racing, but one day I think I will be. Back in middle school I had a blaster that I used to ride the sh*t out of. I was planning on racing when I turned 14, but back then they changed the age to 16 or at least thats what my parents told me. Now I hear there is a juniors class? That sounds pretty cool.

Anyways I sold my blaster and sj when I turned 16 because well everyone knows what the most important thing at 16 is...

So now I am about to graduate college and I'm going into the air force as a pilot so I finally have a little money of my own. Ultimately I do want to race and as "a soon to be fighter pilot" I won't settle for anything less than first place. Haha, no points for second place. As far as sport class goes, is all of sport class now modified/open? If it is I know there is no way I can compete with a stock hull and no stroker motor. Is the limited and superstock classes still around? After reading about what you did last year, its possible to be competitive in those classes on a blaster.

Anyways thanks again for all of the advice,
Dan

 

[godocgo]

you can be competitive on a stock hulled blaster but you better have a good motor. sport is now modified only (you can still run a lesser boat), will it reamin that way or even be around is the question. it takes alot of energy to make a blaster be fast around a buoy course. that is where i have trouble, i am great for 5 laps, but then i get tired. i am gettin old, and my training is for sheet. honestly most people have no idea how much more energy it takes to ride a good ss or mod motor over a limted. it is like the difference between walking and flat out running. my ss motor pulls so hard i fight to hang on, forget about a well prepped lamey powervalve.

todd young did very well on a limited blaster. but to be out front you need some topend. i am still racing last years ss motor, but in the new hull it gained 4.5 mph with no other changes. i don't think you will see that many mod sport boats, there are a few of us dumbasses who are willing to spend the money to be competitive. the problem is there is no return on investment. the only reason i have the carbon hull is another racer was gracious enough to sell it to me. the other hull i will buy with the money from selling my sxr. i am trying to keep things in check. you can easily build the best boat with unlimited budget, the best advice i can give you is get a good experienced engine builder, it is by far cheaper and faster in the long run.

the only decent thing is, i get to right off my hobby. it is about the only advertising i do.


buy a cheap ready to go blaster, enjoy it. when you get in the air force you can get another cherry one if you are in a place to enjoy it.


i am rambling so i am stopping.

 

[FLY6584]

sounds good. more than likely i'm just gonna pick up a good running blaster and sj to have fun with. i'll probably wait to see what happens to the sport class before i invest a lot into a motor.

for now im going to try and find some local guys that like to run bouys on the weekends. do you know of a good group of sport guys that like to set up bouys on the weekend in the tampa area? do you ever make it to the tampa area yourself?

anyways, thanks again for all of the advice.

see you out there,
Dan

By the way I saw your black ss blaster with the exotic signs graphics on ebay a couple of months ago. by any chance do you still have it or is it sold? I must say all black blasters look the best... especially the ones that look "black" on the inside of the hull :hail:.

 

[WaveDemon]

sounds good. more than likely i'm just gonna pick up a good running blaster and sj to have fun with. i'll probably wait to see what happens to the sport class before i invest a lot into a motor.

for now im going to try and find some local guys that like to run bouys on the weekends. do you know of a good group of sport guys that like to set up bouys on the weekend in the tampa area? do you ever make it to the tampa area yourself?

anyways, thanks again for all of the advice.

see you out there,
Dan

By the way I saw your black ss blaster with the exotic signs graphics on ebay a couple of months ago. by any chance do you still have it or is it sold? I must say all black blasters look the best... especially the ones that look "black" on the inside of the hull :hail:.

there is a group of us in Tampa who ride blasters and sj's you could hook up with. I've got a set of bouys but I've never set them in the water... we are more into free riding than racing. We've collected more ski's than riders so we might be able to work out a loaner for you if needed.

If you are really into doing bouy's i'd be happy to throw them in my lake and we could ride. braaaaapppppp

I believe lee raced at tower lake last year which is very close to my house.

 

[godocgo]

that is right i remember that cruddy race site.

i do still have that boat, i am using the motor out of it now. now it is solid black no more graphics.

there are not many sport racers in florida, i do not know of any from your area. i am the only blaster racer i know of in florida, there may be others but i don't know them. believe it or not the ocean is the best training ground. you only need like 4 buoys out there.