tightithrash's surf boat

[tightithrash]

alright so i tore into my blue RN to pull out the B pipe and Factory waterbox to put in my yellow RN and throw the stock stuff back in ol' blue.

while i was trying to pull the exhaust mani off from the 2 stupid skrews on the top........the left one is pretty much stripped.........so this is how i feel about that

sssssooooooo how do you guys think i should get it off???

and im bummed cuz it looks like Pismo is not happening...............................:thumbsdown:

 

[oxnard111]

if no one responds in this thread create its own in the driveline or general section.

 

[tightithrash]

well i got some good ideas on how to fix it, im gonna try it tonight.

talked to Art today and my list to be shipped today is:
Hooker 15/9 i think
blackjack
F/A and outerwear
ODIs
black kvpi throttle
10' of fuel line
fuel filters
water/gas seperator
waterbox straps
shims

 

[tightithrash]

so i got my limiting rope from jetsport484 yesterday and WOW its freakin sweet!

hopefully my flywheel comes from FedEx today so i ca do something tonight.....

i also decided that since my b-pipe looked like this...........

it got that bad because my coupler broke and was spewing hot salt water for like 4 rides......i didn't think it was as bad as it was so i planned on polishing it out but.......no way.

so i took it to my buddie who hooks me up on powder-coating and asked if he could do it in charcoal. we got to talking and he says he can ceramic coat too. I'm like sick lets do that, how much........$40!

stoked, pipes gonna look ill!

 

[oxnard111]

so i got my limiting rope from jetsport484 yesterday and WOW its freakin sweet!

hopefully my flywheel comes from FedEx today so i ca do something tonight.....

i also decided that since my b-pipe looked like this...........

it got that bad because my coupler broke and was spewing hot salt water for like 4 rides......i didn't think it was as bad as it was so i planned on polishing it out but.......no way.

so i took it to my buddie who hooks me up on powder-coating and asked if he could do it in charcoal. we got to talking and he says he can ceramic coat too. I'm like sick lets do that, how much........$40!

stoked, pipes gonna look ill!

nice i paid like $75-80 to have mine ceramic coated.

 

[tightithrash]

well....... if i knew ya then... pry coulda hooked it up :headbang:
had to do somethin with the pipe.......couldn't have a blingin atp with a blingin blackjack complemented with a b-pipe that looked like a turd..........

 

[oxnard111]

when you get it back make sure you get all of the polishing beads out of the stinger tube

 

[tightithrash]

so i went down to Chris's casa to get this build buttoned up and man did we make some progress!!!

got the e box wired up, stator and flywheel installed, stator hooked up, starter installed, hooker and wear ring installed, exhaust mani and intake mani installed, 46 blackjack installed, motors ready to be dropped in:headbang:
ran into some problems with the throttle plate with the ATP mani so i started a new thread : http://www.x-h2o.com/threads/51424

so hopefully w get some answers!

pump is installed and shimmed into place. butch sold me the pump with and extra wear ring explaining that the ring that is on it was shot so he hooked me up with a "newish" extra ring. well we put the new ring on and taadaa its swollen........ the prop gets caught in one place and Chris says it has maybe 10 rides left until its done. he also said to magic marker the whole ring and dremel out the high spot on the ring for a temporary fix.

its coming together! I'm going back to Chris's on Tuesday to do some more work. my "homework" until than is; cut the screws from the tubbies, dermal the wear ring, DE-grease the engine compartment,ummmmm something else that i cant think of at the moment......

here's a pick of my goodies

i wanna give a big shout out to Chris. this build would be no-where with out him.....great guy and a great help. THANKS BROTHA:Banane01:

 

[oxnard111]

you're welcome!

 

[tightithrash]

so i got my pipe today but i dont think its polished........ its DARK. but it looks way better than before!

oh yeah and i completed my homework!

 

[oxnard111]

i like the way it looks. nice flat finish... but when i had mine done they dropped in a bead polisher machine...

 

[tightithrash]

hmmmmm.........bead polisher....... that pry why yours was a lil more.

 

[SkiDiggity]

if i give you my pipe and some money can you get mine done

 

[tightithrash]

yeah man!.............only if you get your ski painted this week

 

[SkiDiggity]

it gets fresh paint next monday the guy who is doing it had to replace an engine in one of his cars so he is doing that this week and when he is done with that the garage will be all ready for my ski we had to mar glass the whole bottom so that it would look like new

 

[tightithrash]

dude tell me your shît is gonna be done for Pismo.... If not.... Your missing out BIG TIME NUKKA!

 

[SkiDiggity]

I know i dont know if it will be ready i am thinking if i really want to go i can take the 650 lol. If i miss it is all good i am going there this summer to ride the dunes and to ride skis with friends so it all good i rather not rush through putting it back together since it is my first time doing this. There is alway next year. Just take a crap load of pictures

 

[oxnard111]

I know i dont know if it will be ready i am thinking if i really want to go i can take the 650 lol. If i miss it is all good i am going there this summer to ride the dunes and to ride skis with friends so it all good i rather not rush through putting it back together since it is my first time doing this. There is alway next year. Just take a crap load of pictures

its not the same...

just slap your ski back together...

i can already tell you after about 6 months or riding you're gonna regret spend all that time and effort into painting the ski... its just gonna get jacked up. Time and money that should have been spent elsewhere.

Just my honest opinion and one of many other people around.

 

[SkiDiggity]

I honestly have not spent that much time on it and it is already preped and ready to go i have just been waiting on my painter and he has all the paints that i am going to use so i am not spending too much money which is really nice
Quick question the dakine foot straps what is better to have those or foot holds?
I was just going to go with the straps in the back for now as a temp.
What do you think?

 

[oxnard111]

I honestly have not spent that much time on it and it is already preped and ready to go i have just been waiting on my painter and he has all the paints that i am going to use so i am not spending too much money which is really nice
Quick question the dakine foot straps what is better to have those or foot holds?
I was just going to go with the straps in the back for now as a temp.
What do you think?

just depends on the type of riding you want to do in the future... surf riding and re-entries, straps are a must, but if you want to concentrate on nose stabs, barrel rolls, back flips, then you might want to go with holds.