Other the Slap-deck project

[Scraggly]

well this is probably the lamest build thread going right now, but im hoping you guys will keep me motivated.
i havent had a fully operational ski since 2009. lot of life changes and some injuries have kept me from being
on the water, but summer is here and i cant take it anymore. so i just decided to use the parts i have laying around
and build something i can ride and have fun on. im rebuilding my old sn for i think the 3rd or maybe 4th time now, its like
a bad ex gf that just wont go away so i decided to just embrace it.

hull is already in good enough shape, but i had to make more room to mount my x-jet pole bracket. this thing is huge!
i got it all trimmed out last night and some foam poured, hope to shape it this afternoon and maybe lay the glass down this weekend
if i can find the time.

as for the powerplant your all going to be jealous haha bone stock 650 out of a 91 wr3. i picked this up last spring for almost nothing
and thought it would be a good girl friend boat till last weekend the drive line stripped and i dont feel like fixing that thing at all so engine
and what ever else i can use is coming out.

 

[garretonufer]

30 mins to an hour a night and she'll be good to go.
dig the square love, even if it's only out of convenience.

 

[Scraggly]

30 mins to an hour a night and she'll be good to go.
dig the square love, even if it's only out of convenience.

its not just convenience i love the sn and always will.
but my other hull needs tons of hours and a lot of money spent on it to make it
a good hull. i had always planned to put this one back on the water for the woman if
nothing else, but the x-jet is still in pieces and i just want to ride!

 

[Waternut]

I always liked the flatdeck when I was riding it. I liked it even more because I could ride barefooted without tearing up my feet. It was just really inconvenient to remount it and I gave in and went back to normal.

 

[Scraggly]

I always liked the flatdeck when I was riding it. I liked it even more because I could ride barefooted without tearing up my feet. It was just really inconvenient to remount it and I gave in and went back to normal.

it is a fun ski to ride, i always side mounted under power and never had trouble, it was a lot easier on the flatdeck. just pin the gas and pull legs up and it would spin right under me.

 

[sixfifty]

Working on my sn right now! Lookin forward to seein your progress.

 

[Scraggly]

Working on my sn right now! Lookin forward to seein your progress.

here was the first one
http://www.x-h2o.com/threads/26401-rag-s-sn-freestyle-freeride-build&highlight=

and the second where i flat decked it
http://www.x-h2o.com/threads/41256-SN-mid-season-makeover-quot-Flatdeckage-quot&highlight=

this hull has been around like a loose sorority girl :icon16:

 

[Scraggly]

Made a little progress this morning

 

[Scraggly]

Almost ready for glass once this sets and gets sanded.

 

[Scraggly]

Still ugly, but almost done

 

[Scraggly]

Got a few hours off from work this weekend and finished the nose and got the pole all mounted up and cables ran.
I need some pole bushings for this old xft pole the ones in it don't look like any others I've seen. Anyone know what will work or do I have to make some?

 

[Scraggly]

 

[sixfifty]

the nose looks great man! good progress

 

[jetsport484]

Keep it up Rags! Like to see this on Hartwell again!

 

[Scraggly]

this might have been the longest build for a crappy ski, but its pretty well done. took it for a water test last weekend and i have a leaking gas tank seal and i think i need to clean the carb basket again. other then that it was good. oh and i need a pole now before i can get it back out. Stock RN pole please!!

 

[Scraggly]

ive been polled!

carb rebuild happening tonight.

and an fyi i am running a tdr resonator with water injected to it. its not annoying loud once on the water. when its dry its brutal though. about the same as a atp or powerfactor box when wet and only 85$ new and he will make the inlet and outlet any diameter you need.

 

[davy87nj]

Hows that exhaust set up work for you on a 650? Is it just a 650sx pipe with a/m manifold or are there other mods? I have one SN do to lack of funds will be useing a 650.

 

[SkiDiggity]

that TDR resonator is awesome!! only 85 bucks hmmmmmmm how loud is it when it drys out? cause i am about to spend 80 on a used rn waterbox and this seems like a better way to go.

 

[Scraggly]

that TDR resonator is awesome!! only 85 bucks hmmmmmmm how loud is it when it drys out? cause i am about to spend 80 on a used rn waterbox and this seems like a better way to go.

For 80 on a rn box I'd buy that. It works and it's really light, but without water it's just a straight pipe and loud. I also have rear only exhaust. and that helps when on the water to.

https://www.bansheedepot.com/proddetail.asp?prod=02-0087

 

[Scraggly]

Hows that exhaust set up work for you on a 650? Is it just a 650sx pipe with a/m manifold or are there other mods? I have one SN do to lack of funds will be useing a 650.

Only part changed is the rear lower inlet was welded closed and the nipple added to the stinger.
I know this setup works, but my carb was in need of rebuilding and acting funny when I went Sunday so can't say anything about performance gain yet. I did use this engine completely stock before the pipe change. only other mod is a 61x cdi for the higher rev limit.
I should feel a noticeable difference
And get a better idea of the cheater pipe gain on a stock 650.