Looking good!
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05-16-2010 10:19 PM
she is looking really good. cant wait for the ride. ill bring some cash with me... All my boat deals are a bust.... looks like i may be waithing another year its looking like. so i hope i can bum some rides. i got a place you can dock if you ever end up on lake st clair. on metro beach bay. shot if its with in the next month it could be on a hoist. lol
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05-17-2010 09:00 AM
Eric,
Its looking great!! Wait unitl you take it out and you will realize its been worth the wait!!
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05-17-2010 01:32 PM
Looking good Eric, I like the blue platform. Did you replace the impellers?
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05-19-2010 02:47 PM
man I FEEL FOR YOU, BUTits good your not in my shoes I bought my SABER what oct and my motor was all ready late now it may 19th was to hit dyno tomorrow its going to paint sew maybe next week dyno I hope. but I DID have the transom filled exhaust holes, cut raised and done so I got to keep it now KONRAD ACE is mounted but can't do steering until motor is in and then its 2weeks for tails to be made so if Iam lucky I could be in by july 4th Imight cut out a hole wear your feet hit the below the wheel and box it in with a angled ramp so you can lock your self in the seats while sitting.
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05-19-2010 03:16 PM
those last few pics are nice and that video was screaming of the blue boat. I might move my tach and gps speedo on to the fairing and put a garmin gps 541 5'' screen wear they were plus I guess boost and pressure gauges I could install now so when the motor is done we will see how much power a konrad can handle. any speeds on the blue boat chris, Eric what hp do you have and please post your top end when you get there. me once I take mine out a few times get it prop I might lower the boost to save the motor this thing is getting bigger everytime I talk to DEAN if june comes and no dyno then I got a friend lined up to go get it which I might do cause shipping it from NJ TO OHIO WAS 550 BUCKS AT 750IBS that was aug of 08 so from ohio to masshole would be more and I figured take two days out one back 350 in tolls gas and 200 in room and beer for one night with Dean and try to figure out what takes so long. it just hit me aug will be two years and I did say take your time but ment last aug not this one haaha. well I helped Gerry put the windshield on the turbine skater the last week been sick this week so he s just about done, so no more bugs in the teeth at 140 plus good seeing you guys over here I will take pics over at oso to post with the box which is hugh and putting the motor in when I get it. my 5'' exhaust might be above the swimplateform but won't no until motor is hear since my X is 18 '' now
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05-21-2010 08:26 PM
changed the impellors today, got my new wheel on, changed a battery(found out the perko switches are wired wrong now have to fix that) gonna add a battery under the seat and tie it in(just in case, can charge/jump if hatch is down, extra play time for stereo). dash panels and switch panels picked up today, gauges showed up today too. gonna get up early tomorrow and try to have it done by noon, have family stuff in PM so gotta get it done cause sunday supposed to be 83 and sunny and I want to go for a RIDE.
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05-21-2010 08:31 PM
cant find any black screws to put the dash back together and I dont want to paint them(no time right now) thinking about using stainless for the time being
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05-22-2010 10:34 PM
got things pretty much buttoned up for now, will post some pics on the water tomorrow
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05-23-2010 11:07 AM
Hope all goes well today Eric! I'm anxious to see your pictures, I cannot believe how much you have accomplished in such a short period of time.
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05-23-2010 09:04 PM
Well, was out all day today, 10am-730pm, I have perma-grin! Was a blast, forgot how much I like boating. Boat was fine, no major issues, really like it. Did some cruising and some wide open blasts. Top speed 76 per my GPS recall but I mostly saw 74-75 @5100rpm. May need to do some prop adjustment, Chief says 5400 for redline but I have been chatting with Brett at BBlades, will give him this baseline and see what he thinks. Boat rides great, couple things I noticed right away it likes to be trimmed almost all the way in at cruise or it wants to porpise a lot, once you get to 60 though you can trim out and no issues from there on up. Kind of bugs me cause to get a good ride scrubs 4mph off my cruise. Maybe some way to fix this, props? Cruise @3300rpm 45-49 depending on trim. Couple minor issues if anyone has input, one tach wants to bounce around, the engine does not, all in the tach, bounces 1-200rpms each way pretty much constantly. Any input? My new sync doesnt work either, prob wired wrong or related to the tach thing. Also noticed and not sure if normal but never made any water temp all day, oil temp was up and down depending on how hard I was running, as high as 250-260 if I held it to the wall for a while, 140 at idle, 180-200 cruise, this normal? Thats it for today, overall very happy, cant wait for the next ride. Here are some pictures, what do you guys think so far.
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05-23-2010 09:35 PM
Looks even better in the water! I had my first ride today
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05-23-2010 09:39 PM
PS all speeds were with 2or3 people and almost full fuel on calm water