Recent content by Imgoodatwhatido

once the pump was installed, how did you get the sealing ring to seal against the pump? It looks like some type of silicone maybe?

my big idea was to sale and buy a bigger boat and engine lol

****, that makes sense. Advice appreciated

im gonna remove the 1/2 inch of lip on the bottom of the intake housing. Once removed im gonna weld some 3/8 plate aluminum to make a surface to bolt to. Im more or less gonna redesign the intake housing.

Remember that I still have all the parts from the 2004 ski. So I have all the trim and the reverse bucket at my disposal. I should be able to remove this cone and put the cone from my xlt pump on it. Then everything should bolt right up. I'll look into the pump mod and see what I can come up...

As far as that half inch. I plan on shortening the shaft tube, and the shaft as well. This should shorten the pump by at least 6 inches. That will allow me to machine the front of the pump to match the rear.

well it came in today, its time to start chopping and fittin it together. Christmas put a damper on my wallet so I havent got much done as of lately.

I DID IT!

its definitely in the works, although I been laid up in the house for 4 days with the flu and havent touched it. I think this engine will push this sea ark very good. Im just waiting for a little extra funds to buy my jet pump and engine rebuild kit. Other than that the engine is pulled out and...

I appreciate the help and the input. I think i will do the same as you did and shorten the impeller shaft as much as I can to keep my rear deck from being 5 feet long. When its all said and done im lookin for this to be a dual console bass boat type layout. Ive already got some plans drawn up...

im pretty sure K&N makes pods for this ski. If so thats what i will use. This boat will only be in freshwater and mostly on the river, and spark arrestors wont be used. As far as fuel goes i wont put ethanol gas in any 2 stroke engine.m I dont do any kind of trolling and will most likely be...

yah i should have went over the engine before rippin it down the river. I chopped the ski and the engine is sitting in the shop floor now. I suppose since its out im gonna go ahead an build the entire engine. I dont know that i wont have the ports cleaned up by my old race bike guy. Im...

Got TERRIBLE TERRIBLE NEWS, yesterday i was riding the jetski, running 60 mph on the duck river lol what a rush. It sat down on me. I had to call a buddy to come get me. Checked the compression and it has ZERO pounds on the middle cylinder. :| So apparently now im gonna have a new engine in my...

ill keep that in mind thanks for the advice! after lookin at your build, did you shorten the impeller shaft on the pump? yours is a pretty good comparison as to what kinda speed i should get. This engine already has the d plate in the exhaust and the cat removed with a sensor block off. Stock...

Unfortunately this ski has the molded intake. Pretty much all of them after 2000 have the molded intake. Im gonna try to find a entire pump assembly from a 97-99 gp1200. Its the bolt in style and makes things a lot easier as I found out on my last build. I'm shooting for 45 mph outta this boat...