pipe and head are finally on!!! pic

[aqua]

After much intensive labor i can finally say that my ski is back together and running. all i have to do now is fine tune the jetting. have the pipe screws set to top 5/8, middle closed and bottom closed. we will see how that does for starters. thank god for window cleaner or i would have never got the pipe into the coupler. even with the riva reed spacer i bought i still had to dremel on the airbox just a bit but that was no biggy. looks way different than it did 2 days ago. :smile:

 

[aqua]

oh yeah.....and whats up with the two middle top manifold bolts that are almost impossible to get to. i had to do a little dremeling there too and also on my wrench just to get to those puppies.

 

[Sanford]

Yeah, a dremel on a 12mm wrench is pretty common.

Why no dual-cooling pissers? Is the bottom 3/8" line on the headpipe going out to a pisser?

 

[Matt_E]

You should run the line that comes out of the head into the bottom of the headpipe.

 

[crammit442]

You should run the line that comes out of the head into the bottom of the headpipe.

Not necessarily. I run mine to the top also. Some builders believe it's better to go in the top of the headpipe. There may be less chance of clogging an adjustment hole with any debris that may be in the water because of the proximity of the hole to the entrance of the water. Each way probably has some merit.

Charles

 

[aqua]

sanford....no dual cooling pissers for now....i only installed what they sent me....do you think i need it?

this is the way i have it set up right now.....per factory pipe instruction which may be inaccurate..who knows..

pump goes to manifold, this cooling comes out of head to top of head pipe, the bottom of head pipe dump out to pisser and stinger tip.

matt, how come you say i should run my head line to the bottom of the head pipe....then i would run the top of head pipe to the pisser...correct?

 

[Sanford]

As for running the out of head feed line into the headpipe. Running the feed line on the top can cause more air gaps or voids to be had in the top of the headpipe. If your pump is 100% hooked up, this is not a problem. Running the feed line on bottom allows the top of head pipe to completely fill then overflow out the top. Running in chop can cause lots of bubbles or air gaps that need to be evacuated ASAP to eliminate hot spots. Just think how a radiator overflow tank on a car works and helps purge air out of the system.

I do agree that running the feed line on top will help eliminate/lower sand accumulation, but I feel more secure knowing I have a self burping system

sanford....no dual cooling pissers for now....i only installed what they sent me....do you think i need it?

If you are running anything over 160psi I do suggest running dual-pissers...but only if you have dual-cooling lines (from pump).