PVC (Or ABS) Exhaust Tees and Piping

[RoyalFlush@PCB]

Bottom line, nobody is exhausting more heat than Waterdawg

:haha:

Before we're thru with this thread we're going to have to be "Gas Certified" :sneaky:

 

[RoyalFlush@PCB]

Well I guess SFL really is done...

:haha:

Are you kidding me?!? :bigeyes:

 

[SkiNaked]

Aluminum just plain kicks ass. That's why Yamaha uses it for impellers too!

With your skilled reasoning I think you should talk to Jeff about introducing a Waterdawg Customs Plastic Impeller. :bigeyes:

I bet you would have one in a minute and be talking it up to everybody on here. I can see it now. Look how extreeme it is and how briliant Jeff is for being the first to introduce one. :sneaky:


If it starts to bend, melt or break he can be the first to add exhaust gasses to the pump cavity. With your logic the heat will stiffen it up!:haha:

 

[DR3]

well guys nice to see your done discussing :woot: too bad you couldnt start it here before getting my thread closed all i wanted to do was show you some damn skis:grumble:
my point of view on the abs is you can spend tons of money on these skis and would sure love to later on when im making a bunch of it but for now if jeff says the abs works for exaust ill believe him (i have personally used regular pvc for a straight pipe instead of a waterbox with no problems) <----- theres my $.02
this hull is on a suuuuper budget which is why i did not pay him to custom weld aluminum pipe to bend down and curve down under the foothoolds i guess if i knew what shape and length i needed it i could have cut and welded my own but i didnt so i am going with what he has.
waterdawg has over 18 xjets (maybe more) out there and yet to have one come up with a problem. if this hull last me 5 years i will be happy and i promise it will be plenty beaten on by then.
the bottom line it is a budget build and am trying to keep the whole build under the price of a worked SJ and i didnt feel like paying the an extra $300 for the aluminum exaust, or for carbon, prepreg etc....bc that crap adds up
i have a whole 701 driveline to drop in it when recieved in daytona and a stock pole with umi that is going on it as well that i had got super cheap:arms:
to put the whole picture together ill probably have less money in 2007 aftermarket lightened hull with a custom bottom/top, hood, bracket, footholds, reinforced, fresh 701, head, Bpipe, carb, MSD, pump, prop, toploader, and ride plate than 90% of you guys have in your superjet's:woot: :woot:
hopefully when i get out of training in april we can all start riding together. ill be making plenty of trips to daytona seeing is i live on the crap side of fla but i really cant complain here i live 5 min from the water so i can ride with my homies from the "westside massive" how did you guys come up with that anyways?? :thewave: oh well i ride for me and ride till i die so i dont care if you guys hate my abs damnit:Banane36: later....




respecfully Danny

 

[Big Kahuna]

just ignore the haters, as long as your happy, that is all that matters.
also, remember the old Proverb about opinions......... there are alot of them out there!

 

[Big Kahuna]

With your skilled reasoning I think you should talk to Jeff about introducing a Waterdawg Customs Plastic Impeller. :bigeyes:

I bet you would have one in a minute and be talking it up to everybody on here. I can see it now. Look how extreeme it is and how briliant Jeff is for being the first to introduce one. :sneaky:


If it starts to bend, melt or break he can be the first to add exhaust gasses to the pump cavity. With your logic the heat will stiffen it up!:haha:

nah, gonna have to stand up for Mike here, he has been a pretty staunchy critic of WDK even though he is a customer.

 

[sflsurfrider]

i didnt feel like paying the an extra $300 for the aluminum exaust

$300 for an aluminum exhaust tube is a ripoff, i agree. he probably puts such a ridiculous price on it so he doesnt have to worry about you opting for it then him having to fab one up.

pats $90 aluminum exhaust tube wouldve fit right in there and probably wouldve been lighter..... and its failsafe, unlike the lego exhaust tubes that hes currently using.

you get what you pay for.

 

[Big Kahuna]

Charlie, I dont believe Pats tube would work unless you cut or bent it to fit, remember the battery box is back there. got to work around it.

 

[Mile9c1]

$300 for an aluminum exhaust tube is a ripoff...

pats $90 aluminum exhaust tube...

you get what you pay for.

You're absolutely correct, you get what you pay for :biggthumpup:

 

[Mile9c1]

With your skilled reasoning I think you should talk to Jeff about introducing a Waterdawg Customs Plastic Impeller. :bigeyes:

While a plastic impeller could no doubt be made to work as well as the OEM impeller, my reasoning has always been if it works, use it. If you think abiut it, this is perfect logic :skull2:

Your reasoning that Yamaha switched from plastic waterboxes to aluminum waterboxes because plastic sucks is completely illogical. Here's why: when has Yamaha ever improved anything??? They still use the same crappy mats that they used in 1990, the same crappy impeller that they used in 1990, the same crappily designed intake grate that they used in 1990. Heck, even the same hull that they used in 1990... and they're still cracking in half (way more often than waterboxes are blowing up I will guess).

 

[Mile9c1]

yes, there are high temp plastics that have a heat range suitable for exhaust applications. unfortunately, abs and pvc do not make the list. if one does choose to use them anyway, one is taking ones chances.

That reminds me, what does Steve use to glue in his wonderful aluminum exhaust tubes? Because last I checked, the glue would get as hot as the tube. Is it high temperature glue? High temperature glue would seem an absolute necessity if this were in fact a high temperature application :bs2: